Larisa Griga


Larisa Valeriïvna Griga is a badminton player from Ukraine. She was the gold medalist at the 2003 European Junior Championships in the girls' singles event. She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.

Career

She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim and reached the second round.
As a part of the BC Amersfoort team, Griga reached the final of the European Cup 2007 held in Amersfoort. Together with Lotte Bruil-Jonathans, Yao Jie, Dicky Palyama and Eric Pang the final was lost against the team of NL Primorje. In the semi finals they were too strong for CB Rinconada. Since the autumn of 2008, Griga is playing for the club Fyrisfjädern in Uppsala, Sweden.

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2003Esbjerg, Denmark Nanna Brosolat Jensen11–9, 11–9 Gold

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2008Russian Open Ella Diehl10–21, 21–17, 12–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2011Belgian International Olga Konon12–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2011Polish Open Yuka Kusunose21–15, 21–16 Winner
2010Norwegian International Olga Konon17–21, 7–21 Runner-up
2010Kharkiv International Maria Ulitina21–14, 17–21, 21–13 Winner
2008Italian International Juliane Schenk21–15, 13–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2008Norwegian International Zhang Xi18–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2008Dutch International Yu Wakita21–19, 21–19 Winner
2007Norwegian International Juliane Schenk12–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2007Belgian International Elizabeth Cann21–15, 16–21, 21–18 Winner
2007North Shore City International Lê Ngọc Nguyên Nhung21–19, 21–14 Winner
2007Victorian International Ragna Ingólfsdóttir21–11, 21–10 Winner
2007Dutch International Kati Tolmoff21–12, 15–21, 20–22 Runner-up

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2003Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Elena Nozdran Kamila Augustyn
Nadieżda Kostiuczyk
10–15, 2–15 Runner-up