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Spanish badminton player (born 1998)

Badminton player

Clara Azurmendi

Personal information

Birth name

Clara Azurmendi Moreno

Country

Spain

Born

(1998-05-04) 4 May 1998 (age 26)
San Sebastián, Spain

Residence

Madrid, Spain

Height

1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Weight

68 kg (150 lb)

Handedness

Right

Coach

Fernando Rivas
Anders Thomsen

Women's singles & doubles

Highest ranking

WS: 34 (22 November 2022)
WD: 38 with Beatriz Corrales (24 January 2023)

Current ranking

WS: 40
WD: 38 with Beatriz Corrales (31 January 2023)

Medal record

Women's badminton

Representing Spain
European Games
	2015 Baku	Women's singles
European Women's Team Championships
	2024 Łódź	Women's team
	2016 Kazan	Women's team
	2018 Kazan	Women's team
European Junior Championships
	2015 Lubin	Mixed team

BWF profile

Clara Azurmendi Moreno (born 4 May 1998) is a Spanish badminton player. She won the bronze medal at the Baku 2015 European Games in the women's singles event. She won her first international title at the 2016 Bulgarian International tournament. Azurmendi competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Achievements

European Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan	Lianne Tan	21–16, 19–21, 13–21	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 7 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Bulgarian International	Julie Dawal Jakobsen	26–24, 21–11	Winner
2016	Italian International	Sabrina Jaquet	20–22, 14–21	Runner-up
2016	Turkey International	Cemre Fere	21–14, 16–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2017	Romanian International	Anne Hald Jensen	Walkover	Winner
2018	Welsh International	Gayle Mahulette	12–21, 21–6, 21–12	Winner
2019	Dutch International	Line Christophersen	19–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2019	Slovenian International	Sofie Holmboe Dahl	14–21, 21–17, 21–18	Winner
2019	Welsh International	Fabienne Deprez	21–14, 21–16	Winner
2021	Austrian Open	Yaëlle Hoyaux	21–6, 21–14	Winner
2021	Mexican International	Beatriz Corrales	18–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2022	Peru Challenge	Kaoru Sugiyama	13–15 retired	Runner-up
2024	Mexican International	Ishika Jaiswal	21–14, 19–21, 19–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Mexican International	Beatriz Corrales	Lucía Rodríguez Ania Setién	23–21, 12–21, 22–20	Winner
2022	Canadian International	Beatriz Corrales	Annie Xu Kerry Xu	21–15, 15–21, 14–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

Notes

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Azurmendi and the second or maternal family name is Moreno.

References

"Clara Azurmendi Moreno" (in Spanish). Spanish Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
"Players: Clara Azurmendi". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
"Athletes: Clara Azurmendi". Baku 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
"Azurmendi executes Revenge". Badminton Europe. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
"Clara Azurmendi cae en su debut frente a la surcoreana An" (in Spanish). Diario AS. 24 July 2021. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

External links

Clara Azurmendi at BWFBadminton.com
Clara Azurmendi at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
Clara Azurmendi at the Federación Española de Bádminton (in Spanish)
Clara Azurmendi at Olympedia (archive)
Clara Azurmendi at Olympics.com
Clara Azurmendi at the Baku 2015 European Games (archived)
Clara Azurmendi Moreno (and here) at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish) (archive 1, archive 2)

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