Sara Persson


Sara Lisa Sofia Persson is a Swedish badminton player. Persson won the women's singles title at the Swedish National Championships in 2002 representing Täby Badmintonförening, and repeating it consecutively from 2005-2008. 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
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2008Finnish International Elizabeth Cann12–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2007Italian International Juliane Schenk16–21, 6–21 Runner-up
2006Italian International Ella Karachkova21–12, 21–11 Winner
2006Irish International Susan Hughes21–19, 21–16 Winner
2006Norwegian International Anne Marie Pedersen19–21, 21–18, 21–9 Winner
2006Austrian International Juliane Schenk19–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2005Iceland International Julia Mann13–11, 7–0 Retired Winner
2005Swedish International Elizabeth Cann9–11, 2–11 Runner-up
2004Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Ella Karachkova11–7, 10–13, 3–11 Runner-up
2004Dutch International Petra Overzier8–11, 6–11 Runner-up
2002Czech International Jill Pittard11–2, 11–5 Winner
2002Spanish International Dolores Marco7–3, 7–2, 7–3 Winner
2002Austrian International Elena Sukhareva7–5, 8–6, 7–4 Winner
2001Welsh International Brenda Beenhakker5–7, 5–7, 0–7 Runner-up