Nozomi Okuhara
| Nozomi Okuhara | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Birth name | 奥原 希望 |
| Country |
 Japan
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| Born |
March 13, 1995 Nagano Prefecture, Japan |
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) |
| Handedness | Right |
| Women's Singles | |
| Career record | 160–52 |
| Highest ranking | 3 (March 16, 2016) |
| Current ranking | 4 (November 24, 2016) |
| BWF profile | |
Nozomi Okuhara (奥原 希望 Okuhara Nozomi?, born 13 March 1995) is a female Japanese badminton player who is a singles specialist. She won a bronze medal in the 2016 Olympics.
In 2011, the then 16-year-old Nozomi Okuhara became the youngest women's singles champion ever at the All Japan Badminton Championships, which are the Japanese National Badminton Championships. She won a BWF World junior title in the girls singles event at the 2012 BWF World Junior Championships after reaching the semi-finals, winning bronze, one year earlier at the 2011 BWF World Junior Championships.
She was a runner-up at the 2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships. In the same year 2012 she won her first Grand Prix title at the 2012 Canada Open Grand Prix. She won her first BWF Super Series title at the 2015 Japan Super Series.
In 2016, she won the prestigious All England Open and thereby becoming the first Japanese women's singles player to lift this title in the last 39 years. She also won Bronze medal at RIO Olympics in Women's singles division. Even though she lost to Sindhu in Semifinals, in the bronze medal face off with Li Xuerui of China, as Li Xureui has not participated in the match due to injury, Nozomi Okuhara emerged as bronze medal match winner at Rio Olympics Badminton Women singles division.
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