Carolina Marín

Carolina María Marín Martín (born 15 June 1993) is a Spanish professional badminton player. She is the reigning Olympic Champion, three-time World Champion, four-time European Champion, and the former World's No. 1 in BWF rankings for the women's singles discipline, holding the World No. 1 title for a record number of 66 weeks.[1][2] Widely regarded as one of the greatest female athletes in the badminton circuit, she holds the distinction of having won a medal in almost every BWF tournament, along with the consecutive golds at the Olympics, the World Championships and the European Championships.[3] She has become the World Champions in the women's singles three times, winning in 2014, 2015 and 2018, thereby becoming the first ever female badminton athlete to have achieved this feat.[4] She has also consecutively won the European Championships title for 4 times in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018.[5] She won the Olympics gold medal in women's singles at the 2016 Rio Olympics.[6]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Marín and the second or maternal family name is Martín.

Carolina Marín
Carolina Marin in 2014
Personal information
Birth name	Carolina María Marín Martín
Born	(1993-06-15) 15 June 1993 Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Years active	Since 2009
Handedness	Left
Coach	Fernando Rivas
Women's singles
Career record	381 wins, 112 losses
Highest ranking	1 (11 June 2015)
Current ranking	6 (17 March 2020)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Spain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Singles World Championships 2014 Copenhagen Singles 2015 Jakarta Singles 2018 Nanjing Singles European Championships 2014 Kazan Singles 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Singles 2017 Kolding Singles 2018 Huelva Singles European Women's Team Championships 2016 Kazan Women's team 2018 Kazan Women's team World Junior Championships 2011 Taipei Singles European Junior Championships 2011 Vantaa Singles 2009 Milan Singles
BWF profile

Marín was appointed as the brand ambassador of football major LaLiga and Meliá Hotels International for its promotion in other countries.[7][8]

Career

Carolina Marín in her earlier childhood was a keen Flamenco dancer. It was when she came to know about badminton upon seeing her friend playing the sport, who introduced her to the game, that she developed an interest and began to fall in love with this sport, and ever since then, decided to stop dancing and play badminton wholeheartedly. At the age of eight, she started playing badminton at the IES La Orden in Huelva. She says she had to leave her hometown and her family at a very young age to travel all the way to Madrid for training at National Centre.[9][10]

2009–2011: First international title and European Junior Champions

Marín won her first international title at 2009 Irish International in Dublin

In 2009, she became the first Spanish badminton player to win a silver medal first, at the European Junior Championships, and also at the same year, won the gold medal at the European U-17 Junior Championships.[9] She won her first major title at the Irish International tournament coming throughugh the qualification stage and beating the Dutch player Rachel Van Cutsen in the final with the rubber game.[11]

In 2011, she alongside her teammate, Beatriz Corrales, made history for the Spanish badminton, after making all-Spanish final at the continental European Junior Championships held in Vantaa, Finland, and Marín grabbed the gold medal.[12] She also competed at the World Junior Championships in Taipei, reaching the semi-finals, but lost to Elisabeth Purwaningtyas of Indonesia and settled for the bronze medal.[13]

2013–2014: First Grand Prix title, European and World Champions

Marín at 2013 Axiata Cup Surabaya

In 2013, she became the first Spanish badminton player to win a Grand Prix Gold title after winning the London Grand Prix Gold.[14] In August, Marín played for the Bangalore-based team Banga Beats in the inaugural edition of the Indian Badminton League (IBL).[15]

Marín at 2014 Spanish National Championships in Jaén

On 31 August 2014, she defeated Li Xuerui of China in the World Championships women's singles final and became the first Spaniard to win a World Championship title and the third European female player to achieve the gold medal, after Lene Køppen (1977) and Camilla Martin (1999).[16] At the age of 21, she became the youngest European that won the World Championships ever.[17]

2015: Five Superseries title, second World Championships and World #1

In 2015, she won the All England Open, her first Superseries Premier title in her first Superseries Premier final after defeating Saina Nehwal in the final with score 16–21, 21–14, 21–7.[18] The title propelled her to rank number 4 in the world ranking and, for the first time, no. 1 in the Superseries standing.[19] At India Open, she had the chance to unseat Li Xuerui as the new world no. 1, however, she narrowly lost to Thai prodigy Ratchanok Intanon in a close three games at the semi-finals stage. She rose to a career-high as world no. 2 in the world ranking on 2 April.

