Olga Konon
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Olga Conon (White Russian Вольга Конан, Russian Ольга Конон; born November 11, 1989 in Brest ) is a German badminton player.
Career
She played in Germany for the BV Gifhorn, with whom she went up in the 2007/2008 season in the Bundesliga. This season she has won all their games. For the season 2009/2010 she moved to league rivals 1 BC Bischmisheim, with whom she won the German team championship and the European Cup.
In the badminton tournament at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing Olga Conon won in the first round against Xing Aiying from Singapore - the current No. 24 in the world - in 2 sets. In the round of 32, it was with this result against Maja Tvrdy from Slovenia. In the second round Olga Conon then lost against the Chinese world number one and at position 1 set Xie Xingfang with 0:2 sets.
As of 2009, she launched internationally for Poland. Since the Dutch Open 2010, she takes for Germany. Here they bowed out against Juliane Schenk with 15:21, 21:16, 18:21 from. In June 2011, Olga Conon got the German citizenship.
At the 60th German Championship Olga Conon won the final in 2 sets against Karin Schnaase and thus became the first time German champion in women's singles. This happened in the absence due to illness of Juliane Schenk, who had won in the previous three years this item. In 2012 she was able to win the gold medal at the European Team Championship with the German women's national team.
2013 was Conon European champion at the European Championships for mixed teams in Russia .. In April 2013 it was announced that Olga Conon long-term commitment to the 1st BC Bischmisheim, they extended your contract until 2017. At the French International she lost the final Beatriz Corrales. In the Denmark International Olga won the competition in the women's singles. Olga Conon was also a member of the German team for the finals of the Sudirman Cup 2013. The finals in the women's singles of the St. Petersburg White Nights she won against Ella Diehl.
Clubs
- BV Gifhorn to season 2008/ 09
- 1 BC Bischmisheim from season 2009/10