Stefani Stoeva
Character Introduction
Stefani Stoeva (Bulgarian: Стефани Стоева; September 23, 1995 – ) is a Bulgarian female badminton player. As a junior, she won the women’s singles title at the 2013 European Youth Championships and the women’s doubles title with her partner Gavrila Stoeva, who was also the double champion of the tournament. In the Badminton Rankings, the pair were ranked as high as eighth in the women’s doubles (November 8, 2018)
Stefani Stoeva and Gavrila Stoeva had won the women’s doubles title at the Badminton Europe Championships (2018). She was also the gold medalist in the women’s doubles at the inaugural European Games of the European Games (2015), respectively (co: Gavrila Stoeva). In the team competition, she helped the Bulgarian national badminton team as one of the main players to win the medal credit at the Badminton Europe Men’s and Women’s Team Championships.
Stefani Stoeva was introduced to badminton in 2004 when a friend of hers took her to a badminton club in Haskovo. At the age of 10, she began to train professionally after she and her sister, Gavrila Stoeva, won their first women’s doubles title at the national tournament.
In November 2011, Stefania Stoeva played in the Hungarian Badminton International and won her first international series women’s singles title, defeating Danish star Camilla Sorensen 2-0 (23-21, 21-14) in the women’s singles final.
In May 2011, she played in the Bulgarian Badminton Open, winning the runner-up spot in the women’s singles final against the tournament’s No. 3 seed, Alessia Zaitseva of Belarus, 1-2 (17-21, 21-18, 10-21), and also the women’s doubles final with Gavrila Stoeva, defeating teammates’ Rumiana Ivanova/Dimitri Ivanova 2-1 (15-21, 21-14, 21-11). Rumiana Ivanova/Dimitriya Bopstoykova to win her first International Series women’s doubles title.
In March 2013, she represented Bulgaria at the European Junior Badminton Championships in Ankara, Turkey, winning back-to-back titles in the women’s singles and women’s doubles events.
In March 2015, Stefani Stoeva and Gavrila Stoeva played in the Orleans International Challenge and won the women’s doubles title at the international tournament after losing the women’s doubles final to the tournament’s No. 2 seed and England powerhouse Heather Oliver/Lauren Smith, 2-1 (22-20, 16-21, 9-21).
In March 2018, she and Gavrila Stoeva played in the Orleans Badminton Masters and won the Super 100 women’s doubles title, defeating French strong-ranked Delphine Delleu/Leah Ballermeau 2-0 (21-8, 21-14) in the women’s doubles final.
World Ranking – Women’s Doubles 16, Week 36, 2024
Olympic Points – Women’s Doubles 19, 53414 points
Finals Ranking – Women’s Doubles 21, 36020 points
Equipment Used
BG-80,ASTROX 88S PRO,ASTROX 77,SHBELSZ,SHBELZ3W,SHBELX2EX
Major Achievement
- 2024 Malaysia Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2024 Badminton European Championships Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2024 Orleans Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles quarter-finals
- 2024 German Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2023 Bahrain Badminton International Challenge Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2023 European Games Badminton Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2022 European Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2022 Orleans Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2022 Swiss Open Badminton Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2022 German Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2021 Swiss Open Badminton Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2019 Swiss Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals
- 2019 Spain Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals
- 2018 Scottish Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2018 Salolu Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2018 French Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2018 Netherlands Open Badminton Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2018 China Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Final Four
- 2018 Bulgaria Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals
- 2018 Bulgaria Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2018 European Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2018 Orleans Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2018 German Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals
- 2018 Swiss Open Badminton Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2017 Bitburger Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals
- 2017 Bulgaria Badminton Open Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals
- 2017 Bulgaria Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2017 Badminton Europe Championships Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2017 Swiss Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2016 Netherlands Badminton Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2016 Badminton Europe Championships Women’s Team Runner-up
- 2015 Mersin Badminton International, Turkey
- 2015 Italy Badminton International Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2015 Irish Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2015 Wales Badminton International Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2015 Bulgaria Badminton International Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2015 Netherlands Badminton Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2015 Russia Badminton Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2015 European Games Badminton Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2015 Spain Badminton International Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2015 Orleans Badminton International Challenge Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2014 Turkey Badminton International Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2014 Turkey Badminton International Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2014 Wales Badminton International Women’s Doubles quarter-finals
- 2014 Scottish Badminton Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2014 Swiss Badminton International Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2014 Brazil Badminton Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2014 White Nights Badminton Women’s Singles Runner-up
- 2014 Spain Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2014 Spain Badminton Open Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2014 Finland Badminton Open Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2014 Slovenia Badminton International Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2014 Slovenia Badminton International Women’s Singles Champion
- 2014 Badminton France International Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2014 Finland Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2014 Austria Badminton International Challenge Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2014 Sweden Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Final Four
- 2013 Italy Badminton International Women’s Doubles Final Four
- 2013 Bulgaria Badminton International Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2013 Belgium Badminton International Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2013 Bulgaria Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
- 2013 Bulgaria Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2013 Indonesia Badminton International Challenge Women’s Doubles Final Four
- 2013 Indonesia Badminton International Challenge Women’s Singles Runner-up
- 2013 Denmark Badminton International Women’s Doubles Final Four
- 2013 Denmark Badminton International Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2013 Finland Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2013 European Junior Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2013 European Junior Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Champion
- 2013 Iran Badminton International Challenge Women’s Doubles Final Four
- 2013 Stockholm Badminton International Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
- 2012 Turkey Badminton International Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2012 Bulgaria Badminton International Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2012 Bulgaria Badminton International Women’s Singles Runner-up
- 2012 Belgium Badminton International Women’s Doubles quarter-finals
- 2012 Russia Badminton Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Final Four
- 2012 Bulgaria Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2012 Bulgaria Badminton Open Women’s Singles Runner-up
- 2012 Romania Badminton International Women’s Doubles Runner-up