Kaloyana Nalbantova

Kaloyana Nalbantova
Personal information
Born (2006-03-06) 6 March 2006
Parvomay, Bulgaria
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
CountryBulgaria
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Women's singles
Highest ranking53 (17 March 2026)
Current ranking53 (17 March 2026)
BWF profile
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Bulgaria
European Women's Team Championships
2026 Istanbul Women's team
European Junior Championships
2022 Belgrade Girls' singles
2024 Ibiza Girls' singles

Kaloyana Nalbantova (Bulgarian: Калояна Налбантова; born 6 March 2006) is a Bulgarian badminton player.[1] She won the women's singles title at the 2022 European Junior Badminton Championships in Belgrade. She also represented Bulgaria in women's singles at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2]

Career

In 2022, Kaloyana participated in the 2022 European Junior Badminton Championships and beat Lisa Curtin in the women's singles final 14–21, 21–17, 21–16 to win gold. She then won the Hungarian International by defeating Frederikke Lund in the final.[3] In 2023, Kaloyana reached the final of the Dutch International but lost to Huang Yu-hsun.[4] She also won her second international title by defeating Milena Schnider at the Bulgarian International.[5]

In 2024, Kaloyana qualified for the women's singles event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Placed into Group A with number 1 seed An Se-young and host representative Qi Xuefei, she first lost to An Se-young 15–21, 11–21.[6] In her second match, she defeated Qi Xuefei 21–18, 21–18 but did not advance to the knockout stage.[7][8]

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Athletic Hall Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia Lisa Curtin 14–21, 21–17, 21–16 Gold [9]
2024 Poliesportiu Sa Blanca Dona, Ibiza, Spain Ravza Bodur 21–16, 21–9 Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2022 Hungarian International Frederikke Lund 16–21, 21–13, 21–19 Winner
2023 Dutch International Huang Yu-hsun 10–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2023 Future Series Nouvelle-Aquitaine Tung Ciou-tong 17–21, 21–17, 11–21 Runner-up
2023 Bulgarian International Milena Schnider 21–12, 15–21, 21–15 Winner
2025 Belgian International Peng Yu-wei 21–8, 13–21, 21–12 Winner
2025 Czech Open Amalie Schulz 21–14, 12–21, 21–16 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Kaloyana NALBANTOVA". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  2. ^ "NALBANTOVA Kaloyana". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024.
  3. ^ МО, ИЦ на (6 November 2022). "Калояна Налбантова спечели титлата на турнира по бадминтон в Унгария" [Kaloyana Nalbantova won the title of the badminton tournament in Hungary]. Информационен център на Министерство на oтбраната (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Калояна Налбантова със сребро в Нидерландия" [Kaloyana Nalbantova with silver in the Netherlands]. Gong.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Калояна Налбантова стана шампионка на международния турнир в София" [Kaloyana Nalbantova became the champion of the international tournament in Sofia]. Sportal.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Калояна Налбантова се справи с французойка за първа победа в Париж" [Kaloyana Nalbantova defeated a Frenchwoman for her first victory in Paris]. bgnes.bg (in Bulgarian). 30 July 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Двойна победа за Калояна Налбантова - над китайка и над френската публика" [Double victory for Kaloyana Nalbantova - over a Chinese woman and over the French audience]. 24chasa.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Калояна Налбантова записа олимпийска победа" [Kaloyana Nalbantova recorded an Olympic victory]. Sportal.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Налбантова триумфира с титлата на Европейското U19 в Белград" [Nalbantova triumphs with the European U19 title in Belgrade]. Sportal.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 6 August 2024.