On 5 April, Marín won her second straight Superseries Premier title, beating Olympic champion Li Xuerui for the second consecutive time at the 2015 Malaysia Open with a score of 19–21, 21–19, 21–17. In August, she defended her title at the World Championship by beating Saina Nehwal of India in 21–16, 21–19. 2015 was the golden year for Marín, where in addition to defending the World Championships title, she also won other Superseries titles such as the Australian Open, French Open, and Hong Kong Open.

2016: Olympics gold

In August, she represented her country at the Rio Olympics. She arrived at Rio as the number one seed and won a gold medal by beating India's P. V. Sindhu in the women's singles final with a score of 19–21, 21–12, 21–15. She made history by becoming the first non-Asian to win the Olympic badminton women's singles gold medal.[6][20] An indoor arena in Huelva is named after her honour, with Marín herself attending the inauguration.[21]

2017–2018: Fourth European and Third World Championships title

In 2017, Marín won the Japan Open Superseries title after beating He Bingjiao of China in the final, winning a Superseries title after almost two years. At the Hong Kong Open, which took place late November, Marín retired to Michelle Li, losing 21–19, 13–21, 8–11, due to a hip injury that she sustained during the match. Marín later announced on Twitter and Instagram that, due to her hip injury, she would not be participating in the season-ending Dubai World Superseries Finals.[22]

On 29 April 2018, she won her fourth consecutive European Championships title in her home soil Huelva, Spain, by beating Evgeniya Kosetskaya with a score of 21–15, 21–7 in the final.[5] On 5 August, she won the title in the World Championships by defeating P. V. Sindhu of India in straight games 21–19, 21–10, making her the first female player in history to win three World Championships title.[4]

2019–2020: ACL Injury and Marin's sensational comeback

Marín began her 2019 season with a runner-up effort at the Malaysia Masters, where she lost to Ratchanok Intanon in straight games.[23] On 27 January, Marín suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury during the Indonesia Masters final against Saina Nehwal, when she was 10–3 ahead in the first games. Marín subsequently retired from the match and underwent the ACL reconstruction surgery as soon as she was flown back to Madrid the same day.[24] She had a recovery for four months, dedicate 10 hours a day to rehabilitation between the physical and technical, with morning and afternoon physiotherapy sessions, and swimming pool work.[25]

In September, after eight-month break forced by the injury, Marín returned to competition at the 2019 Vietnam Open, but suffered an opening round defeat to Supanida Katethong.[26] However, she was able to bounce back and, on 22 September, she won the China Open, defeating Tai Tzu-ying in the finals with a score of 14–21, 21–17, 21–18.[27] This was Marín's first title of the season, which she followed with the semi-finals at the Denmark Open, where she was defeated in three tight games by Nozomi Okuhara. She reached the final of French Open next week, where she was defeated by Korean youngster An Se-young in three games 21–16, 18–21, 5–21. Her achievements in the last three tournaments succeeded in bringing her back into the world top 10 of BWF women's singles ranking.[28] She further won Syed Modi and Italian International tournaments later in the year.[29][30]

Marín started the 2020 season at the Southeast Asian tour in a positive note; reaching the semi-finals of Malaysia Masters where she lost to Chen Yufei. She then reached the final of Indonesia Masters in successive week, where she narrowly missed the title after getting defeated from Ratchanok Intanon in three games 19–21, 21–11, 18–21. She continued her good form and thereafter reached the semi-finals of Thailand Masters, which she lost to top seed Akane Yamaguchi in a close rubber games.[31] In February, she reached the final of her home event Barcelona Spain Masters, where she lost in an upset to rising Thai star Pornpawee Chochuwong in the rubber games 21–11, 16–21, 18–21.[32] In March, she competed as eight seed in the All England Open, but stopped by the eventual champion Tai Tzu-ying in the semi-finals.[33]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Riocentro – Pavilion 4, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	P. V. Sindhu	19–21, 21–12, 21–15	Gold

World Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China	P. V. Sindhu	21–19, 21–10	Gold
2015	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Saina Nehwal	21–16, 21–19	Gold
2014	Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Li Xuerui	17–21, 21–17, 21–18	Gold

European Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Palacio de Deportes de Huelva, Huelva, Spain	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	21–15, 21–7	Gold
2017	Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark	Kirsty Gilmour	21–14, 21–12	Gold
2016	Vendespace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Kirsty Gilmour	21–12, 21–18	Gold
2014	Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia	Anna Thea Madsen	21–9, 14–21, 21–8	Gold

BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Taoyuan Arena, Taipei, Taiwan	Elyzabeth Purwaningtyas	21–23, 21–17, 18–21	Bronze

