Helle Sofie Sagøy

Helle Sofie Sagøy
Personal information
Country	Norway
Born	(1998-01-19) 19 January 1998 (age 27) Klæbu, Trøndelag, Norway
Height	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Coach	Sonja Wåland
Women's singles SL4 Women's doubles SL3–SU5 Mixed doubles SL3–SU5
Highest ranking	1 (WS 19 July 2022) 2 (WD with Katrin Seibert 1 January 2019) 8 (XD with Rickard Nilsson 15 March 2022)
Current ranking	1 (WS) (24 September 2024)
Medal record Para badminton Representing  Norway Paralympic Games 2024 Paris Women's singles World Championships 2013 Dortmund Women's doubles 2015 Stoke Mandeville Women's singles 2015 Stoke Mandeville Women's doubles 2022 Tokyo Women's singles 2013 Dortmund Women's singles 2019 Basel Women's singles 2024 Pattaya Women's singles European Para Championships 2023 Rotterdam Women's singles 2023 Rotterdam Mixed doubles European Championships 2014 Murcia Women's singles 2014 Murcia Mixed doubles 2018 Rodez Women's singles 2018 Rodez Women's doubles 2018 Rodez Mixed doubles

Helle Sofie Sagøy (born 19 January 1998) is a Norwegian para-badminton player. She is a Paralympic bronze medallist, four-time world champion and five-time European champion, with one European Para Championships title and four European Championships titles. Sagøy was born without her right lower leg and has used a prosthetic all her life.[1][2] She was awarded the BWF Para-Badminton Player of the Year in 2015 after winning two gold medals at the 2015 World Championships.[3]

Sagøy made her Paralympic debut at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, where she placed fourth in the women's singles event.[4][5][6] She won the bronze medal in the women's single event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, where she became the first Norwegian to medal in para-badminton at the Paralympic Games.[7][8]

Achievements

Paralympic Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France	Khalimatus Sadiyah	21–10, 21–14	Bronze

World Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Parul Parmar	19–21, 6–21	Silver
2015	Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England	Faustine Noël	21–18, 21–17	Gold
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Leani Ratri Oktila	7–21, 8–21	Bronze
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Haruka Fujino	21–9, 19–21, 21–10	Gold
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Cheng Hefang	13–21, 19–21	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013[a]	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Katrin Seibert	Paramee Panyachaem Julie Thrane	21–13, 21–12	Gold
			Nipada Saensupa Chanida Srinavakul	21–12, 21–16
			Parul Parmar Wandee Kantam	21–17, 21–13
2015[a]	Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England	Katrin Seibert	Véronique Braud Faustine Noël	21–11, 21–11	Gold
			Siri Chandanna Chillari Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	21–4, 21–4
			Wandee Kantam Mamiko Toyoda	27–25, 21–13
			Parul Parmar Julie Thrane	21–13, 21–16

European Para Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Faustine Noël	21–6, 21–6	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Rickard Nilsson	Lucas Mazur Faustine Noël	14–21, 14–21	Silver

European Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2014[a]	High Performance Center, Murcia, Spain	Zehra Bağlar	21–11, 21–8	Gold
		Thiéfaine Auvert	21–6, 21–6
		Julie Thrane	21–17, 21–13
2018[a]	Amphitheatre Gymnasium, Rodez, France	Emma Louise Stoner	21–9, 21–1	Gold
		Véronique Braud	21–11, 21–17
		Katrin Seibert	21–12, 21–17
		Faustine Noël	21–13, 22–20

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018[a]	Amphitheatre Gymnasium, Rodez, France	Katrin Seibert	Véronique Braud Emma Louise Stoner	21–4, 21–8	Gold
			Catherine Naudin Ivanna Redka	21–9, 21–3
			Zehra Bağlar Katarzyna Ziębik	21–17, 21–6
			Coraline Bergeron Cathrine Rosengren	21–11, 21–18

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014[a]	High Performance Center, Murcia, Spain	Bobby Griffin	Muammer Çankaya Zehra Bağlar	21–15, 21–11	Gold
			Pascal Baron Thiéfaine Auvert	21–2, 21–4
			Daniel Bethell Julie Thrane	21–16, 23–21
2018	Amphitheatre Gymnasium, Rodez, France	Jan-Niklas Pott	Lucas Mazur Faustine Noël	14–21, 11–21	Bronze

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (7 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022.[9][10]

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Milena Surreau	21–9, 21–11	Winner
2022	Canada Para Badminton International	Level 1	Haruka Fujino	14–21, 21–11, 21–15	Winner
2022[a]	4 Nations Para Badminton International	Level 1	Haruka Fujino	Walkover	Winner
			Faustine Noël	21–17, 21–12
2023	Spanish Para Badminton International	Level 1	Haruka Fujino	21–12, 21–14	Winner
2023	4 Nations Para Badminton International	Level 1	Haruka Fujino	21–16, 21–11	Winner
2024	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Haruka Fujino	21–17, 21–10	Winner
2024	Spanish Para Badminton International	Level 1	Haruka Fujino	15–21, 21–15, 21–10	Winner
2024	4 Nations Para Badminton International	Level 1	Leani Ratri Oktila	18–21, 12–21	Runner-up

