Ella Diehl Элла Диль
Personal information
Birth name	Ella Aleksandrovna Karachkova
Country	Russia
Born	(1978-08-05) 5 August 1978 (age 45) Kuybyshev, Russian SFSR, USSR
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking	9 (2 December 2010)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Russia European Championships 2010 Manchester Women's singles European Mixed Team Championships 2011 Amsterdam Mixed team 2013 Moscow Mixed team European Women's Team Championships 2010 Warsaw Women's team 2014 Basel Women's team European Junior Championships 1995 Nitra Girls' doubles 1997 Nymburk Mixed team 1997 Nymburk Girls' singles 1997 Nymburk Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Ella Aleksandrovna Diehl (Russian: Элла Александровна Диль; born 5 August 1978; née Karachkova; Russian: Карачкова) is a badminton player from Russia.^[1]

Career

Diehl was selected to join the national team in 1995.^[2] She had won girls' doubles silver medal at the 1995 European Junior Championships, and also one silver and two bronze in 1997 in team, girls' singles and doubles respectively.^[3]

In her home country Russia, Diehl has won 14 national titles as of 2009. In 2000 and 2008, she competed at the Summer Olympics.^[2]

Diehl played at the 2005 World Championships in Anaheim, United States. In the women's singles event she reached the second round before losing to Salakjit Ponsana of Thailand.

In October 2005, Diehl won the women's doubles event at the Scottish International Open in Glasgow, and two weeks later followed this up by winning the women's singles event at the Irish International in Lisburn. The next year she won the Irish International again.

In 2010, Diehl won the bronze medal at the European Individual Championships in Manchester,^[2] and in June 2010, claimed the European Tour circuit finals title, beating Susan Egelstaff in the final in three sets. 2010 also saw Diehl beat current world champion Lu Lan of China to reach the semi-final of Swiss Open.

Achievements

European Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England	Tine Rasmussen	14–21, 16–21	Bronze

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Nymburk, Czech Republic	Judith Meulendijks	7–11, 4–11	Bronze

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Športová hala Olympia, Nitra, Slovakia	Natalia Djachkova	Donna Kellogg Joanne Wright	7–15, 13–18	Silver
1997	Nymburk, Czech Republic	Zhanna Chornenjkaja	Britta Andersen Jane Jacoby	6–15, 12–15	Bronze

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Russian Open	Nina Vislova	4–11, 11–5, 4–11	Runner-up
2006	U.S. Open	Lee Joo-hyun	11-6 Retired	Winner
2006	Bulgaria Open	Petya Nedelcheva	21–19, 19–21, 16-21	Runner-up
2008	Russian Open	Larisa Griga	21–10, 17–21, 21–12	Winner
2009	Russian Open	Tatjana Bibik	21–17, 16–21, 21–11	Winner
2010	Russian Open	Ayane Kurihara	19–21, 19-21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	U.S. Open	Marina Yakusheva	Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova	15–21, 18–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	White Nights	Olga Konon	17–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2013	Portugal International	Ksenia Polikarpova	16–21, 21–16, 21–19	Winner
2010	European Circuit Finals	Susan Egelstaff	20–22, 21–13, 21–16	Winner
2009	Scottish International	Susan Egelstaff	18–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2009	White Nights	Elena Prus	21–10, 21–10	Winner
2009	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Jill Pittard	21–8, 21–13	Winner
2008	Czech International	Judith Meulendijks	21–14, 21–13	Winner
2006	Italian International	Sara Persson	12–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2006	Scotland International	Petya Nedelcheva	21–18, 7–21, 21–18	Winner
2006	Belgian International	Petra Overzier	16–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2006	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Ekaterina Ananina	23–21, 21–16	Winner
2005	Irish International	Juliane Schenk	11–3, 11–8	Winner
2005	Scottish International	Judith Meulendijks	11–6, 11–8	Winner
2005	Spanish International	Nanna Brosolat Jensen	11–4, 11–1	Winner
2005	Polish International	Petya Nedelcheva	9–11, 7–11	Runner-up
2004	Russian International	Tatjana Bibik	11–5, 11–6	Winner
2004	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Sara Persson	7–11, 13–10, 11–3	Winner
2004	Portugal International	Tracey Hallam	11–7, 4–11, 9–11	Runner-up
2003	Welsh International	Susan Hughes	11–6, 11–5	Winner
2000	Russian International	Elena Nozdran	11–8, 11–8	Winner
2000	La Chaux-de-Fonds International	Maja Pohar	11–4, 11–2	Winner
1999	Welsh International	Marina Yakusheva	3–11, 7–11	Runner-up
1999	Portugal International	Sonya McGinn	11–5, 13–10	Winner
1999	Austrian International	Ginny Severien	11–4, 11–4	Winner
1998	Slovak International	Markéta Koudelková	11–2, 11–3	Winner
1998	Czech International	Sandra Dimbour	11–9, 11–7	Winner
1998	Portugal International	Tanya Woodward	11–4, 1–11, 6–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Italian International	Marina Yakusheva	Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova	15–2, 8–15, 5–15	Runner-up
2003	Welsh International	Anastasia Russkikh	Laura Choinet Perrine Lebuhanic	15–1, 15–4	Winner
2001	Austrian International	Anastasia Russkikh	Britta Andersen Lene Mørk	12–15, 15–7, 17–16	Winner
2000	Russian International	Anastasia Russkikh	Irina Ruslyakova Marina Yakusheva	8–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1996	Amor International	Nadezhda Chervyakova	Elena Sukhareva Marina Yakusheva	7–15, 5–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Spanish International	Jean-Michel Lefort	Andrew Bowman Kirsteen McEwan	15–3, 15–9	Winner
2000	La Chaux-de-Fonds International	Pavel Uvarov	Andrej Pohar Maja Pohar	15–8, 15–5	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

Personal life

On 23 June 2007, in Germany, Karachkova married the Swiss junior badminton team coach, Rainer Diehl of Germany, whom she met in 2000. She lives with her husband in Yverdon, Switzerland. There is a child from the first marriage.^[4] On 11 October 2011, the duo had a daughter, Lea.^[5]