Petya Nedelcheva (born July 30, 1983) is a female Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

n badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

 player. She was born in Stara Zagora

Stara Zagora

Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and a nationally important economic center. Located in Southern Bulgaria, it is the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province...

, Bulgaria. At the Bulgarian National Badminton Championships

Bulgarian National Badminton Championships

The Bulgarian National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in Bulgaria. They are held since 1985. The same year the junior championships and the Bulgarian International started.-Past winners:...

 she won more than 20 titles.

2004 Summer Olympics

Nedelcheva played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Goudi Olympic Hall at the Goudi Olympic Complex from August 14 through August 21. Both men and women competed in their own singles and doubles events and together they competed in a mixed doubles event....

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In women's singles, she defeated Tine Rasmussen

Tine Rasmussen

Tine Baun is a female badminton player from Denmark.Most notably, she has won the prestigious All England Open Badminton Championships women's singles title twice in 2008 and 2010....

 of Denmark

Denmark

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 and Seo Yoon-hee

Seo Yoon-hee

Seo Yoon-hee is a female badminton player from South Korea.Seo played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics for Korea, defeating Pi Hongyan of France in the first round but losing to Petya Nedelcheva of Bulgaria in the round of 16....

 of Korea

South Korea

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 in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Nedelcheva lost to Zhou Mi

Zhou Mi

Zhou Mi is a Chinese female badminton player. During much of her career she represented the People's Republic of China, but since 2007 she has represented Hong Kong which has a sports program and teams independent from those of the mainland. In 2010 she received a 2 year ban, for failing a drugs...

 of China

People's Republic of China

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 11-4, 11-1.

Nedelcheva's partner in women's doubles was Neli Boteva

Neli Boteva

Neli Boteva is a female badminton player from Bulgaria.Boteva competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Petya Nedelcheva. They were defeated by Ella Tripp and Joanne Wright of Great Britain in the round of 32.-References:*...

. They were defeated by Ella Tripp

Ella Tripp

Ella Tripp is an English badminton player.Tripp competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Joanne Wright. They beat Bulgarians in the first round and were defeated by Lotte Bruil and Mia Audina of the Netherlands in the round of 16...

 and Joanne Wright

Joanne Wright

Joanne Nicholas is a female badminton player from the United Kingdom.Joanne attended Churchtown Primary School, Stanley High School and King George V College , all in Southport, Merseyside....

 of Great Britain

United Kingdom

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 in the round of 32.

2008 Summer Olympics

Petya Nedelcheva was one of the competitors in the 2008 Summer Olympics

Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Badminton competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 17 at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium.-Qualification:The qualification for 2008 Summer Olympics began from May 2007 until April 2008...

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In women's singles, she defeated Sara Persson

Sara Persson

Sara Persson is a female badminton player from Sweden.She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she reached the second round before losing to Wang Chen of Hong Kong. In the 2008 olympic tournament she lost directly in the first round....

 of Sweden

Sweden

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 and Hadia Hosny of Egypt

Egypt

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 in the first two rounds. In the Third Round, she lost to Wong Mew Choo of Malaysia in two sets.

Major achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Obs
Open Championships
1	Women's singles	1999	Cyprus International Cyprus International (badminton) The Cyprus International in badminton is an international open held in Cyprus since 1987. The tournament belongs to the EBU Circuit. The Cypriot National Badminton Championships started three years later.-Winners:-Results:**...
1 1 1	Women's singles Women's doubles Mixed doubles	2000, 2002	Greece International Greece International (badminton) The Greece International in badminton is an international open held in Greece since 2000 and are thereby one of the most recent international championships in Europe. It was halted in 2004 and in the season 2007/2008 it was introduced again in the European circuit as an International Series, after...
1 1 1	Women's singles Women's doubles Mixed doubles	2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008 2003, 2005, 2006 2005	Bulgarian International Bulgarian International (badminton) The Bulgarian International in badminton is an international open held in Bulgaria since 1985. It was halted between 1996 and 1998, and in 2000. The tournament belongs to the EBU Circuit.-Previous winners:-External links:**...
1	Women's singles	2001, 2004, 2008	Hungarian International Hungarian International (badminton) The Hungarian International in badminton is an international open held in Hungary since 1974. In the first years they took place every two years, and until 1978 it is held annually. Their traditional period competition is the autumn, and it belongs to the EBU Circuit. Hungarian National Badminton...
1	Women's singles	2002	Slovenian International Slovenian International (badminton) The Slovenian International in badminton is an international open held in Slovenia regularly since 1993.It took place also as unofficial international championship from 1963 until 1976, when Slovenia was part of Yugoslavia.-Previous winners:...
1	Women's singles	2002, 2006	Croatian International Croatian International (badminton) The Croatian International in badminton is an international open held in Croatia since 1999. The tournament belongs to the EBU Circuit. Croatian National Badminton Championships were established already in 1992.-Previous winners:-References:**...
1 1	Mixed doubles Women's doubles	2002 2004	Finnish International Finnish International (badminton) The Finnish International in badminton is an international open held in Finland since 1990. It was halted in 1994, 1995, and between 1997 and 2001.-Previous winners:-External links:**...
1 1	Women's singles Women's doubles	2003	Iceland International Iceland International (badminton) The Iceland International in badminton is an international open held in Iceland since 1986. The tournament belongs to the EBU Circuit.In 2008 the organization of this event had to be cancelled due to the Islandic financial crisis.-Previous winners:...
1 1	Women's singles Women's doubles	2003	Czech International Czech International (badminton) The Czech Open in badminton is an international open held in the Czech Republic since 1993. This tournament followed the Czechoslovakian Open and is often used by European, in particular Danish, new generation talents as jump board into the European point....
1	Women's doubles	2004	Austrian International Austrian International (badminton) The Austrian International in badminton is an international open held in Austria since 1965. In the initial years they took place later annually every two years, but since 1973 it has been held annually.-Previous winners:-External links:**...
1	Women's doubles	2004	Le Volant d'Or Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse is an international badminton open held annually in France since 1997. It was halted in 2001 and 2005, and with a prize money of USD15000 it belongs to the BE-Circuit.-Previous winners:-External links:* *...
1 1	Women's singles Women's doubles	2004	Welsh International
1	Women's singles	2004	Irish Open
1	Women's singles	2005	Polish Open Polish Open (badminton) The Polish Open in badminton is an international open held in Poland since 1975.In the years before 1990 they were one of the few meeting places of the badminton players of the Eastern Bloc countries. The tournament belongs to the EBU Circuit....
1	Women's singles	2005	Slovak International Slovak International (badminton) The Slovak International in badminton is an international open held in Slovakia since 1993.The tournament followed the Czechoslovakian Open, and it belongs to the European Badminton Circuit.-Previous winners:...
1 1	Mixed doubles Women's doubles	2006	Romanian International Romanian International (badminton) The Romanian International in badminton, as also known as BanuInvest International Championships, is an international open held in Romania since 1991.It was halted in 1994, 1996, 1997 and between 2001 and 2005. The tournament belongs to the EBU Circuit....

External links

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