Mia Blichfeldt

Blichfeldt started to play badminton in Solrød Strand badmintonclub at the age of nine, and began playing competitively at the age of eleven. She made her international debut in 2013, representing her country at the 2013, 2014, 2015 World Junior Championships, and 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. She won the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the girls' singles event, also helping her team take the bronze.^[5]

At the age of sixteen, she claimed her first international title at the 2013 Norwegian International, beating top seed Olga Golovanova of Russia in the final.^[6] In 2014, she won the Danish National Championships.

In 2017, she reached the final of the Scottish Open, but lost in the final to host player Kirsty Gilmour with a score of 21–23, 12–21.

In 2018, Blichfeldt reached the semi-finals of the European Championships, but was stopped by the host player and 2016 Olympic gold medallist Carolina Marín, thus having to settle for a bronze medal. At the same year, she won her first Super 100 title at the Dutch Open, when she defeated Qi Xuefei with a score of 21–16, 21–18.

In 2019, Blichfeldt won the Spain Masters, a Super 300 tournament, by beating compatriot Line Kjærsfeldt with a score of 21–14, 21–14 in the final. She clinched the gold at the 2019 Minsk European Games, defeating Scotland's Kirsty Gilmour with a score of 21–16, 21–17. At the 2019 BWF World Championships, she made her first-ever World Championship quarterfinal by beating eighth seed Saina Nehwal in the Round of 16.^[7] However, she lost in the quarterfinals to the Chinese fourth seed and eventual bronze medallist Chen Yufei.^[8]

In 2020, Blichfeldt along with the Denmark team won the 2020 European Women's Team Championships.^[9]

In 2021, Blichfeldt competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she was seeded thirteenth. She topped her group in the Group Stage, beating Bulgaria's Linda Zetchiri and Australia's Chen Hsuan-yu, to make the Round of 16. However, she lost in the Round of 16 to the then reigning World Champion and eventual bronze medallist P. V. Sindhu of India. ^[10]

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus	Kirsty Gilmour	21–16, 21–17	Gold
2023	Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów, Poland	Carolina Marín	15–21, 14–21	Silver

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Carolina Marín	17–21, 16–21	Bronze
2022	Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain	Kirsty Gilmour	19–21, 21–19, 10–21	Bronze

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Regional Sport Centrum Hall, Lubin, Poland	Julie Dawall Jakobsen	21–14, 21–10	Gold

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[11] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[12]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Orléans Masters	Super 100	Shiori Sato	18–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2018	Spain Masters	Super 300	Minatsu Mitani	21–9, 21–23, 8–21	Runner-up
2018	Dutch Open	Super 100	Qi Xuefei	21–16, 21–18	Winner
2019	Spain Masters	Super 300	Line Kjærsfeldt	21–14, 21–14	Winner
2023	Swiss Open	Super 300	Pornpawee Chochuwong	16–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2024	German Open	Super 300	Nguyễn Thùy Linh	21–11, 21–9	Winner

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played from 2007 to 2017.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Scottish Open	Kirsty Gilmour	21–23, 12–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Norwegian International	Olga Golovanova	19–21, 21–16, 21–16	Winner
2014	Norwegian International	Akvile Stapusaityte	21–18, 21–17	Winner
2015	Slovenia International	Marija Ulitina	21–17, 17–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2016	Portugal International	Chloe Birch	21–12, 21–14	Winner
2017	Swedish International	Sofie Holmboe Dahl	21–19, 21–16	Winner
2017	Spanish International	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	21–12, 21–12	Winner
2019	Denmark International	Natsuki Oie	21–18, 21–18	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 6 November 2022.^[13]

Players	Matches	Results		Difference
		Won	Lost
Minatsu Mitani	2	0	2	–2
Nozomi Okuhara	3	0	3	–3
Akane Yamaguchi	6	0	6	–6
An Se-young	3	0	3	–3
Sung Ji-hyun	2	0	2	–2
Carolina Marín	5	1	4	–3
Ratchanok Intanon	6	0	6	–6

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