Akvilė Stapušaitytė

Akvilė Stapušaitytė
Stapušaitytė in 2012
Personal information
Country	Lithuania
Born	(1986-03-25) 25 March 1986 (age 38)[1] Tauragė, Lithuanian SSR
Height	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Handedness	Right[2]
Coach	Juozas Špelveris
Women's singles
Highest ranking	74 (28 April 2016)
BWF profile

Akvilė Stapušaitytė (born 25 March 1986) is a Lithuanian badminton player. She was born in Tauragė, Lithuanian SSR.

Career

Stapušaitytė won the Lithuanian National Badminton Championships in 2006–2014. Lithuania Open title winner. She attended the 2008 Summer Olympics and lost to Tine Rasmussen in the second round. She also represented Lithuania in 2012 Summer Olympics where she was eliminated after group stage.

Media

Stapušaitytė was nominated among most charming sportswomen of 2013 in Lithuania.[3] In 2014, she was on the cover of SportIN magazine.[4]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Iceland International	Ragna Ingólfsdóttir	18–21, 21–17, 17–21	Runner-up
2013	Lithuanian International	Anne Hald Jensen	21–18, 21–15	Winner
2014	Iceland International	Airi Mikkelä	14–21, 21–18, 11–21	Runner-up
2014	Norwegian International	Mia Blichfeldt	18–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2015	Riga International	Anastasia Chervyakova	26–24, 14–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2016	Jamaica International	Jeanine Cicognini	16–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2017	Hatzor International	Anastasiia Semenova	12–21, 8–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Lithuanian International	Kristina Dovidaitytė	Jenny Sjölund Elina Väisänen	15–12, 15–7	Winner
2006	Lithuanian International	Kristīne Šefere	Anastasia Prokopenko Elena Chernyavskaya	10–21, 21–15, 14–21	Runner-up
2007	Kalev International	Anna Narel	Lucia Tavera Sandra Chirlaque	20–22, 23–21, 18–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Estonian International	Jean-Michel Lefort	Petri Hyyryläinen Elina Väisänen	15–6, 17–14	Winner
2005	Latvia Riga International	Jean-Michel Lefort	Kęstutis Navickas Kamila Augustyn	10–15, 7–15	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Alfa.lt".
2. "Akvile STAPUSAITYTE Player Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
3. "Žaviausia sportininkė 2013". Archived from the original on 2014-02-08. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
4. Sporto leidinių badas baigėsi: dienos šviesą išvydo žurnalas „SportIN“

External links

• Akvilė Stapušaitytė at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
• Akvilė Stapušaitytė at BWFBadminton.com
• Akvilė Stapušaitytė at Olympedia (archive)
• Akvilė Stapušaitytė at Olympics.com
• Akvilė Stapušaitytė at the Lietuvos tautinis olimpinis komitetas (in Lithuanian)