Marija Ulitina

Ukrainian badminton player

Badminton player

Mariia Ulitina

Personal information
Full name	Mariia Viktorivna Ulitina
Country	Ukraine
Born	(1991-11-05) 5 November 1991 (age 32) Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Victoria Semenyuta
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	47 (WS 29 September 2016) 42 (WD with Natalya Voytsekh 11 August 2011) 97 (XD with Kyrylo Leonov 20 March 2014)
BWF profile

Mariia Viktorivna Ulitina (Ukrainian: Марія Вікторівна Улітіна; also transliterated as Mariya or Marija, born 5 November 1991) is a badminton player from Ukraine and the National Champion of Ukraine.^[1]^[2] She represented Ukraine in the 2016 Summer Olympics^[3]^[4] and proceeded to the knockout round after defeating the former world number one Saina Nehwal of India and Lohaynny Vicente of Brazil in the group stage.^[5]^[6]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 11 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Kharkiv International	Larisa Griga	14–21, 21–17, 13–21	Runner-up
2010	Slovak Open	Natalya Voytsekh	21–8, 21–13	Winner
2012	Hungarian International	Olga Golovanova	21–11, 17–21, 21–16	Winner
2013	Slovenian International	Lene Clausen	21–11, 21–12	Winner
2014	Estonian International	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	16–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2014	Czech International	Michelle Li	14–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2015	Polish Open	Karin Schnaase	19–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2015	Slovenian International	Mia Blichfeldt	17–21, 21–17, 21–12	Winner
2015	Bulgarian International	Olga Konon	21–19, 16–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2016	Estonian International	Lianne Tan	19–21, 14–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Slovak Open	Natalya Voytsekh	Maria Lykke Andersen Karina Sørensen	17–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2010	Kharkiv International	Natalya Voytsekh	Anna Kobceva Elena Prus	23–21, 21–12	Winner
2010	Slovak Open	Natalya Voytsekh	Selena Piek Iris Tabeling	10–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2011	Estonian International	Natalya Voytsekh	Selena Piek Iris Tabeling	12–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2011	Lithuanian International	Natalya Voytsekh	Anna Kobceva Elena Prus	12–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2017	Kharkiv International	Natalya Voytsekh	Johanna Goliszewski Lara Käpplein	15–21, 14–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

References

^ "Ukraine". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
^ "Athletes: Marija Ulitina". www.baku2015.com. Baku 2015. Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "The Olympic Team of Ukraine: Rio 2016: Official Handbook" (PDF). noc-ukr.org. National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. p. 17. Retrieved 14 June 2020. Улітіна Марія / Ulitina Maria
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mariya Ulitina". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018.
^ "Saina Nehwal crashes out of Olympics, loses to Marija Ulitina 18-21, 19-21". economictimes.indiatimes.com. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
^ "Rio: Saina Nehwal suffers shock defeat, crashes out of women's singles event". www.thehindu.com. The Hindu. Retrieved 22 October 2016.