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Vantaan Energia Arena, Vantaa, Finland	Beatriz Corrales	21–14, 23–21	Gold
2009	Federal Technical Centre - Palabadminton, Milan, Italy	Anne Hald Jensen	21–18, 18–21, 19–21	Silver

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[34] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[35]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Spain Masters	Super 300	Pornpawee Chochuwong	21–11, 16–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2020	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Ratchanok Intanon	19–21, 21–11, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	Syed Modi International	Super 300	Phittayaporn Chaiwan	21–12, 21–16	Winner
2019	French Open	Super 750	An Se-young	21–16, 18–21, 5–21	Runner-up
2019	China Open	Super 1000	Tai Tzu-ying	14–21, 21–17, 21–18	Winner
2019	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Saina Nehwal	10–4 Retired	Runner-up
2019	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Ratchanok Intanon	9–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2018	China Open	Super 1000	Chen Yufei	21–18, 21–13	Winner
2018	Japan Open	Super 750	Nozomi Okuhara	21–19, 17–21, 21–11	Winner

BWF Superseries (6 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Japan Open	He Bingjiao	23–21, 21–12	Winner
2017	Singapore Open	Tai Tzu-ying	15–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2017	Malaysia Open	Tai Tzu-ying	25–23, 20–22, 13–21	Runner-up
2017	India Open	P. V. Sindhu	19–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2015	Hong Kong Open	Nozomi Okuhara	21–17, 18–21, 22–20	Winner
2015	French Open	Wang Shixian	21–18, 21–10	Winner
2015	Australian Open	Wang Shixian	22–20, 21–18	Winner
2015	Malaysia Open	Li Xuerui	19–21, 21–19, 21–17	Winner
2015	All England Open	Saina Nehwal	16–21, 21–14, 21–7	Winner
2014	Australian Open	Saina Nehwal	18–21, 11–21	Runner-up

     BWF Superseries Finals tournament

     BWF Superseries Premier tournament

     BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	German Open	Akane Yamaguchi	Walkover	Runner-up
2015	German Open	Sung Ji-hyun	15–21, 21–14, 6–21	Runner-up
2015	Syed Modi International	Saina Nehwal	21–19, 23–25, 16–21	Runner-up
2013	Scottish Open	Kirsty Gilmour	21–14, 11–21, 21–13	Winner
2013	London Open	Kirsty Gilmour	21–19, 21–9	Winner

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 5 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Italian International	Rituparna Das	21–19, 21–14	Winner
2014	Spanish Open	Kirsty Gilmour	19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2013	Italian International	Sabrina Jaquet	21–15, 21–14	Winner
2013	Spanish Open	Beatriz Corrales	19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2013	Finnish Open	Beatriz Corrales	21–10, 21–15	Winner
2013	Swedish Masters	Nicole Schaller	21–6, 21–10	Winner
2011	Irish International	Pai Hsiao-ma	21–12, 19–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2011	Spanish Open	Olga Konon	21–13, 21–14	Winner
2011	Morocco International	Juliane Schenk	21–17, 21–13	Winner
2010	Italian International	Olga Konon	20–22, 14–21	Runner-up
2010	Cyprus International	Olga Golovanova	21–12, 25–27, 21–14	Winner
2010	Uganda International	Anne Hald Jensen	21–18, 19–21, 21–18	Winner
2009	Irish International	Rachel van Cutsen	22–24, 21–14, 21–16	Winner
2009	Cyprus International	Špela Silvester	21–23, 21–23	Runner-up

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

National team

• Senior level

Team events	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
European Women's Team Championships	N/A	GS	N/A	GS	N/A	QF	N/A	Bronze	N/A	Bronze	N/A	GS
European Mixed Team Championships	GS	N/A	GS	N/A	GS	N/A	w/d	N/A	GS	N/A	GS	N/A
Uber Cup	N/A	DNQ	N/A	DNQ	N/A	DNQ	N/A	GS	N/A	w/d	N/A	DNQ
Sudirman Cup	A	N/A	A	N/A	A	N/A	17th	N/A	w/d	N/A	A	N/A

Individual competitions

• Junior level

Event	2009	2010	2011
European U-17 Championships	Gold	N/A	A
European Junior Championships	Silver	N/A	Gold
World Junior Championships	A	QF	Bronze

• Senior level

Events	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
European Championships	N/A	QF	N/A	Gold	N/A	Gold	Gold	Gold	N/A
World Championships	R3	N/A	QF	Gold	Gold	N/A	QF	Gold	A
Olympic Games	N/A	GS	N/A			Gold	N/A

