Katharina Fink
Personal information
CountryItaly
Born (2002-11-14) 14 November 2002
Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy[1]
ResidenceBolzano, South Tyrol, Italy[2]
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking124 (WS 20 December 2022)
63 (WD with Yasmine Hamza 15 November 2022)
BWF profile

Katharina Fink (born 14 November 2002) is an Italian badminton player affiliated with SSV Bozen. She won the National Championships title in 2018.[1] Fink clinched her first senior international title at the 2019 South Africa International in the women's doubles event partnered with Yasmine Hamza.[3] Together with Hamza , they won the silver medal at the 2022 Mediterranean Games.[4]

Early life

Fink was born into a German-speaking region in Italy called South Tyrol. She is half Czech on her mother's side and quarter Swiss, quarter Italian on her father's.[5] Fink began to playing badminton at the age of ten.[2] In her junior career, she trained at the Südtirol Badminton School, and entered top 200 BWF World ranking in the women's doubles event in 2021.[6]

Achievements

Mediterranean Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Multipurpose Omnisports Hall,
Oued Tlélat, Algeria		 Italy Yasmine Hamza Turkey Bengisu Erçetin
Turkey Nazlıcan İnci		 15–21, 18–21 Silver Silver [4]

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 6 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2019 South Africa International Mauritius Kate Foo Kune 16–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Cyprus International Italy Yasmine Hamza Hungary Daniella Gonda
Hungary Ágnes Kőrösi		 12–21, 21–12, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 South Africa International Italy Yasmine Hamza South Africa Megan de Beer
South Africa Johanita Scholtz		 16–21, 21–15, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2020 Latvia International Italy Yasmine Hamza Estonia Kati-Kreet Marran
Estonia Helina Rüütel		 11–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Hellas International Italy Yasmine Hamza Malaysia Low Yeen Yuan
Malaysia Valeree Siow		 15–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Cyprus International Italy Yasmine Hamza Ukraine Polina Tkach
Ukraine Tetyana Potapenko		 21–10, 11–7 retired 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 El Salvador International Italy Yasmine Hamza Brazil Sania Lima
Brazil Tamires Santos		 12–21, 21–13, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Iceland International Italy Yasmine Hamza England Abbygael Harris
England Annie Lado		 13–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International

Girls' singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 Irish Junior Open India Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka 8–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 South Africa Junior International Italy Yasmine Hamza 8–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2020 Portuguese Junior International Italy Yasmine Hamza 13–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Girls' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Portuguese Junior International Italy Yasmine Hamza Italy Judith Mair
Italy Chiara Passeri		 21–16, 11–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 South Africa Junior International Italy Yasmine Hamza South Africa Amy Ackerman
South Africa Megan de Beer		 21–11, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2020 Lithuanian Junior International Italy Yasmine Hamza Spain Lucía Rodríguez
Spain Ania Setién		 21–19, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2020 Portuguese Junior International Italy Yasmine Hamza Portugal Ana Fernandes
Portugal Claudia Lourenço		 21–6, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

  1. 1 2 "Katharina Fink" (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Badminton. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Katharina Fink" (in German). Südtiroler Sporthilfe Alto Adige. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Fink und Hamza schreiben Badmintongeschichte" (in German). RaiNews. 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  4. 1 2 Santangelo, Roberto (27 June 2022). "Badminton, Giochi del Mediterraneo 2022: argento per Katharina Fink e Yasmine Hamza, bronzo per Fabio Caponio e Giovanni Toti" (in Italian). OA Sport. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Katharina Fink: I felt the desire burning inside me". Badminton Europe. 26 May 2020. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "Katharina Fink zählt jetzt zu den besten 200 der Welt" (in German). SportNews.bz. 14 December 2021. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
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