Vislova Nina Gennadyevna (born October 4, 1986, Moscow) is a Russian badminton player, Honored Master of Sport of Russia (2010), and bronze medalist at the 2012 Olympic Games in women's doubles. She represents Nizhny Novgorod Region and lives in Nizhny Novgorod.[1]
Sports career
She specializes in women's doubles and mixed doubles. In women's doubles she competed in a pair with Valeria Sorokina; in mixed doubles, with Vitaly Durkin (until 2009, with Alexander Nikolaenko).[2]
The main achievement of her career was the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London in women's doubles.[1] At the European level she became the 2010 European champion in women's doubles and won bronze at the continental championships three times in women's doubles (2008, 2012) and five times in team competitions (2009, 2011, 2013).[1]
At the Russian championships she won the women's doubles title in 2006–2008 and 2010–2014, and the mixed doubles title in 2007, 2008, and 2014. She is also a silver medalist of the national championships in singles (2006), women's doubles (2009), and mixed doubles (2010–2012), and a bronze medalist in mixed doubles (2009, 2013).[1] In August 2014 she withdrew from the individual World Championships in Copenhagen due to injury.[2]
Awards
She was awarded the title of Honored Master of Sport of Russia in badminton in 2010.[1] By decree of August 13, 2012, she was awarded the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland," II class, for her result at the London Olympic Games.[1] She competes for the VFSO Dynamo, Nizhny Novgorod Region.[1]
Sources
- dynamo.su — Vislova Nina Gennadyevna
- sportcom.ru — Badminton: Vislova Nina Gennadyevna // Sportcom News Agency