Elena Nozdran

Elena Nozdran
Personal information
Birth name	Олена Іванівна Ноздрань (Olena Ivanovna Nozdran Olena)
Country	Ukraine (until 2006) Luxembourg (2006–present)
Born	(1975-07-20) July 20, 1975 Dnipro, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Residence	Luxembourg
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles and doubles
Career record	344 wins, 175 losses
Medal record Women's badminton Representing Luxembourg World Senior Championships 2019 Katowice Women's singles 40+
BWF profile

Elena Ivanivna Nozdran (Ukrainian: Олена Іванівна Ноздрань; born 20 July 1975) is a Ukrainian-born badminton player who has represented both Ukraine and Luxembourg. She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim, California.

In the women's singles event she reached the second round before losing to Pi Hongyan of France. Nozdran also played in the German leagues before moving to Luxembourg and working as a badminton coach. In Luxembourg, she returned to the court as a player again and won the women's doubles national championships in 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2017; and also in the mixed doubles in 2011 and 2017.

Achievements

World Senior Championships

Women’s singles

Year	Venue	Event	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Spodek, Katowice, Poland	Women's singles 40+	Claudia Vogelgsang	21–18, 10–21, 25–27	Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Women’s singles

Year	Event	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Polish Open	Ling Wan Ting		Winner
2001	German Open	Pi Hongyan	1–7, 5–7, 2–7	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Russian Open	Victoria Evtoushenko	Svetlana Alferova Marina Yakusheva	1–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1999	Polish Open	Victoria Evtoushenko	Ang Li Peng Chor Hooi Yee	15–2, 13–15, 10–15	Runner-up

BWF/IBF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Luxembourge Memorial Thierry Theis	Louise Thastrup	11–0, 11–1	Winner
2006	Latvia International	Elena Shimko		Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Luxembourge Memorial Thierry Theis	Hariati	Dimitriika Dimitrova Janni Kjær	2–15, 6–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Luxembourge Memorial Thierry Theis	Valerj Strelcov	Dimitriika Dimitrova Janni Kjær	15–12, 15–7	Winner
2004	Polish Open	Vladislav Druzchenko	Pan Pan Sun Junjie	15–11, 15–7	Winner
2004	Finnish International	Vladislav Druzchenko	Andrei Konakh Olga Konon	15–9, 11–15, 15–17	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

• European results
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olena Nozdran". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2010-12-23.
• TuS Wiebelskirchen zieht sich nach 36 Jahren aus der Bundesliga zurück
• Luxembourg
• Luxemburgischer Erfolg durch Nozdran
• Elena NOZDRAN at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com