Petya Nedelcheva

Petya Nedelcheva
Petya Nedelcheva at the 2015 BWF World Championships
Personal information
Country	Bulgaria
Born	(1983-07-30) July 30, 1983 (age 33) Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Orlin Tsvetanov
Women's
Highest ranking	8 (WS) 23 Aug 2007 3 (WD) 2 Dec 2010 324 (XD) 22 Sep 2016
Current ranking	107 (WS) 40 (WD) 343 (XD) (15 Dec 2016)
Medal record Women's Badminton Representing  Bulgaria European Championships 2010 Manchester Women's doubles 2014 Kazan Women's doubles European Women's Team Championships 2016 Kazan Women's team 2014 Basel Women's team European Games 2015 Baku Women's singles European Junior Championships 2001 Spala Girls' singles 2001 Spala Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Petya Nedelcheva (Bulgarian: Петя Неделчева) (born July 30, 1983) is a Bulgarian badminton player. She was born in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. At the Bulgarian National Badminton Championships she won more than 20 titles.

A right handed Nedelcheva became a professional badminton player since 1999, when she competed at the Balkan Games Championships. In 2001, she won bronze medals at the European Junior Badminton Championships in the girls' singles and doubles event. She also won the silver medal at the 2010 European Badminton Championships in the women's doubles event partnered with Anastasia Russkikh of Russia. At the 2014 European Badminton Championships she won bronze partnered with Imogen Bankier from Scotland. In 2015, she settles for bronze at the Baku 2015 European Games in the women's singles event.

Nedelcheva competed at the 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, and 2012 London Summer Olympics. In 2008, she plays in the wome's singles and beat Tine Rasmussen of Denmark and Seo Yoon-hee of Korea in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Nedelcheva lost to Zhou Mi of China 11-4, 11-1. Nedelcheva's partner in women's doubles was Neli Boteva. They were defeated by Ella Tripp and Joanne Wright of Great Britain in the round of 32. In 2008, she reached the third round in the women's singles event after defeat Sara Persson of Sweden and Hadia Hosny of Egypt in the first two rounds. In the third Round, she lost to Wong Mew Choo of Malaysia in two sets. In 2012, she did not advanced to the knock-out stage after placed 2nd in the group stage. She started off with a victory over Alesia Zaitsava from Belarus, but lost to Adrianti Firdasari from Indonesia.