Ella Diehl

Ella Aleksandrovna Diehl (Russian: Элла Александровна Диль), (born 5 August 1978; née Karachkova (Russian: Карачкова)) is a badminton player from Russia.[1]

Ella Diehl
Personal information
Birth nameElla Aleksandrovna Karachkova
Country Russia
Born (1978-08-05) 5 August 1978
Kuybyshev Oblast, USSR
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's singles
Highest ranking9 (2 December 2010)
BWF profile

Career

She was selected to join the national team in 1995.[2] She had won girls' doubles silver medal at the 1995 European Junior Championships, and also one silver and two bronze in 1997 in team, girls' singles and doubles respectively.[3]

In her home country Russia, she has won 14 national titles as of 2009. In 2000 and 2008, she competed at the Summer Olympics.[2]

Diehl played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she reached the second round before losing to Salakjit Ponsana of Thailand.

In October 2005 Diehl won the women's doubles event at the Scottish International Open in Glasgow, and two weeks later followed this up by winning the women's singles event at the Irish International in Lisburn. The next year she won the Irish International again.

In 2010 Diehl won the bronze medal at the European Individual Championships in Manchester,[2] and in June 2010 claimed the European Tour circuit finals gold medal, beating Susan Egelstaff in the final in three sets. 2010 also saw Diehl beat current world champion Lu Lan of China to reach the semi final of Swiss Open.

Achievements

European Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2010 Manchester Evening News Arena,
Manchester, England
Tine Rasmussen 14–21, 16–21 Bronze

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1997 Nymburk, Czech Republic Judith Meulendijks 7–11, 4–11 Bronze

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1997 Nymburk, Czech Republic Zhanna Chornenjkaja Jane Jacoby
Britta Andersen
6–15, 12–15 Bronze
1995 Nitra, Slovakia Natalia Djachkova Joanne Wright
Donna Kellogg
No data Silver

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2010 Russian Open Ayane Kurihara 19–21, 19-21 Runner-up
2009 Russian Open Tatjana Bibik 21–17, 16–21, 21–11 Winner
2008 Russian Open Larisa Griga 21–10, 17–21, 21–12 Winner
2006 Bulgaria Open Petya Nedelcheva 21–19, 19–21, 16-21 Runner-up
2006 U.S. Open Lee Joo-hyun 11-6 Retired Winner
2005 Russian Open Nina Vislova 4–11, 11–5, 4–11 Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 U.S. Open Marina Yakusheva Valeria Sorokina
Nina Vislova
15–21, 18-21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2013 White Nights Olga Konon 17–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2013 Portugal International Ksenia Polikarpova 16–21, 21–16, 21–19 Winner
2010 European Circuit Finals Susan Egelstaff 20–22, 21–13, 21–16 Winner
2009 Scottish International Susan Egelstaff 18–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2009 White Nights Elena Prus 21–10, 21–10 Winner
2009 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Jill Pittard 21–8, 21–13 Winner
2008 Czech International Judith Meulendijks 21–14, 21–13 Winner
2006 Italian International Sara Persson 12–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2006 Scotland International Petya Nedelcheva 21–18, 7–21, 21–18 Winner
2006 Belgian International Petra Overzier 16–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2006 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Ekaterina Ananina 23–21, 21–16 Winner
2005 Irish International Juliane Schenk 11–3, 11–8 Winner
2005 Scottish International Judith Meulendijks 11–6, 11–8 Winner
2005 Spanish International Nanna Brosolat Jensen 11–4, 11–1 Winner
2005 Polish International Petya Nedelcheva 9–11, 7–11 Runner-up
2004 Russian International Tatjana Bibik 11–5, 11–6 Winner
2004 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Sara Persson 7–11, 13–10, 11–3 Winner
2004 Portugal International Tracey Hallam 11–7, 4–11, 9–11 Runner-up
2003 Welsh International Susan Hughes 11–6, 11–5 Winner
2000 Russian International Elena Nozdran 11–8, 11–8 Winner
2000 La Chaux-de-Fonds International Maja Pohar 11–4, 11–2 Winner
1999 Welsh International Marina Yakusheva 3–11, 7–11 Runner-up
1999 Portugal International Sonya McGinn 11–5, 13–10 Winner
1999 Austrian International Ginny Severien 11–4, 11–4 Winner
1998 Slovak International Markéta Koudelková 11–2, 11–3 Winner
1998 Czech International Sandra Dimbour 11–9, 11–7 Winner
1998 Portugal International Tanya Woodward 11–4, 1–11, 6–11 Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Italian International Marina Yakusheva Valeria Sorokina
Nina Vislova
15–2, 8–15, 5–15 Runner-up
2003 Welsh International Anastasia Russkikh Laura Choinet
Perrine Lebuhanic
15–1, 15–4 Winner
2001 Austrian International Anastasia Russkikh Britta Andersen
Lene Mørk
12–15, 15–7, 17–16 Winner
2000 Russian International Anastasia Russkikh Irina Ruslyakova
Marina Yakusheva
8–15, 10–15 Runner-up
1996 Amor International Nadezhda Chervyakova Elena Sukhareva
Marina Yakusheva
7–15, 5–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Spanish International Jean-Michel Lefort Andrew Bowman
Kirsteen McEwan
15–3, 15–9 Winner
2000 La Chaux-de-Fonds International Pavel Uvarov Andrej Pohar
Maja Pohar
15–8, 15–5 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. "Players: Ella Diehl". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  2. "Диль (Карачкова) Элла Александровна" (in Russian). Стадион. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  3. "European Junior Championships, Individuals". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
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