Stefani Stoeva

Character Introduction

Stefani Stoeva (Bulgarian: Стефани Стоева, born September 23, 1995) is a Bulgarian female badminton player. In her youth, she won the 2013 European Junior Championships in both women’s singles and women’s doubles, with her sister Gabriela Stoeva, becoming a double champion at that event. The Stoeva sisters reached a career-high world ranking of 8th in women’s doubles on November 8, 2018.

Stefani Stoeva, together with Gabriela Stoeva, won the Women’s Doubles title at the European Badminton Championships in 2018. She was also a gold medalist in women’s doubles at the inaugural European Games in 2015, partnering with Gabriela Stoeva. In team events, she was a key player in helping the Bulgarian national badminton team earn medals in the European Badminton Team Championships.

In 2004, Stefani Stoeva began playing badminton at a club in Haskovo, introduced by a friend. By the age of 10, she and her sister Gabriela Stoeva won the national women’s doubles championship, after which she began professional training.

In November 2011, Stefani Stoeva won her first international series title in women’s singles at the Hungarian International Badminton Tournament, defeating Denmark’s Camilla Sørensen 2-0 (23-21, 21-14) in the final.

In May 2011, she competed in the Bulgarian Open Badminton Tournament, finishing as the runner-up in women’s singles, losing 1-2 (17-21, 21-18, 10-21) to the 3rd seed, Belarusian Alzbeta Zaitsava. She also won her first international series title in women’s doubles with Gabriela Stoeva, defeating Rumiana Ivanova and Dimitria Bozhkova 2-1 (15-21, 21-14, 21-11) in the final.

In March 2013, she represented Bulgaria at the European Junior Badminton Championships in Ankara, Turkey, winning both the women’s singles and doubles titles.

In March 2015, Stefani Stoeva and Gabriela Stoeva competed in the Orléans International Challenge, finishing as runners-up in women’s doubles after losing 2-1 (22-20, 16-21, 9-21) to England’s Heather Olver and Lauren Smith.

In March 2018, they won the women’s doubles title at the Orléans Masters, defeating France’s Delphine Delrue and Lea Palermo 2-0 (21-8, 21-14) in the final of this Super 100 event.

Equipment Used

BG-80，ASTROX 88S PRO，ASTROX 77，SHBELSZ，SHBELZ3W，SHBELX2EX

Major Achievement

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• 2024 Malaysia Masters Women’s Doubles Semi-finalists
• 2024 European Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Runners-up
• 2024 Orléans Masters Women’s Doubles Semi-finalists
• 2024 German Open Women’s Doubles Runners-up
• 2023 Bahrain International Challenge Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2023 European Games Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2022 European Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2022 Orléans Masters Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2022 Swiss Open Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2022 German Open Women’s Doubles Runners-up
• 2021 Swiss Open Women’s Doubles Runners-up
• 2019 Swiss Open Women’s Doubles Semi-finalists
• 2019 Spanish Masters Women’s Doubles Semi-finalists
• 2018 Scottish Open Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2018 SaarLorLux Open Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2018 French Open Women’s Doubles Runners-up
• 2018 Dutch Open Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2018 China Open Women’s Doubles Semi-finalists
• 2018 Bulgarian Open Mixed Doubles Semi-finalists
• 2018 Bulgarian Open Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2018 European Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2018 Orléans Masters Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2018 German Open Women’s Doubles Semi-finalists
• 2018 Swiss Open Women’s Doubles Runners-up
• 2017 Bitburger Open Women’s Doubles Semi-finalists
• 2017 Bulgarian Open Mixed Doubles Semi-finalists
• 2017 Bulgarian Open Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2017 European Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Runners-up
• 2017 Swiss Open Gold Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Runners-up
• 2016 Dutch Open Gold Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Runners-up
• 2016 European Badminton Championships Women’s Team Runners-up
• 2015 Turkey Mersin International Badminton Tournament
• 2015 Italian International Badminton Tournament Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2015 Irish Open Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2015 Welsh International Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2015 Bulgarian International Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2015 Dutch Open Gold Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2015 Russian Open Gold Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2015 European Games Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2015 Spanish International Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2015 Orléans International Challenge Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2014 Turkey International Mixed Doubles Runners-up
• 2014 Turkey International Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2014 Welsh International Women’s Doubles Semi-finalists
• 2014 Scottish Open Gold Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2014 Swiss International Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2014 Brazilian Open Gold Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Runners-up
• 2014 White Night Badminton Tournament Women’s Singles Runners-up
• 2014 Spanish Open Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2014 Spanish Open Women’s Singles Semi-finalists
• 2014 Finnish Open Women’s Singles Semi-finalists
• 2014 Slovenian International Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2014 Slovenian International Women’s Singles Champions
• 2014 French International Women’s Doubles Runners-up
• 2014 Finnish Open Women’s Doubles Runners-up
• 2014 Austrian International Challenge Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2014 Swedish Masters Women’s Doubles Semi-finalists
• 2013 Italian International Women’s Doubles Semi-finalists
• 2013 Bulgarian International Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2013 Belgian International Women’s Doubles Runners-up
• 2013 Bulgarian Open Women’s Singles Champions
• 2013 Bulgarian Open Women’s Doubles Runners-up
• 2013 Indonesian International Challenge Women’s Doubles Semi-finalists
• 2013 Indonesian International Challenge Women’s Singles Runners-up
• 2013 Danish International Women’s Doubles Semi-finalists
• 2013 Danish International Women’s Singles Semi-finalists
• 2013 Finnish Open Women’s Doubles Semi-finalists
• 2013 European Youth Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2013 European Youth Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Champions
• 2013 Iranian International Challenge Women’s Doubles Semi-finalists
• 2013 Stockholm International Women’s Singles Semi-finalists
• 2012 Turkish International Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2012 Bulgarian International Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2012 Bulgarian International Women’s Singles Runners-up
• 2012 Belgian International Women’s Doubles Semi-finalists
• 2012 Russian Open Gold Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Semi-finalists
• 2012 Bulgarian Open Women’s Doubles Champions
• 2012 Bulgarian Open Women’s Singles Runners-up
• 2012 Romanian International Women’s Doubles Runners-up