Larisa Griga
Larysa Hryha

Personal information

Birth name

Larisa Valeriïvna Griga

Country

Ukraine

Born

31 May 1984 (age 39)
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Residence

Uppsala, Sweden

Height

1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)

Weight

65 kg (143 lb)

Handedness

Right

Coach

Semenuta V
PG Jonsson
Makhnovskiy Gennadiy

Women's singles & doubles

Highest ranking

29 (WS 11 August 2011)
330 (WD 14 March 2013)

Medal record

Women's badminton

Representing Ukraine
European Junior Championships
	2003 Esbjerg	Girls' singles

BWF profile

Larisa Valeriïvna Griga (Ukrainian: Лариса Валеріївна Грига Larysa Valeriivna Hryha; born 31 May 1984) is a badminton player from Ukraine.^[1]^[2] She was the gold medalist at the 2003 European Junior Championships in the girls' singles event.^[3] She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.^[4]

Career

She played at the 2005 IBF World Championships in Anaheim and reached the second round (lost to 2nd seed Xie Xingfang of China).^[5]

As a part of the BC Amersfoort team, Griga reached the final of the European Cup 2007 held in Amersfoort. Together with Lotte Bruil-Jonathans, Yao Jie, Dicky Palyama and Eric Pang the final was lost against the team of NL Primorje. In the semi-finals they were too strong for CB Rinconada. Since the autumn of 2008, Griga is playing for the club Fyrisfjädern in Uppsala, Sweden.

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Esbjerg Badminton Center, Esbjerg, Denmark	Nanna Brosolat Jensen	11–9, 11–9	Gold

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.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Russian Open	Ella Diehl	10–21, 21–17, 12–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Dutch International	Kati Tolmoff	21–12, 15–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2007	Victorian International	Ragna Ingólfsdóttir	21–11, 21–10	Winner
2007	North Shore City International	Lê Ngọc Nguyên Nhung	21–19, 21–14	Winner
2007	Belgian International	Elizabeth Cann	21–15, 16–21, 21–18	Winner
2007	Norwegian International	Juliane Schenk	12–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2008	Dutch International	Yu Wakita	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2008	Norwegian International	Zhang Xi	18–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2008	Italian International	Juliane Schenk	21–15, 13–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2010	Kharkiv International	Marija Ulitina	21–14, 17–21, 21–13	Winner
2010	Norwegian International	Olga Konon	17–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2011	Polish Open	Yuka Kusunose	21–15, 21–16	Winner
2011	Belgian International	Olga Konon	12–21, 13–21	Runner-up