Martina Repiská
| Martina Repiská | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country | Slovakia |
| Born | 21 October 1995 Zvolen, Slovakia |
| Residence | Holbæk, Denmark |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Handedness | Right |
| Women's singles & doubles | |
| Highest ranking | 61 (WS 18 October 2022) 174 (WD with Camilla Martens 29 December 2016) 85 (XD with Milan Dratva 1 November 2018) |
| BWF profile | |
Martina Repiská (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈmartina ˈrepiskaː]; born 21 October 1995) is a Slovak badminton player. In 2021 she became the third Slovak badminton player to take part in the Summer Olympics, as well as the first from her country to win a match in Olympic competition.
Career
[edit]Repiská started playing badminton at the age of nine in her hometown, then playing competitively in junior international tournaments when she was twelve. She became a member of the national team in 2012, and won her first international title at the 2017 Morocco International tournament.[1]
Repiská competed at the 2019 European Games in Minsk. In her first match in the women's singles, Repiská beat Ieva Pope of Latvia.[2] After losing her second group match, she defeated Czech Kateřina Tomalová to finish the group with a record of two wins and a loss, which was enough to advance to the knockout stages of the competition.[3] She faced Neslihan Yiğit of Turkey in her next match but lost in straight sets, exiting the competition in the round of 16.[4]
In May 2021 it was confirmed that Repiská had qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, based on her world ranking of 69th position. With her country not having sent a player to the 2016 games, she became the third Slovak badminton player at the Olympics, and the first since Monika Fašungová in 2012.[5] At the Olympics, Repiská won her opening match against Guatemalan opponent Nikté Sotomayor, becoming the first Slovak player to win a badminton match at the Olympics.[6] In her second match she lost against Canadian ninth seed Michelle Li, resulting in her elimination from the tournament.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Martina Repiska biography". BWF-Tournament Software. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Repiská úspešne vstúpila do bojov v Minsku, v prvom zápase zdolala Lotyšku Popeovú" (in Slovak). SME. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "EH 2019: Repiská zvíťazila nad Tomalovou a postúpila do osemfinále" (in Slovak). dobrenoviny.sk. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "EH 2019: Repiská podľahla v osemfinále Neslihanovej" (in Slovak). teraz.sk. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "Slovenská reprezentantka v bedmintone Martina Repiská sa kvalifikovala na olympiádu" (in Slovak). Šport.sk. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "Martina Repiská má za sebou skvelý olympijský debut: Dokázala som využiť jej slabé stránky". zoznam.sk (in Slovak). 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "Slovenská reprezentantka v bedmintone Martina Repiská" (in Slovak). SME. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
External links
[edit]- Martina Repiská at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)