Anu Nieminen
Anu Kristiina Nieminen is a Finnish badminton player. Born in Helsinki, Nieminen has joined the national team in 1994. She is one of the best badminton players in Finland, having won twelve times National Championships, and competed at the Summer Olympics in four consecutive times.
Nieminen first represented Finland at the Olympic level at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She reached the second round before losing to Kanako Yonekura of Japan. In 2004 Olympics, she defeated in the round of 32 to Kaori Mori of Japan. In 2006, she signed with the Finnish cosmetics company Lumene, along with her husband, professional tennis player Jarkko Nieminen.
Nieminen competed at the 2008 Olympics, she again reached the second round, this time losing to Huaiwen Xu of Germany. In 2012 Olympics, she won her first match against Victoria Montero of Mexico, but lose a match to Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei, she did not advance beyond the group stages. In 2013, she has joined the Lillerød Badminton in Denmark as a coach for the young players.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series
Women's singles| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2011 | Slovak Open |  Patty Stolzenbach | 21–14, 19–21, 21–16 | Winner |
| 2008 | Austrian International |  Zhang Xi | 21–19, 13–21, 9–21 | Runner-up |
| 2005 | Italian International |  Tine Rasmussen | 4–11, 5–11 | Runner-up |
| 2003 | Dominican Republic International |  Miyo Akao | 5–11, 11–7, 11–13 | Runner-up |
| 2002 | Slovenian International |  Petya Nedelcheva | 11–6, 1–11, 9–11 | Runner-up |
| 2002 | Finnish International | Petya Nedelcheva | 7–1, 7–4, 7–0 | Winner |
| 2001 | Irish International |  Kara Solmundson | 3–7, 7–1, 2–7, 5–7 | Runner-up |
| 2001 | Norwegian International |  Tatiana Vattier | 7–0, 7–1, 7–4 | Winner |
| 2001 | Portugal International | Pi Hongyan | 8–11, 1–11 | Runner-up |
| 2000 | Scottish International | Christina Sørensen | 11–4, 3–11, 11–4 | Winner |
| 2000 | Norwegian International |  Katja Wengberg | 11–7, 11–6 | Winner |
| 2000 | Croatian International |  Markéta Koudelková | 11–6, 11–4 | Winner |
| 2000 | Dutch International | Lonneke Janssen | 3–11, 3–11 | Runner-up |
| 2000 | Cuba International | Takako Ida | 2–11, 4–11 | Runner-up |
| 1999 | Irish International | Miho Tanaka | 9–11, 5–11 | Runner-up |
| 1999 | Guatemala International | Denyse Julien | 6–11, 10–13 | Runner-up |
| 1999 | Argentina International | Kara Solmundson | 6–11, 6–11 | Runner-up |
| 1999 | Brazil International | Kara Solmundson | 13–10, 11–9 | Winner |
| 1999 | Bulgarian International |  Elena Nozdran | 6–11, 8–11 | Runner-up |
| 1998 | Scottish International | Margit Borg | 5–11, 3–11 | Runner-up |
| 1998 | Austrian International | Carolien Glebbeek | 3–11, 12–9, 8–11 | Runner-up |
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2000 | Norwegian International |  Nina Weckström | Caroline Eriksson Johanna Persson | 10–15, 15–10, 15–7 | Winner |