Airi Bäck
Airi Bäck | |
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Personal information | |
Birth name | Airi Mikkelä |
Country | Finland |
Born | Vantaa, Finland | 5 April 1993
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Handedness | Right |
Women's singles | |
Highest ranking | 48 (22 June 2017) |
BWF profile |
Airi Bäck (née Mikkelä, born 5 April 1993) is a Finnish retired badminton player. She started playing badminton at 8 years old, then in 2009, she joined Finnish national badminton team.[1] In 2010, she participated at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. In 2014, she won Iceland International tournament in women's singles event. In 2015, she became the runner-up of Mauritius and Mexico international tournament. In 2016, she won Peru International Series and became the runner-up of Iceland International tournament.[2]
She is married to YouTuber Roni Bäck. Their first child was born in January 2023.
Achievements
[edit]BWF Grand Prix
[edit]The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2016 | Brasil Open | ![]() |
13–21, 11–21 | ![]() |
- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series
[edit]Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2014 | Iceland International | ![]() |
21–14, 18–21, 21–11 | ![]() |
2015 | Mauritius International | ![]() |
16–21, 11–21 | ![]() |
2015 | Internacional Mexicano | ![]() |
15–21, 19–21 | ![]() |
2016 | Iceland International | ![]() |
21–19, 15–21, 16–21 | ![]() |
2016 | Peru International Series | ![]() |
21–13, 21–17 | ![]() |
2019 | Mauritius International | ![]() |
10–21, 19–21 | ![]() |
2019 | Carebaco International | ![]() |
15–21, 16–21 | ![]() |
Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2011 | Slovenian International | ![]() |
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14–21, 18–21 | ![]() |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
[edit]- ^ "Players: Airi Mikkela". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Airi Mikkelä" (in Finnish). Badminton Finland. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
External links
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Vantaa
- Finnish female badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2015 European Games
- Badminton players at the 2019 European Games
- European Games competitors for Finland
- Finnish sportspeople stubs
- European badminton biography stubs