Olga Roj

Olga Roj
Olga Roj
Personal information
Birth name	Olga Anatolyevna Konon
Country	Belarus (to 2009); Poland (2009–2010); Germany (since October 2010)
Born	11 November 1989 (age 35); Brest, Byelorussian SSR
Residence	Saarbrücken, Germany
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb; 9.6 st)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	26 (WS 18 August 2011); 90 (WD 12 July 2018); 40 (XD 27 September 2018)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Germany
European Mixed Team Championships
European Women's Team Championships
Representing Belarus
European Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Olga Anatolyevna Konon (Belarusian: Вольга Анатольеўна Конан; Russian: Ольга Анатольевна Конон; born 11 November 1989) is a badminton player from Germany, and is of Belarusian origin.^[1]

Career

Konon is known for her speed and attacking style of play. She is currently coached by Kim Ji Hyun and Per Henrik Croona.^[2] Konon won her first major international tournament in 2004, at the Finnish International in the mixed event. She was only 14 at the time.^[1]

In 2005, she traveled to the north east of England to take on then county champions, mixed doubles team Andrew Dodds and Cheryl Wigham. Konon and her partner were beaten 21–9, 21–14.

In her next match she suffered a knee ligament injury at the Swedish International.^[1] After this injury, in 2007, she won a gold medal in girls' doubles and a bronze medal in girls' singles at the European Junior Championships.^[3] The following year she won Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse in women's singles, and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

In October 2014, the UK launched the National Badminton League. This consists of six national teams that play each other once during the season. Top national and European players were 'auctioned' off and bought by one of the six franchises, and Konon was picked to play for the University of Nottingham. In November 2014, she won her first match for the UON, beating Liz Cann 3–0.

Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Konon lost in the round of sixteen to top seeded Xie Xinfang (who later won the silver medal) 21–16, 21–15. En route to the round of sixteen, she defeated Singapore's Xing Aiying, who is ranked 23 in the world, 21–19, 21–12. Later in the round of 32, she beat Slovenia's Maja Tvrdy, 21–17, 21–14.^[4]

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Hermann-Neuberger-Halle, Völklingen, Germany	Karina Jørgensen	14–21, 18–21	Bronze

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	De Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Kristína Ludíková	Olga Kozlova Nina Vislova	5–15, 12–15	Bronze
2007	Hermann-Neuberger-Halle, Völklingen, Germany	Kristína Ludíková	Joan Christiansen Line Damkjær Kruse	21–14, 21–17	Gold

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[6]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Orléans Masters	Super 100	Peter Käsbauer	Niclas Nøhr Sara Thygesen	19–21, 9–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series/European Circuit

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	White Nights	Kanako Yonekura	11–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2008	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Susan Hughes	21–18, 21–12	Winner
2010	Norwegian International	Larisa Griga	21–17, 21–7	Winner
2010	Italian International	Carolina Marín	22–20, 21–14	Winner
2011	Spanish Open	Carolina Marín	13–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2011	Kharkiv International	Susan Egelstaff	21–9, 21–10	Winner
2011	Belgian International	Larisa Griga	21–12, 21–13	Winner
2013	French International	Beatriz Corrales	18–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2013	Denmark International	Mette Poulsen	21–15, 21–10	Winner
2013	White Nights	Ella Diehl	21–17, 21–14	Winner
2015	Kharkiv International	Pornpawee Chochuwong	21–16, 21–10	Winner
2015	Bulgarian International	Marija Ulitina	19–21, 21–16, 21–14	Winner
2015	Swiss International	Nitchaon Jindapol	21–16, 16–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2015	Irish Open	Natalia Koch Rohde	21–17, 21–16	Winner
2015	Italian International	Natalia Koch Rohde	18–21, 21–16, 15–21	Runner-up
2016	Swedish Masters	Karin Schnaase	16–21, 22–20, 19–21	Runner-up
2016	Austrian Open	Xu Wei	20–22, 15–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Czech International	Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	Elin Bergblom Johanna Persson	5–11, 8–11	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Czech International	Andrei Konakh	Mike Beres Jody Patrick	15–11, 9–15, 11–15	Runner-up
2004	Finnish International	Andrei Konakh	Vladislav Druzchenko Elena Nozdran	9–15, 15–11, 17–15	Winner
2009	Polish International	Michał Łogosz	Adam Cwalina Malgorzata Kurdelska	23–25, 21–11, 21–7	Winner
2017	Turkey International	Peter Käsbauer	Valeriy Atrashchenkov Yelyzaveta Zharka	21–18, 22–20	Winner
2018	Estonian International	Peter Käsbauer	Gregory Mairs Jenny Moore	21–14, 21–12	Winner
2018	Portugal International	Peter Käsbauer	Lu Chen Li Zi-qing	21–8, 21–12	Winner
2018	KaBaL International	Peter Käsbauer	Paweł Śmiłowski Magdalena Świerczyńska	21–10, 21–11	Winner