Sara Lisa Sofia Persson (born 23 September 1980) is a Swedish badminton player. Persson won the women's singles title at the Swedish National Championships in 2002 representing Täby Badmintonförening (now Göteborgs BK), and repeating it consecutively from 2005 to 2008. She competed at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, but defeated in the first round to Petya Nedelcheva of Bulgaria with the score 10–21, 10–21. Her sister, Johanna Persson, is also an Olympian who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series Women's singles YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult2008Finnish International Elizabeth Cann12–21, 17–21 Runner-up2007Italian International Juliane Schenk16–21, 6–21 Runner-up2006Italian International Ella Karachkova21–12, 21–11 Winner2006Irish International Susan Hughes21–19, 21–16 Winner2006Norwegian International Anne Marie Pedersen19–21, 21–18, 21–9 Winner2006Austrian International Juliane Schenk19–21, 13–21 Runner-up2005Iceland International Julia Mann13–11, 7–0 Retired Winner2005Swedish International Elizabeth Cann9–11, 2–11 Runner-up2004Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Ella Karachkova11–7, 10–13, 3–11 Runner-up2004Dutch International Petra Overzier8–11, 6–11 Runner-up2002Czech International Jill Pittard11–2, 11–5 Winner2002Spanish International Dolores Marco7–3, 7–2, 7–3 Winner2002Austrian International Elena Sukhareva7–5, 8–6, 7–4 Winner2001Welsh International Brenda Beenhakker5–7, 5–7, 0–7 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament
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