Olga Konon

[metalmon1188]

Apparently shes doing quite well, never heard of her before, but shes into the last 16.
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/5/217175.shtml
Round of 62, beat Xing Aiying of Singapore
Round of 32, beat Tvrdy Maja of Slovenia.

Keep it up :P

[avataar]

from belarus, needs more exposure against stiffer competition. one of the upcoming european youngsters..

[**KZ**]

she's the european juniors GD champ and GS 3/4 place...future player...has a website...
www.olgakonon.com (http://www.olgakonon.com)

[demolidor]

Aww did metalmon make a new discovery? :p;)

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56741

[metalmon1188]

Aww did metalmon make a new discovery? :p;)

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56741

lol :D mm you could say that :P
she is up against Xinfang in the last 16...i hope she wins!

[Sealman]

Reuters write-up:
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//080809/ids_photos_sp/r2845647537.jpg/
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Badminton-Beijing-2008-Olympic-Games-Eriko-Hirose/ss/events/sp/020708badminton/im:/080809/ids_photos_sp/r645506159.jpg/#photoViewer=/080809/ids_photos_sp/r40584949.jpg

[metalmon1188]

oh thanx for the links :D
she lost against xinfang,
21-16 , 21-15
she did good :D expect to see more from her soon, she can sure succeed camilla martin as the next european birdie queen :)
Not to mention she is only 18!

[tommy_bun]

She beat Cheng hsiao Chieh too rite bye a big margin in set 2

[huangkwokhau]

She beat Cheng hsiao Chieh too rite bye a big margin in set 2
She beat Xing Ai Ying, XXF beat Cheng.......

[metalmon1188]

http://www.badzine.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1202:mark-p&catid=16:playersspotlight&Itemid=56
When we think of the game of badminton and in particular the super powers of the game images of China, Malaysia and Indonesia are immediately conjured up in our minds. If I asked you to consider Europe your initial, and justified reaction would be to mention Denmark, England, Germany, The Netherlands and probably France. If I asked you to delve further into your knowledge of the game of badminton and mention a few more European countries that have at some point had an impact on the game of Badminton, probably the last European country you would think of is Belarus. With the emergence of Olga Konon, the 18 year old Belarusian wonder kid, the face of badminton in this small European nation is about to change.

Sport in the blood: Olga Konon was born in the city of Brest, on the Polish Belarusian border on the 11th of November 1989 and is the eldest of two girls. Sport was always in her family as both her parents were keen athletes and excelled in track and field and close family friends had also represented their country in the Olympic Games and International track and field. As a child Olga was obviously exposed to the track and she attributes her current extraordinary will to achieve and win down to watching and observing her parents and their friends excel in athletics though her informative years. Olga herself followed in her parents footsteps and literally found her feet running the 200m and 400m for her local club in Brest and today can still run a mean 400 metres.
At the age of six Olga found her way indoors to the badminton court. Luckily her local club was only about 400 metres down the road and a quick sprint was all that Olga required to get to her local court. The badminton bug hit as soon as she lifted a racket for the first time. Her focus soon moved from the track to the indoor courts and it became very clear to her parents that Badminton was the sport she truly loved and like all loving parents they supported her in her decision. Olga combined the track with her new found passion for badminton and combined both up to the age of 14. But badminton became her focus and before long she decided that the court was where she well and truly belonged.
“The first day I picked up a badminton racket I knew I wanted to be a professional badminton player. My parents were key in this decision. There was a sporting spirit all around me when I was young and this spirit rubbed off on me. Sport was just in my blood and the sport for me was badminton” Olga recalls

the rest of the story, click on the link

[metalmon1188]

a long vid, about 7 mins in duration, quality kinda sux, but you can tell she has great footwork. shes an athlete so that explains why and where she got her stamina from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjgP9gCa7G4

[tommy_bun]

She beat Xing Ai Ying, XXF beat Cheng.......
not at this OG hauge,I remember she beat Cheng siao chieh at other event,If Im not mistaken It will be in India open this year

[metalmon1188]

http://www.noc.by/imgs/news/2008/66666.jpg

[chris-ccc]

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At the 2009 Dutch Open GP (from October 13th to 18th), Olga Konon did very well, almost reaching the Finals:

Tue 10/13/2009 WS - Qualification 1 (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&draw=4)
Olga Konon (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&player=114)http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/POL.gif[POL] (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&c=POL) vs http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/NED.gif[NED] (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&c=NED)Soraya de Visch Eijbergen (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&player=163) 21-7 21-11 (19 mins)

