Katharina Fink (born 14 November 2002) is an Italian badminton player affiliated with SSV Bozen. She won the National Championships title in 2018. Fink clinched her first senior international title at the 2019 South Africa International in the women's doubles event partnered with Yasmine Hamza. Together with Hamza, they won the silver medal at the 2022 Mediterranean Games.
Early life Fink was born into a German-speaking region in Italy called South Tyrol. She is half Czech on her mother's side and quarter Swiss, quarter Italian on her father's. Fink began to playing badminton at the age of ten. In her junior career, she trained at the Südtirol Badminton School, and entered top 200 BWF World ranking in the women's doubles event in 2021.
Achievements
Mediterranean Games Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2022 Multipurpose Omnisports Hall,Oued Tlélat, Algeria Yasmine Hamza Bengisu Erçetin Nazlıcan İnci 15–21, 18–21 Silver
BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 6 runners-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2019 South Africa International Kate Foo Kune 16–21, 14–21 Runner-up
Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Cyprus International Yasmine Hamza Daniella Gonda Ágnes Kőrösi 12–21, 21–12, 19–21 Runner-up 2019 South Africa International Yasmine Hamza Megan de Beer Johanita Scholtz 16–21, 21–15, 21–16 Winner 2020 Latvia International Yasmine Hamza Kati-Kreet Marran Helina Rüütel 11–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2021 Hellas International Yasmine Hamza Low Yeen Yuan Valeree Siow 15–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2021 Cyprus International Yasmine Hamza Polina Tkach Tetyana Potapenko 21–10, 11–7 retired Winner 2021 El Salvador International Yasmine Hamza Sania Lima Tamires Santos 12–21, 21–13, 13–21 Runner-up 2023 Iceland International Yasmine Hamza Abbygael Harris Annie Lado 13–21, 18–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
BWF Junior International Girls' singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2018 Irish Junior Open Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka 8–21, 10–21 Runner-up 2019 South Africa Junior International Yasmine Hamza 8–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2020 Portuguese Junior International Yasmine Hamza 13–21, 19–21 Runner-up
Girls' doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Portuguese Junior International Yasmine Hamza Judith Mair Chiara Passeri 21–16, 11–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2019 South Africa Junior International Yasmine Hamza Amy Ackerman Megan de Beer 21–11, 21–11 Winner 2020 Lithuanian Junior International Yasmine Hamza Lucía Rodríguez Ania Setién 21–19, 21–14 Winner 2020 Portuguese Junior International Yasmine Hamza Ana Fernandes Claudia Lourenço 21–6, 21–17 Winner BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament BWF Junior International Challenge tournament BWF Junior International Series tournament BWF Junior Future Series tournament
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