Akvilė Stapušaitytė

Akvilė Stapušaitytė
Stapušaitytė in 2012
Personal information
CountryLithuania
Born (1986-03-25) 25 March 1986 (age 38)[1]
Tauragė, Lithuanian SSR
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
HandednessRight[2]
CoachJuozas Špelveris
Women's singles
Highest ranking74 (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 Iceland Ragna Ingólfsdóttir 18–21, 21–17, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Lithuanian International Denmark Anne Hald Jensen 21–18, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Iceland International Finland Airi Mikkelä 14–21, 21–18, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Norwegian International Denmark Mia Blichfeldt 18–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Riga International Russia Anastasia Chervyakova 26–24, 14–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Jamaica International Italy Jeanine Cicognini 16–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Hatzor International Russia Anastasiia Semenova 12–21, 8–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Lithuanian International Lithuania Kristina Dovidaitytė Finland Jenny Sjölund
Finland Elina Väisänen 		15–12, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Lithuanian International Latvia Kristīne Šefere Russia Anastasia Prokopenko
Russia Elena Chernyavskaya 		10–21, 21–15, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Kalev International Poland Anna Narel Spain Lucia Tavera
Spain Sandra Chirlaque 		20–22, 23–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Estonian International France Jean-Michel Lefort Finland Petri Hyyryläinen
Finland Elina Väisänen 		15–6, 17–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Latvia Riga International France Jean-Michel Lefort Lithuania Kęstutis Navickas
Poland Kamila Augustyn 		10–15, 7–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 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“


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