Tue 10/13/2009 WS - Qualification 2 (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&draw=4)
Olga Konon (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&player=114)http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/POL.gif[POL] (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&c=POL) vs http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/NED.gif[NED] (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&c=NED)Iris Tabeling (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&player=160) 21-13 21-11 (21 mins)

Wed 10/14/2009 WS - Round 1 (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&draw=5)
Olga Konon (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&player=114)http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/POL.gif[POL] (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&c=POL) vs http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/BUL.gif[BUL] (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&c=BUL) Petya Nedelcheva [1] (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&player=5) 18-21 17-21 (48mins)

Thu 10/15/2009 WS - Round 2 (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&draw=5)
Olga Konon (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&player=114)http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/POL.gif[POL] (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&c=POL) vs http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/ENG.gif[ENG] (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&c=ENG)Helen Davies (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&player=76) 21-19 21-10 (35 mins)

Fri 10/16/2009 WS - Quarter-Finals (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&draw=5)
Olga Konon (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&player=114)http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/POL.gif[POL] (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&c=POL) vs http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/NED.gif[NED] (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&c=NED)Patty Stolzenbach (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&player=158) 21-10 21-15 (23 mins)

Sat 10/17/2009 WS - Semi-Finals (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&draw=5)
Olga Konon (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&player=114)http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/POL.gif[POL] (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&c=POL) vs http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/NED.gif[NED] (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&c=NED) Yao Jie [4] (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=D21D1968-0D82-438D-92F9-16E539B19F82&player=156) 8-21 17-21 (35 mins)


Today, at the 2009 Denmark Open SS (from October 20th to 25th), Olga is playing again.
Tue 10/20/2009 4:00pm
Amalie Fangel (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=DC4CD6A1-2500-4DC4-876C-1E2062DA09FD&player=202)http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/DEN.gif[DEN] (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=DC4CD6A1-2500-4DC4-876C-1E2062DA09FD&c=DEN) vs http://static.tournamentsoftware.com/images/flags/POL.gif[POL] (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=DC4CD6A1-2500-4DC4-876C-1E2062DA09FD&c=POL)Olga Konon (http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=DC4CD6A1-2500-4DC4-876C-1E2062DA09FD&player=291)

Wishing all the best to Olga Konon.
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[**KZ**]

good to see youngsters from many countries especially european ones getting better and better....olga has moved to poland....jan o jorgensen seems to be becoming the future of european MS...olga might be a top player in the future....also there's this spanish girl who won the Euro juniors at 15?!!

[suetyan]

wow, I can't believe she is just 18!

[**KZ**]

told ya guys olga's got talent....she just beat WSX yesterday..

[Thom_bad]

Yeah the crowd loves her !!
After WSX save 2 match point, at 19/20, everybody was crying and then she won the last point, that was totally incredible, EVERY PEOPLE claped for her win..

[**KZ**]

too bad there was no vid of her celebration...she must be real happy....I understand the Belarusian badminton association is not sending her to enough tournaments that's why she moved to poland?

[jasonmarc]

Olga, you beat my sweet heart.........bad u.........so bad.......... ^^............

[lindaweni]

I'll support Olga and hoping that she will replace Camilla martin :)

[cooler]

she need to beat tina R. first:D

[kuwichert]

folks, come over, she's playing in Berlin this weekend:cool: actually she's the only reason I gonna go there to watch a german badminton league event LOL :eek:
Anyway, her web page wasn't working, so I asked badzine to remove the wrong link:D there is no new one, gonna ask her where she is hiding it:cool:

[ytyang]

Olga needs onsite coaching, she was alone when playing against lady Pi in FO.
She might have won the 1st game.... best luck to her.

[suetyan]

I am sure Olga will be able to create threat to the chinese WS in the future. If so, there will be more interesting matches in the future whenever Olga is playing against any chinese WS. :D I would like to watch Olga to challenge all the chinese WS. Haha.. :D

[kuwichert]

sometimes it looks to me like she is doing better in mixed matches than in her single battles.:cool:
But maybe it's only because of her yoyo playing in singles. She's playing best if there's nothing to loose, either in the beginning if she's the underdog or later in the match if she's almost down. :confused:
the main problem seems to appear when she start's to play 'safely' when having a little advantage in a game and she stopps the attacking play.
I hope she's not working on her new nickname 'Ms Yoyo' :eek:

[kuwichert]

was watching her today - in singles she won against Juliane Schenk who is ranked a little better - but she needed the rubber. Schenk was out of steam in the rubber, I guess simply because she played the WD just 1 hour before the WS match :eek:
Olga played the mixed match later much better, her skills on the net and reflexes are great:D

