Ella Aleksandrovna Diehl (; born 5 August 1978; née Karachkova; ) is a badminton player from Russia.

Career Diehl was selected to join the national team in 1995. She had won girls' doubles silver medal at the 1995 European Junior Championships, and also one silver and two bronze in 1997 in team, girls' singles and doubles respectively.

In her home country Russia, Diehl has won 14 national titles as of 2009. In 2000 and 2008, she competed at the Summer Olympics.

Diehl played at the 2005 World Championships in Anaheim, United States. In the women's singles event she reached the second round before losing to Salakjit Ponsana of Thailand.

In October 2005, Diehl won the women's doubles event at the Scottish International Open in Glasgow, and two weeks later followed this up by winning the women's singles event at the Irish International in Lisburn. The next year she won the Irish International again.

In 2010, Diehl won the bronze medal at the European Individual Championships in Manchester, and in June 2010, claimed the European Tour circuit finals title, beating Susan Egelstaff in the final in three sets. 2010 also saw Diehl beat current world champion Lu Lan of China to reach the semi-final of Swiss Open.

Achievements

European Championships Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result2010Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England Tine Rasmussen14–21, 16–21 Bronze

European Junior Championships Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result1997Nymburk, Czech Republic Judith Meulendijks7–11, 4–11 Bronze

Girls' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result1995Športová hala Olympia, Nitra, Slovakia Natalia Djachkova Donna Kellogg Joanne Wright 7–15, 13–18 Silver1997Nymburk, Czech Republic Zhanna Chornenjkaja Britta Andersen Jane Jacoby6–15, 12–15 Bronze

BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result2005Russian Open Nina Vislova4–11, 11–5, 4–11 Runner-up2006U.S. Open Lee Joo-hyun11-6 Retired Winner2006Bulgaria Open Petya Nedelcheva21–19, 19–21, 16-21 Runner-up2008Russian Open Larisa Griga21–10, 17–21, 21–12 Winner2009Russian Open Tatjana Bibik21–17, 16–21, 21–11 Winner2010Russian Open Ayane Kurihara19–21, 19-21 Runner-up

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result2006U.S. Open Marina Yakusheva Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova15–21, 18–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 1998 Portugal International Tanya Woodward 11–4, 1–11, 6–11 Runner-up 1998 Czech International Sandra Dimbour 11–9, 11–7 Winner 1998 Slovak International Markéta Koudelková 11–2, 11–3 Winner 1999 Austrian International Ginny Severien 11–4, 11–4 Winner 1999 Portugal International Sonya McGinn 11–5, 13–10 Winner 1999 Welsh International Marina Yakusheva 3–11, 7–11 Runner-up 2000 La Chaux-de-Fonds International Maja Pohar 11–4, 11–2 Winner 2000 Russian International Elena Nozdran 11–8, 11–8 Winner 2003 Welsh International Susan Hughes 11–6, 11–5 Winner 2004 Portugal International Tracey Hallam 11–7, 4–11, 9–11 Runner-up 2004 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Sara Persson 7–11, 13–10, 11–3 Winner 2004 Russian International Tatjana Bibik 11–5, 11–6 Winner 2005 Polish International Petya Nedelcheva 9–11, 7–11 Runner-up 2005 Spanish International Nanna Brosolat Jensen 11–4, 11–1 Winner 2005 Scottish International Judith Meulendijks 11–6, 11–8 Winner 2005 Irish International Juliane Schenk 11–3, 11–8 Winner 2006 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Ekaterina Ananina 23–21, 21–16 Winner 2006 Belgian International Petra Overzier 16–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2006 Scotland International Petya Nedelcheva 21–18, 7–21, 21–18 Winner 2006 Italian International Sara Persson 12–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2008 Czech International Judith Meulendijks 21–14, 21–13 Winner 2009 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Jill Pittard 21–8, 21–13 Winner 2009 White Nights Elena Prus 21–10, 21–10 Winner 2009 Scottish International Susan Egelstaff 18–21, 10–21 Runner-up 2010 European Circuit Finals Susan Egelstaff 20–22, 21–13, 21–16 Winner 2013 Portugal International Ksenia Polikarpova 16–21, 21–16, 21–19 Winner 2013 White Nights Olga Konon 17–21, 14–21 Runner-up

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1996 Amor International Nadezhda Chervyakova Elena Sukhareva Marina Yakusheva 7–15, 5–15 Runner-up 2000 Russian International Anastasia Russkikh Irina Ruslyakova Marina Yakusheva 8–15, 10–15 Runner-up 2001 Austrian International Anastasia Russkikh Britta Andersen Lene Mørk 12–15, 15–7, 17–16 Winner 2003 Welsh International Anastasia Russkikh Laura Choinet Perrine Le Buhanic 15–1, 15–4 Winner 2005 Italian International Marina Yakusheva Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova 15–2, 8–15, 5–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2000 La Chaux-de-Fonds International Pavel Uvarov Andrej Pohar Maja Pohar 15–8, 15–5 Winner 2005 Spanish International Jean-Michel Lefort Andrew Bowman Kirsteen McEwan 15–3, 15–9 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament

Personal life On 23 June 2007, in Germany, Karachkova married the Swiss junior badminton team coach, Rainer Diehl of Germany, whom she met in 2000. She lives with her husband in Yverdon, Switzerland. There is a child from the first marriage. On 11 October 2011, the duo had a daughter, Lea.

References

External links IBF player profile