Yevheniia Kantemyr

Yevheniia Kantemyr
Personal information
Born (2005-07-04) 4 July 2005
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Sport
CountryUkraine
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking110 (WS)
19 (WD with Polina Buhrova, 15 April 2025)
54 (XD with Oleksii Titov, 14 January 2025)
Current ranking122 (WS)
30 (WD with Polina Buhrova)
63 (XD with Oleksii Titov) (17 March 2026)
BWF profile
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Ukraine
European Women's Team Championships
2026 Istanbul Women's team
European Junior Championships
2022 Belgrade Mixed team

Yevheniia Kantemyr (Ukrainian: Євгенія Кантемир; born 4 July 2005) is a Ukrainian badminton player.

Career

Kantemyr was born in Ukraine in 2005. She studied at Kharkiv Professional Sports College. In 2022, she along with her family were displaced as a result of Putin's war on Ukraine. Her mother and brother live in Slovakia, while she first moved to France and then Italy.[2][3][4]

In November 2024, she and Buhrova made history as they reached a world tour tournament final at the 2024 Hylo Open, first for any Ukrainian player(s) across all five disciplines.[5][6]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[7] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[8]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2024 Hylo Open Super 300 Polina Buhrova Sung Shuo-yun
Yu Chien-hui
16–21, 14–21 Runner-up [6]

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 6 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2024 El Salvador International Juliana Viana Vieira 10–21, 14–21 Runner-up [9]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2024 Kazakhstan International Polina Buhrova Kaho Osawa
Mai Tanabe
walkover Runner-up
2024 Mexican International Polina Buhrova Romina Fregoso
Miriam Rodríguez
21–12, 21–16 Winner
2024 Turkey International Polina Buhrova Paula López
Lucía Rodríguez
walkover Runner-up
2024 Bangladesh International Polina Buhrova Kodchaporn Chaichana
Pannawee Polyiam
23–25, 21–18, 11–21 Runner-up
2025 Astana International Polina Buhrova Lanny Tria Mayasari
Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi
21–12, 11–21, 21–13 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2024 Iceland International Oleksii Titov Mikkel Klinggaard
Naja Abildgaard
11–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2024 Dutch International Oleksii Titov Rory Easton
Lizzie Tolman
13–21, 14–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Yevheniia Kantemyr". Uniscore. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  2. ^ Cerny, Felix (12 August 2024). "Geflohene Badminton-Spielerin bei Simmering". Kronen Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  3. ^ Sukumar, Dev (5 October 2023). "World Juniors : 'Badminton has saved us'". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  4. ^ Rahman, Anisur (19 December 2024). "Ukrainian shuttlers seek 'peace', a path home". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  5. ^ Sukumar, Dev (4 November 2024). "Hylo Open:Toft/Magelund continue to impress". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Українські бадмінтоністки - срібні призерки турніру у Німеччині". Ukrinform (in Ukrainian). 4 November 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  7. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  8. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Спортсменка з Харкова здобула срібло на міжнародному турнірі з бадмінтону". Redpost Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 21 September 2025.