[kuwichert]

what a pity, after she did quite well during European SS tour in Netherlands, Danmark and France, she is not going to China this week:mad:
On Saturday she played quite well, beating higher ranked Juliane Schenk for the first time in 3 games and later on she won the mixed match while showing her great skills on netplay and reflexes.
to me it still looks like she is better in XD than in single matches:confused:
the link if you understand german::D

http://www.badmintondeutschland.de/ansicht/datum/2009/11/08/konon-besiegt-schenk-im-bundesliga-spitzenspiel.html

[lexluthor1975]

http://www.badzine.info/index.php/news/newsflash/61-newsflash/2202-konon-world-ranking-fast-track.htmlhttp://www.badzine.info/index.php/news/newsflash/61-newsflash/2202-konon-world-ranking-fast-track.html

[george@chongwei]

Why she's not participating in the HKG and China Open?:confused:

[kuwichert]

Why she's not participating in the HKG and China Open?:confused:
Hi George, just figured out why she was not traveling to Indonesia last week. You know that I always complain european countries to not let their talents play in SS. Now they even did the worse - what a mess. They organized the european team cup event last week while the top event of badminton was held in Jakarta. Crazy, I don't know what was crossing their minds when doing that. Same fault as it would be to have German tennis championships while the Wimbledon tournament is running! It is simply a mess - donno what we can do to replace these organizers? Any idea is highly welcome!
So due to that schedule Olga was playing this european final event - she delivered very well and even took a victory in WD when playing european champions.
She is not injured and obviously doing well - hope we can see her in SS events soon!
the link to latest article is this one:
http://www.badzine.info/index.php/news/international/2600-european-club-champs-reuter-delivers-saarebrucken.html

[george@chongwei]

Hi George, just figured out why she was not traveling to Indonesia last week. You know that I always complain european countries to not let their talents play in SS. Now they even did the worse - what a mess. They organized the european team cup event last week while the top event of badminton was held in Jakarta. Crazy, I don't know what was crossing their minds when doing that. Same fault as it would be to have German tennis championships while the Wimbledon tournament is running! It is simply a mess - donno what we can do to replace these organizers? Any idea is highly welcome!
So due to that schedule Olga was playing this european final event - she delivered very well and even took a victory in WD when playing european champions.
She is not injured and obviously doing well - hope we can see her in SS events soon!
the link to latest article is this one:
http://www.badzine.info/index.php/news/international/2600-european-club-champs-reuter-delivers-saarebrucken.html
LOL, my that that post was was back last year. :D
Anyway, thanks for telling me why she did not participate in this year's INA open.;)

[**KZ**]

she is a massive talent but she needs to participate in more big tournaments...

[kuwichert]

LOL, my that that post was was back last year. :D
Anyway, thanks for telling me why she did not participate in this year's INA open.;)
I know, but I keep an eye on her:cool: so I checked out her thread after I was missing her again and figured out that it needs to get updated LOL:D
Anyway, I guess for the WC we can have some hope to see her. Hopefully also in doubles or mixed tournaments, from what I have seen, she has a huge talent for that:cool:

[press100]

I just read from Badzine that Olga will applying for German citizenship. So will she be playing for Poland @ Germany teams?:confused:

[lcleing]

I just read from Badzine that Olga will applying for German citizenship. So will she be playing for Poland @ Germany teams?:confused:
confirmed. See below.

http://www.badzine.net/features/20-questions-for-%E2%80%93-olga-konon-germany/8851/


Words of wisdom, especially answer in A10.

@kuwichert
Now we know that why she isn't well exposed in internationa; thournaments. Anyway, she is playing for Germany now, aren't you excited?:p:p:D

[kuwichert]

confirmed. See below.

http://www.badzine.net/features/20-questions-for-%E2%80%93-olga-konon-germany/8851/


Words of wisdom, especially answer in A10.

@kuwichert
Now we know that why she isn't well exposed in internationa; thournaments. Anyway, she is playing for Germany now, aren't you excited?:p:p:D
that's new, just got it from Badzine as well. I didn't know that there was some trouble (as it sounds like) with the Polish team. It's also somehow strange - but good for players - that it is allowed to to play for 3 different countries in team tournaments - anyway, good for her.
For the German team it is also good, she has beaten Juliane a couple of times already, and for me she is the better player compared to Ms Schenk. But important for the Baddy world would be if she is enabled now to play some more tournaments and can join SS. So it looks that we gotta keep an eye on her, and with some success it will hopefully push Baddy a bit more in Germany - we can't trust the knight, we need the girls!

