Neslihan Yiğit

Neslihan Yiğit (born February 26, 1994) is a Turkish badminton player. The 178 cm (5.84 ft) tall athlete plays right-handed and is coached by Çağatay Taşdemir at Egospor club of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality.[1][2] She won the women's singles title at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games, 2013, 2018 Mediterranean Games and the women's doubles title at the 2013 Mediterranean Games. Yiğit also won the bronze medals at the 2015 European Games and at the 2021 and 2022 European Championships.

Neslihan Yiğit
Neslihan Yiğit
Personal information
CountryTurkey
Born (1994-02-26) 26 February 1994
Bursa, Turkey
Height1.78 m (5.8 ft)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachÇağatay Taşdemir
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking27 (WS 3 May 2022)
28 (WD with Özge Bayrak 20 August 2015)
Current ranking27 (WS 3 May 2022)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Turkey
European Games
2015 Baku Women's doubles
European Championships
2021 Kyiv Women's singles
2022 Madrid Women's singles
Islamic Solidarity Games
2013 Palembang Women's singles
2013 Palembang Women's team
Mediterranean Games
2013 Mersin Women's singles
2013 Mersin Women's doubles
2018 Tarragona Women's singles
European Junior Championships
2013 Ankara Giris' singles
BWF profile

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.[1]

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 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 on 1 October 2019. Yiğit ranked 7th in the World Juniors list.[3]

She qualified as the first-ever Turkish badminton player for the Olympics.[4]

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.[5] In June 2013, she won double gold medals in the women's singles and doubles event at the Mersin Mediterranean Games.[6]

In 2021, Yiğit reached the quarter-finals of the Toyota Thailand Open,losing out to the eventual champion Carolina Marín.[7] She won the bronze medal at the European Championships, defeated by the defending champion Marín in the semi-finals in straight games.[8]

Yiğit was drawn in group A along with top seed and eventual champion Chen Yufei at the Tokyo Olympics, against whom she lost 14–21, 9–21.[9] She won her other group game against Doha Hany 21–5, 21–5.[10]

Yiğit reached the quarterfinals of the 2021 Hylo Open. After beating Aakarshi Kashyap and Kristin Kuuba in the first two rounds,[11] it was the eventual champion Busanan Ongbamrungphan who stopped her in the quarters.

Yiğit made it to the quarter-finals at the 2021 Indonesia Masters She defeated 6th seed Michelle Li,[12] and Marija Ulitina in straight games on the way. In the quarter-finals, She was stopped by P. V. Sindhu.[13]

Achievements

European Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan Özge Bayrak Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva		 14–21, 9–21 Bronze

European Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2021 Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine Carolina Marín 18–21, 9–21 Bronze
2022 Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain Carolina Marín 14–21, 13–21 Bronze

Islamic Solidarity Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2013 Dempo Sports Hall, Palembang, Indonesia Lim Yin Fun 21–13, 21–19 Gold

Mediterranean Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2013 Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey Özge Bayrak 21–16, 21–13 Gold
2018 El Morell Pavilion, Tarragona, Spain Beatriz Corrales 21–19, 23–21 Gold

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey Özge Bayrak Émilie Lefel
Audrey Fontaine		 21–13, 21–11 Gold

European University Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2014 Rotterdam, Netherlands Anastasia Chervyakova 21–9, 23–25, 21–19 Gold

European University Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2015 Warsaw, Poland Özge Bayrak 18–21, 21–19, 18–21 Silver

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Warsaw, Poland Özge Bayrak Delphine Delrue
Lauranne Rosello		 21–15, 21–10 Gold

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2013 ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara, Turkey Line Kjaersfeldt 14–21, 8–21 Bronze

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

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2011 Bulgarian International Linda Zetchiri 18–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2011 Suriname International Özge Bayrak 21–16, 23–21 Winner
2012 Iran Fajr International Yu Wakita 21–16, 21–14 Winner
2012 Croatian International Kana Ito 18–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2012 Polish Open Ai Goto 9–21, 21–12, 7–21 Runner-up
2013 Iran Fajr International Febby Angguni 21–15, 21–14 Winner
2013 Turkey International Stefani Stoeva 21–14, 16–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2014 Bangladesh International Yap Rui Chen 21–18, 21–12 Winner
2014 Turkey International Özge Bayrak 13–21, 21–14, 21–16 Winner
2015 Iran Fajr International Linda Zetchiri 19–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2015 Peru International Rong Schafer 17–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2016 Brazil International Chisato Hoshi 21–13, 21–15 Winner
2016 Polish Open Delphine Lansac 19–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2016 Chile International Özge Bayrak 18–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2016 White Nights Mako Urushizaki 21–16, 21–15 Winner
2017 White Nights Evgeniya Kosetskaya 8–21, 21–15, 20–22 Runner-up
2017 Bulgarian Open Luise Heim 21–17, 14–21, 21–17 Winner
2017 Hellas Open Mariya Mitsova 21–14, 17–21, 21–15 Winner
2017 Czech Open Kaho Funahashi 21–16, 14–21, 21–17 Winner
2017 Hungarian International Aliye Demirbağ 21–11, 17–21, 21–18 Winner
2017 Turkey International Özge Bayrak 17–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2018 Bulgarian Open Özge Bayrak 21–19, 21–10 Winner
2018 Czech Open Yvonne Li 17–21, 8–21 Runner-up
2018 Hungarian International Mariya Mitsova 21–14, 21–8 Winner
2019 Lagos International Özge Bayrak 21–16, 24–26, 21–13 Winner
2019 Bulgarian Open Mariya Mitsova 21–9, 21–14 Winner
2019 Kharkiv International Qi Xuefei 18–21, 21–19, 16–21 Runner-up
2019 Belgian International Line Christophersen 21–23, 21–12, 11–21 Runner-up
2019 Hungarian International Nguyễn Thùy Linh 21–16, 12–21, 21–18 Winner
2019 Turkey Open Aliye Demirbağ 21–14, 22–20 Winner

Women's doubles

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

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