Telma Santos
CountryPortugal
Birth dateAugust 1, 1983 (age 43)
Birth placePeniche, Portugal[1]
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
HandednessRight[1]
Highest ranking62
Date of highest ranking22 September 2011
Bwfbadminton id13006
Bwf id297B60D5-D066-4411-A36E-200E830F985D

Telma Santos (born 1 August 1983) is a Portuguese badminton player. She competed for Portugal at the 2012[2] and at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3] Santos is the niece of Fernando Silva, a badminton player who also represented Portugal in the 1992 Summer Olympics.[4]

In 2021, Santos won a gold medal in the women's singles 35+ category at the 2021 BWF World Senior Championships in Huelva.

Achievements

World Senior Championships

Women's singles

YearAgeVenueOpponentScoreResult
202135+Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, SpainMaya Dobreva21–12, 21–7Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2007Syria InternationalFilipa Lamy21–16, 21–15Winner
2007Jordan SatelliteMaja Tvrdy15–21, 18–21Runner-up
2008Iran Fajr InternationalAgnese Allegrini10–21, 21–16, 19–21Runner-up
2009Portugal InternationalJill Pittard16–21, 14–21Runner-up
2010Portugal InternationalHelen Davies21–17, 19–21, 21–12Winner
2010Santo Domingo OpenAgnese Allegrini21–11, 23–21Winner
2011Uganda InternationalÖzge Bayrak21–19, 19–21, 21–19Winner
2011Syria InternationalSanaa Mahmoud21–14, 21–10Winner
2011South Africa InternationalÖzge Bayrak19–21, 10–21Runner-up
2013Hatzor InternationalOlga Golovanova21–16, 21–19Winner
2013Morocco InternationalGayle Mahulette21–12, 21–10Winner
2013Botswana InternationalElme de Villiers21–4, 21–11Winner
2013South Africa InternationalHadia Hosny21–6, 21–10Winner
2014Colombia InternationalDaniela Macías11–5, 11–6, 11–3Winner
2014Hatzor InternationalDorotea Sutara11–6, 11–6, 11–5Winner
2015Guatemala InternationalRong Schafer21–12, 11–21, 10–21Runner-up
2015Mexico InternationalAiri Mikkelä21–15, 21–14Winner
2015Suriname InternationalLohaynny VicenteWalkoverWinner
2015South Africa InternationalLaura Sárosi22–20, 21–17Winner
2016Uganda InternationalKate Foo Kune21–10, 21–12Winner

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2002Italian InternationalVânia LeçaVerena Fastenbauer
Simone Prutsch		7–11, 3–11Runner-up
2002Spanish InternationalFilipa LamyElin Bergblom
Johanna Persson		6–8, 0–7, 4–7Runner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2004Cyprus InternationalNuno SantosNicolas Panayiotou
Katarzyna Krasowska		12–15, 15–9, 15–4Winner
BWF International Series tournaments
BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Telma Santos Player Profile". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. ^ "London 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
  3. ^ Group, Global Media (2016-08-15). "Badminton - Telma Santos despede-se com terceira derrota" (in pt-PT). DN. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
  4. ^ "Fernando Silva e Telma Santos eleitos jogadores do ano" (in Portuguese). record.xl.pt. Retrieved 6 March 2016.[dead link]