Carolina Marín

Carolina Marín
Marín in 2014
Personal information
Birth name	Carolina María Marín Martín
Country	Spain
Born	15 June 1993 Huelva, Spain
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 ^1⁄2 in) [1]
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Years active	since 2009
Handedness	Left
Coach	Fernando Rivas
Women's singles
Career record	254 Wins, 78 Losses (Winning Percentage 76.6%)
Career title(s)	20
Highest ranking	1 (11 June 2015)
Current ranking	2 (01 December 2016)
Medal record Badminton Representing  Spain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Singles World Championships 2014 Copenhagen Singles 2015 Jakarta Singles European Championships 2014 Kazan Singles 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Singles European Women's Team Championships 2016 Kazan Women's team World Junior Championships 2011 Taipei Singles European Junior Championships 2011 Vantaa Singles 2009 Milan Singles European U17 Championships 2009 Medvode Singles
BWF profile
Updated on May 1, 2016.

Carolina María Marín Martín (born 15 June 1993) is a badminton player from Spain who is currently ranked No.2^[2] in the world by Badminton World Federation in the women's singles.^[1][3] She became world champion in women's singles in 2014 and 2015.^[4] She won her first women's singles gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics after defeating P. V. Sindhu of India.^[5][6]

Badminton career

Carolina started playing badminton at the IES La Orden badminton club in Huelva. In 2009 she became the first Spanish badminton player to win a silver medal first, at the 2009 European Junior Badminton Championships,^[7] and a gold medal later, at the 2009 European U17 Badminton Championships.^[8]

Carolina played for the Bangalore-based team Banga Beats in the inaugural edition of the Indian Badminton League (IBL) in 2013.^[9]

She was the first Spanish badminton player to win a Grand Prix Gold title after winning the 2013 London Grand Prix Gold.

On 31 August 2014 she defeated Li Xuerui from China in the BWF World Championships singles final and became the first Spaniard to win a World Championship title and the third European female player to achieve the gold medal, after Lene Køppen (1977) and Camilla Martin (1999).^[10] Aged only 21, she became the youngest European world champion ever.^[11]

On 8 March 2015, she won the All England, her first Superseries Premier title in her first Superseries Premier final. The title propelled her to rank number 4 in the world ranking and, for the first time, no. 1 in the Superseries standing.

At 2015 India Open, she had the chance to unseat Li Xuerui as the new world no. 1. However, she narrowly lost to Thai prodigy Ratchanok Intanon in a close three game match at the semi-final stage. Carolina rose to a career high of no.2 in the world ranking on 2 April 2015.

On 5 April 2015, Carolina Marín won her second straight Super Series Premier title, beating Olympic champion Li Xuerui for the second consecutive time at the 2015 Malaysia Open.

On 16 August 2015, she defended her title at the World Championship by beating Saina Nehwal of India in 21-16, 21-19.

On 19th August 2016, she won a gold medal by beating India's P.V Sindhu in the singles final at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio, Brazil with a score of 19-21, 21-12, 21-15.

Individual finals

Carolina Marín at 2013 Axiata Cup in Surabaya

Carolina Marín at 2014 Spanish National Championships in Jaén

Individual titles (20)

Date	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
2009	Irish International	Rachel van Cutsen	22–24, 21–14, 21–16
2010	Uganda International	Anne Hald Jensen	21–18, 19–21, 21–18
2010	Cyprus International	Olga Golovanova	21–12, 25–27, 21–14
2011	Morocco International	Juliane Schenk	21–17, 21–13
2011	Spanish Open	Olga Konon	21–13, 21–14
2013	Swedish International Stockholm	Nicole Schaller	21–6, 21–10
2013	Finnish Open	Beatriz Corrales	21–10, 21–15
2013	London Grand Prix Gold	Kirsty Gilmour	21–19, 21–9
2013	Scottish Open	Kirsty Gilmour	21–14, 11–21, 21–13
2013	Italian International	Sabrina Jaquet	21–15, 21–14
2014	European Championships	Anna Thea Madsen	21–9, 14–21, 21–8
2014	World Championships	Li Xuerui	17–21, 21–17, 21–18
2015	All England	Saina Nehwal	16–21, 21–14, 21–7
2015	Malaysia Open	Li Xuerui	19–21, 21–19, 21–17
2015	Australian Open	Wang Shixian	22–20, 21–18
2015	World Championships	Saina Nehwal	21–16, 21–19
2015	French Open	Wang Shixian	21–18, 21–10
2015	Hong Kong Open	Nozomi Okuhara	21–17, 18–21, 22–20
2016	European Championships	Kirsty Gilmour	21–12, 21–18
2016	Olympics	P. V. Sindhu	19–21, 21–12, 21–15