[demolidor]

Both the Polish coaches leaving was a good indicator (the Korean coach, now headcoach of Netherlands and the russian woman now back in Russia) ;). Can't find the thread were we previously discussed it ... maybe Bitburger thread? Not important anymore anyway ... lucky Germans: perfect replacement Schenk for Xu Huiawen and Olga for Schenk in WS2.

[chris-ccc]

Both the Polish coaches leaving was a good indicator (the Korean coach, now headcoach of Netherlands and the russian woman now back in Russia) ;). Can't find the thread were we previously discussed it ... maybe Bitburger thread? Not important anymore anyway ... lucky Germans: perfect replacement Schenk for Xu Huiawen and Olga for Schenk in WS2.
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Yes, it's lucky for Germany and Olga Konon. But it's not good for Poland though.

I was hoping that Olga could raise the WS players' standard for Poland. Now that Poland is without Olga, who are the other Polish WS players who could replace her as a strong WS player at tournaments?
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[kuwichert]

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Yes, it's lucky for Germany and Olga Konon. But it's not good for Poland though.

I was hoping that Olga could raise the WS players' standard for Poland. Now that Poland is without Olga, who are the other Polish WS players who could replace her as a strong WS player at tournaments?
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Poland has only some good mixed pairs as far as I have seen. By the way, Olga I think is also a very good XD girl. Anyway, the polish didn't take her in the team events, so there should be someone they do consider the better one.
anyway, I don't care that much about the German team, but for Olga it's the best she could do at the moment, and that should be good for baddy fans all over the world. that's it, good luck - hope she fixes once in her life the homepage LOL

[**KZ**]

olga konon has massive talent....hope she will be sent to more tournaments now...

[demolidor]

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Yes, it's lucky for Germany and Olga Konon. But it's not good for Poland though.

I was hoping that Olga could raise the WS players' standard for Poland. Now that Poland is without Olga, who are the other Polish WS players who could replace her as a strong WS player at tournaments?
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They still have the other import: Linling Wang and behind her probably Narel or Pocztowiak but that's a huge dropoff already from Konon. Probably money will only be available when the olympic qualifying campaign kicks off ...

[kuwichert]

have asked Juliane Schenk about what she's thinking of having a new member in the German squad - she said that it's good to have a new and good sparring partner in the team, about how it works to be in one team she said - until now they didn't have much to do together, so lets see how it works.

[**KZ**]

watching the semi of dutch open between juliane and olga...very good footwork, control, speed and skills from olga...very talented...and very very attractive..=D

[kuwichert]

watching the semi of dutch open between juliane and olga...very good footwork, control, speed and skills from olga...very talented...and very very attractive..=D
hope there was no team order - or better say something like self-restriction due to new situation in German team. Olga did control most of the match after checking out her touch in first game, after comfortable lead in rubber, she made a lot of unforced error, simple shots she missed - hmm - we need a look into her brain, that was something unusual for her matches vs. Jule Schenk

[kuwichert]

looks like Olga is on her way now, she won 2 European tour titles in a row, I hope that they will send her to Asia this year to the SS tour. We cant put all the burdon on Saina and the Thai girls, they need Olga in the squad fighting the great wall!

[demolidor]

World class pair join Carlton

6th January 2011 – Leading badminton brand Carlton today announced that it has signed a sponsorship deal with the men’s World number 49, Scott Evans, and women’s World number 47, Olga Konon to the team. They join the likes of Nathan Robertson, Yao Jie and Dicky Palyama as Carlton brand ambassadors who also enjoyed great success in 2010.

Irish international Evans is currently Ireland’s number one men’s singles badminton player and was the first ever Irishman to compete at Olympic level when he qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Evans reached a career best ranking of World number 39 in November 2010 and is looking to progress even further in 2011

Olga Konon is seen by many as one of the hottest prospects in women’s badminton. Known for her speed and attacking style of play Konon, who represented Belarus in 2008 Beijing Olympics, will now represent Germany having recently gained German citizenship. In December 2010 Konon won both the Italian and Norwegian Championships and is looking to add to these moving into 2011.

[chris-ccc]

Olga Konon is seen by many as one of the hottest prospects in women’s badminton. Known for her speed and attacking style of play Konon, who represented Belarus in 2008 Beijing Olympics, will now represent Germany having recently gained German citizenship. In December 2010 Konon won both the Italian and Norwegian Championships and is looking to add to these moving into 2011.
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Good Luck to Olga Konon in Germany. Moving away from home is never an easy thing to do. Hope she would settle down ASAP.
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