International Tournaments (11 titles, 9 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Turkish Para Badminton International	Zehra Bağlar	21–17, 21–12	Winner
2016[a]	Irish Para Badminton International	Katrin Seibert	21–13, 23–25, 14–21	Runner-up
		Véronique Braud	21–16, 21–7
		Faustine Noël	21–18, 21–17
2017	Spanish Para Badminton International	Faustine Noël	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2018	Spanish Para Badminton International	Katrin Seibert	21–10, 14–21, 21–16	Winner
2018	Irish Para Badminton International	Leani Ratri Oktila	8–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2019	Uganda Para Badminton International	Mary Margaret Wilson	21–17, 21–8	Winner
2019	Irish Para Badminton International	Leani Ratri Oktila	21–14, 12–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2019[a]	Denmark Para Badminton International	Chanida Srinavakul	21–19, 21–18	Winner
		Mary Margaret Wilson	21–9, 21–10
		Katrin Seibert	15–21, 21–12, 21–16
		Haruka Fujino	21–11, 13–21, 23–21
2020	Peru Para Badminton International	Haruka Fujino	20–22, 21–16, 14–21	Runner-up
2021[a]	Dubai Para Badminton International	Salama Al Khateri	21–2, 21–0	Runner-up
		Faustine Noël	21–14, 19–21, 21–16
		Leani Ratri Oktila	11–21, 17–21
		Sophie van den Broek	21–6, 21–6
2021	Spanish Para Badminton International	Haruka Fujino	21–8, 21–7	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Irish Para Badminton International	Katrin Seibert	Mamiko Toyoda Asami Yamada	21–19, 21–9	Winner
2017	Spanish Para Badminton International	Katrin Seibert	Véronique Braud Faustine Noël	21–18, 21–16	Winner
2017	Japan Para Badminton International	Katrin Seibert	Manasi Girishchandra Joshi Yang Qiuxia	21–23, 15–21	Runner-up
2018	Spanish Para Badminton International	Katrin Seibert	Manasi Girishchandra Joshi Mamiko Toyoda	21–19, 21–12	Winner
2018[a]	Irish Para Badminton International	Katrin Seibert	Caitlin Dransfield Celine Aurelie Vinot	21–9, 21–10	Runner-up
			Véronique Braud Mary Margaret Wilson	21–6, 21–15
			Ekaterina Oginskaya Vita Vimba	21–7, 21–2
			Leani Ratri Oktila Khalimatus Sadiyah	16–21, 9–21

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Turkish Para Badminton International	Bobby Griffin	Lucas Mazur Faustine Noël	8–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2016	Irish Para Badminton International	Jan-Niklas Pott	Lucas Mazur Faustine Noël	17–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2017	Spanish Para Badminton International	Jan-Niklas Pott	Marcel Adam Katrin Seibert	21–17, 16–21, 21–19	Winner
2018[a]	Denmark Para Badminton International	Jan-Niklas Pott	Colin Leslie Cathrine Rosengren	26–24, 21–11	Winner
			Oleksandr Chyrkov Ivanna Redka	21–8, 21–7
			Rogerio Junior Xavier Mary Margaret Wilson	21–18, 21–8

References

1. "Helle Sofie Sagoy - Team Norway". Team Norway (in Norwegian). 13 June 2020.
2. "Jeg har alltid villet klare meg like godt som andre". kk.no (in Norwegian). 8 September 2016.
3. "BWF Awards". Badminton Europe. 13 June 2020.
4. NTB (2021-09-04). "Sagøy slått ut i semifinalen i Paralympics-badminton". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-09-04.
5. NTB, (NTB) (2021-09-05). "(+) Sagøy tapte bronsekampen mot Ma i Paralympics-badminton". itromso.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-09-04.
6. "Badminton: SAGOEY Helle Sofie". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021.
7. NTB (2024-09-02). "Helle Sofie Sagøy tok bronse i badminton i Paralympics". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-09-04.
8. NTB (2024-09-02). "(+) Rørt Helle Sofie Sagøy etter badmintonbronsen i Paralympics: – Dette var deilig!". fosna-folket.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-09-04.
9. "Para Badminton Tournament Structure Bids for Tournaments 2022 Onwards". Badminton World Federation. 29 May 2022.
10. "BWF Para Tournamentsoftware". Badminton World Federation. 11 July 2022.

Notes

1. This tournament uses a round robin system.

External links

• Helle Sofie Sagoy at BWFBadminton.com
• Helle Sofie Sagoey at the International Paralympic Committee
• Helle Sofie Sagøy at Team Norway (in Norwegian)