     Olympics / World Championships

     Super Series Premier

     Super Series

     Grand Prix Gold

     Grand Prix

Runners-up (8)

Date	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
2009	Cyprus International	Špela Silvester	21–23, 21–23
2010	Italian International	Olga Konon	20–22, 14–21
2011	Irish International	Pai Hsiao-ma	21–12, 19–21, 7–21
2013	Spanish Open	Beatriz Corrales	19–21, 18–21
2014	Spanish Open	Kirsty Gilmour	19–21, 18–21
2014	Australian Open	Saina Nehwal	18–21, 11–21
2015	Syed Modi International	Saina Nehwal	21–19, 23–25, 16–21
2015	German Open	Sung Ji-hyun	15–21, 21–14, 6–21

     Super Series

     Grand Prix Gold

National championships finals

Wins

Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
2009	Spanish National Championships	Beatriz Corrales	21–15, 22–20
2010	Spanish National Championships	Beatriz Corrales	21–7, 21–14
2011	Spanish National Championships	Beatriz Corrales	21–13, 21–17
2012	Spanish National Championships	Beatriz Corrales	21–14, 16–21, 21–12
2013	Spanish National Championships	Laura Samaniego	21–6, 21–18
2014	Spanish National Championships	Beatriz Corrales	21–12, 22–20

Individual junior titles (2)

Date	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
2009	European U17 Championships	Neslihan Yiğit	21–9, 21–3
2011	European Junior Championships	Beatriz Corrales	21–14, 23–21

Runners-up (1)

Date	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
2009	European Junior Championships	Anne Hald	21–18, 10–21, 10–21

Record against selected opponents

Women's Singles results against World Superseries finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists, as well as all Olympic opponents.^[12]

Last revised: November 26, 2016

• Petya Nedelcheva 1–0
• Li Xuerui 3–3
• Sun Yu 2–2
• Wang Shixian 4–5
• Wang Xin 0–2
• Wang Yihan 3–4
• Tine Baun 1–2
• Line Kjærsfeldt 5–0
• Cheng Shao-chieh 1–1
• Tai Tzu-ying 4–2
• Pi Hongyan 0–1
• Nanna Vainio 3–0
• Juliane Schenk 2–0
• Yip Pui Yin 2–0
• Lindaweni Fanetri 2–2
• Saina Nehwal 3-4
• P. V. Sindhu 5–2
• Yui Hashimoto 3–1
• Eriko Hirose 1–1
• Minatsu Mitani 2–0
• Nozomi Okuhara 2–4
• Sayaka Sato 0–1
• Akane Yamaguchi 3–2
• Sung Ji-hyun 6–1
• Bae Yeon-ju 1–0
• Claudia Rivero 1–0
• Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 2–1
• Ratchanok Intanon 1–4
• Zhang Beiwen 1–2

References

1. "Carolina Marín".
2. "BWF World Superseries | Rankings". bwfworldsuperseries.com. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
3. "Carolina María Marín Martín". Comité Olímpico Español
4. "Dare to Dream – Carolina Marin World Beater". badmintoneurope.com. 4 September 2014
5. "Carolina Marin didn't allow PV Sindhu to play her natural game". 19 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
6. "Sindhu lends a silver lining to India's Olympic campaign". 19 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016 – via The Hindu.
7. "European Junior Championships 2009 – Winners". tournamentsoftware.com. 12 April 2009
8. "European U17 Championships 2009 – Winners". tournamentsoftware.com. 15 November 2009
9. Who got whom in IBL 2013 players' auction. The Times of India. 22 July 2013
10. "WORLDS 2014 Finals – Carolina Marin is the new World Champion!". Badzine.net.
11. "A fairy tale written by Carolina Marin". badmintoneurope.com. 31 August 2014
12. "Carolina MARIN". tournamentsoftware.com.

External links

• Carolina MARÍN at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Carolina MARÍN at BWFbadminton.com