Neslihan Yiğit


Neslihan Yiğit is a Turkish badminton player. The tall athlete plays right-handed and is coached by Çağatay Taşdemir at Egospor club of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality.

Career

Neslihan Yiğit became silver medalist in singles and doubles at the U17 European Championship held 2009 in Medvode, Slovenia. At the 2011 Spanish Junior International, she reached to semi finals in singles, won the girls' doubles title, and became the runner-up in the mixed doubles.
She competed at various international tournaments in singles and doubles with her partner Özge Bayrak, and won titles in the years 2011-2012. The latest success enabled her to rise up to the 28th place in the women's doubles world ranking list as of 20 August 2015 with Özge Bayrak. In the singles event, she reached a career high of world number 34th in the world list in 1 October 2019. Yiğit ranked 7th in the World Juniors list.
She qualified as the first ever Turkish badminton player for the Olympics.
She won the gold medal in the singles event and the bronze medal with the national team at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia. In June 2013, she won double gold medals in the women's singles and doubles event at the Mersin Mediterranean Games.

Achievements

European Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan Özge Bayrak Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva		14–21, 9–21 Bronze

Islamic Solidarity Games

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2013Dempo Sports Hall, Palembang, Indonesia Lim Yin Fun21–13, 21–19 Gold

Mediterranean Games

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2018El Morell Pavilion, Tarragona, Spain Beatriz Corrales21–19, 23–21 Gold
2013Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey Özge Bayrak21–16, 21–13 Gold

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey Özge Bayrak Karin Maran
Xandra Stelling		21–9, 21–11 Gold
2013Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey Özge Bayrak Maja Tvrdy
Nika Končut		21–13, 21–16 Gold
2013Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey Özge Bayrak Émilie Lefel
Audrey Fontaine		21–13, 21–11 Gold

European University Games

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2014Rotterdam, Netherlands Anastasia Chervyakova21–9, 23–25, 21–19 Gold

European University Championships

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2015Warsaw, Poland Özge Bayrak18–21, 21–19, 18–21 Silver

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Warsaw, Poland Özge Bayrak Delphine Delrue
Lauranne Rosello		21–15, 21–10 Gold

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2013ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara, Turkey Line Kjaersfeldt14–21, 8–21 Bronze

European U17 Championships

Girls' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2009Medvode, Slovenia Carolina Marin9–21, 3–21 Silver

Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009Medvode, Slovenia Neslihan Kilic Celine Juel
Mette Poulsen		13–21, 14–21 Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (25 titles, 27 runners-up)

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2019Turkey Open Aliye Demirbağ21–14, 22–20 Winner
2019Hungarian International Nguyễn Thùy Linh21–16, 12–21, 21–18 Winner
2019Belgian International Line Christophersen21–23, 21–12, 11–21 Runner-up
2019Kharkiv International Qi Xuefei18–21, 21–19, 16–21 Runner-up
2019Bulgarian Open Mariya Mitsova21–9, 21–14 Winner
2019Lagos International Özge Bayrak21–16, 24–26, 21–13 Winner
2018Hungarian International Mariya Mitsova21–14, 21–8 Winner
2018Czech Open Yvonne Li17–21, 8–21 Runner-up
2018Bulgarian Open Özge Bayrak21–19, 21–10 Winner
2017Turkey International Özge Bayrak17–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2017Hungarian International Aliye Demirbag21–11, 17–21, 21–18 Winner
2017Czech Open Kaho Funahashi21–16, 14–21, 21–17 Winner
2017Hellas Open Mariya Mitsova21–14, 17–21, 21–15 Winner
2017Bulgarian Open Luise Heim21–17, 14–21, 21–17 Winner
2017White Nights Evgeniya Kosetskaya8–21, 21–15, 20–22 Runner-up
2016White Nights Mako Urushizaki21–16, 21–15 Winner
2016Chile International Özge Bayrak18–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2016Polish Open Delphine Lansac19–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2016Brazil International Chisato Hoshi21–13, 21–15 Winner
2015Peru International Rong Schafer17–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2015Iran Fajr International Linda Zechiri19–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2014Turkey International Özge Bayrak13–21, 21–14, 21–16 Winner
2014Bangladesh International Yap Rui Chen21–18, 21–12 Winner
2013Turkey International Stefani Stoeva21–14, 16–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2013Iran Fajr International Febby Angguni21–15, 21–14 Winner
2012Polish Open Ai Goto9–21, 21–12, 7–21 Runner-up
2012Croatian International Kana Ito18–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2012Iran Fajr International Yu Wakita21–16, 21–14 Winner
2011Suriname International Özge Bayrak21–16, 23–21 Winner
2011Bulgarian International Linda Zechiri18–21, 14–21 Runner-up

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Turkey International Özge Bayrak Kader Inal
Fatma Nur Yavuz		21–14, 21–16 Winner
2015Mersin Turkey International Özge Bayrak Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva		19–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2015Lagos International Özge Bayrak Pradnya Gadre
N. Sikki Reddy		19–21, 23–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2015White Nights Özge Bayrak Ekaterina Bolotova
Evgeniya Kosetskaya		22–20, 13–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2015Peru International Özge Bayrak Delphine Lansac
Emilie Lefel		21–14, 14–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2015Mercosul International Özge Bayrak Laura Choinet
Teshana Vignes Waran		21–10, 21–11 Winner
2015Iran Fajr International Özge Bayrak Joyce Choong
Yap Cheng Wen		21–19, 21–18 Winner
2014Turkey International Özge Bayrak Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva		11–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2014Bangladesh International Özge Bayrak Pradnya Gadre
N. Siki Reddy		10–21, 24–22, 16–21 Runner-up
2014Bulgarian Eurasia Open Özge Bayrak Petya Nedelcheva
Dimitria Popstoikova		11–5, 11–5, 8–11, 10–11, 11–7 Winner
2014Hellas International Özge Bayrak Elena Komendrovskaja
Viktoriia Vorobeva		21–7, 21–14 Winner
2014Iran Fajr International Özge Bayrak Amelia Alicia Anscelly
Soong Fie Cho		11–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2013Turkey International Özge Bayrak Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva		15–21, 8–21 Runner-up
2012Turkey International Özge Bayrak Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva		21–19, 14–21, 21–23 Runner-up
2012Bulgarian International Özge Bayrak Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva		9–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2012Kharkiv International Özge Bayrak Audrey Fontaine
Emilie Lefel		11–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2012Uganda International Özge Bayrak Michelle Claire Edwards
Annari Viljoen		Walkover Runner-up
2011South Africa International Özge Bayrak Michelle Claire Edwards
Annari Viljoen		21–10, 21–15 Winner
2011Suriname International Özge Bayrak Crystal Leefmans
Rugshaar Ishaak		21–3, 21–7 Winner
2011Slovak Open Özge Bayrak Selena Piek
Iris Tabeling		7–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2011Kenya International Özge Bayrak Michelle Claire Edwards
Annari Viljoen		21–15, 21–19 Winner
2010Syria International Neslihan Kılıç Cemre Fere
Özge Bayrak		18–21, 21–13, 20–22 Runner-up