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	Best
BWF World Tour
Malaysia Masters	SF	F	SF	F (2019)
Indonesian Masters	QF	F	F	F (2019, 2020)
Thailand Masters	A		SF	SF (2020)
Spain Masters	w/d	A	F	F (2020)
German Open	A		Q	F (2015, 2017)
All England Open	QF	A	SF	W (2015)
Swiss Open	A		Q	R2 (2011)
India Open	QF	A	Q	F (2017)
Malaysia Open	QF	A	Q	W (2015)
Indonesia Open	R1	A		SF (2016)
Japan Open	W	A		W (2017, 2018)
Vietnam Open	A	R1		R1 (2019)
China Open	W	W		W (2018, 2019)
Korea Open	A			R2 (2014)
Denmark Open	R1	SF		SF (2015, 2016, 2019)
French Open	w/d	F		W (2015)
Fuzhou China Open	SF	R1		SF (2018)
Hong Kong Open	QF	A		W (2015)
Syed Modi International	A	W		W (2019)
BWF World Tour Finals	w/d	NQ		SF (2015)
Year-end Ranking[36]	6	10		1
Tournament	2018	2019	2020	Best

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Best
BWF Super Series
All England Open	A	R1	R1	R1	W	SF	QF	W (2015)
India Open	A				SF	w/d	F	F (2017)
Malaysia Open	A	R1	A	R1	W	QF	F	W (2015)
Singapore Open	A		R2	A		QF	F	F (2017)
Australian Open	GPG			F	W	w/d	R1	W (2015)
Indonesia Open	A	R2	QF	R2	R1	SF	R1	SF (2016)
Japan Open	A			QF	QF	w/d	W	W (2017)
Korea Open	A	R1	A	R2	A	w/d		R2 (2014)
Denmark Open	R1	A			SF	SF	R1	SF (2015, 2016)
French Open	A	R1	A	w/d	W	w/d	R2	W (2015)
China Open	R1	A		R1	QF	QF	SF	SF (2017)
Hong Kong Open	R2	A		SF	W	SF	R2	W (2015)
BWF Super Series Finals	NQ				SF	GS	w/d	SF (2015)
Year-end Ranking	26	34	15	8	1	2	4	1
Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Best

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Best
BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold
Syed Modi International	A			N/A	A	F	A		F (2015)
German Open	A		R2	R1	SF	F	w/d	F	F (2015, 2017)
Swiss Open	A	R2	A						R2 (2011)
Thailand Open	A		R1	A					R1 (2012)
U.S. Open	A	R2	A	R1	A				R2 (2011)
Canadian Open	A	R2	A	SF	A				SF (2013)
Chinese Taipei Open	R1	A							R1 (2010)
Bitburger Open	A		SF	w/d	SF	w/d	A		SF (2012, 2014)
London Open	N/A			W	N/A				W (2013)
Scottish Open	IC			W	A				W (2013)
Year-end Ranking	80	26	34	15	8	1	2	4	1
Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Best

Career overview

Singles Played Wins Losses Balance Total 493 381 112 +269 Current year (2020) 25 20 5 +15

Doubles Played Wins Losses Balance Total 27 16 11 +5 Current year (2020) 0 0 0 0

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 17 March 2020.[37]

Players Matches Results Change Won Lost Petya Nedelcheva 1 1 0 +1 Chen Yufei 5 3 2 +1 He Bingjiao 7 6 1 +5 Li Xuerui 6 3 3 0 Wang Shixian 9 4 5 –1 Wang Xin 2 0 2 –2 Wang Yihan 7 3 4 –1 Cheng Shao-chieh 2 1 1 0 Tai Tzu-ying 15 6 9 –3 Tine Baun 3 1 2 –1 Pi Hongyan 1 0 1 –1 Juliane Schenk 2 2 0 +2

Players Matches Results Change Won Lost Yip Pui Yin 5 5 0 +5 Saina Nehwal 13 7 6 +1 P. V. Sindhu 14 8 6 +2 Lindaweni Fanetri 4 2 2 0 Minatsu Mitani 7 7 0 +7 Nozomi Okuhara 16 9 7 +2 Akane Yamaguchi 13 7 6 +1 Bae Yeon-ju 1 1 0 +1 Sung Ji-hyun 9 8 1 +7 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 3 2 1 +1 Ratchanok Intanon 11 4 7 –3

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External links

• Official website
• Carolina Marín at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Carolina Marín at BWFbadminton.com
• Carolina Marín at the Olympic Channel
• Carolina Marín at the International Olympic Committee
• Carolina Marín at Olympedia
• Carolina María Marín Martín at Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)