Maja Pohar

Maja Pohar Perme (born 8 April 1976) is a former Slovenian badminton player from Olimpija club.[1][2] She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.[3] Her brother Andrej Pohar also a professional badminton player, and the duo played in the mixed doubles event.[4] She won 33 times National Championships title, 10 in the women's singles, 9 in the women's doubles, and 14 in the mixed doubles event.[5]

Maja Pohar
Personal information
Country Slovenia
Born (1976-04-08) 8 April 1976
Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
HandednessRight
EventWomen's singles & doubles
BWF profile

Pohar received her Master of Statistics and Ph.D. in University of Ljubljana.[6] She is an associate professor of Biostatistics at the Medical faculty of the University of Ljubljana and teaches both medical students as well as statistics students at masters and PhD level. As statistician, she is the co-editor of the Slovenian Medical Journal.[7]

Achievements

IBF International

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2003 Strasbourg International Winner
2001 Hungarian International Petya Nedelcheva 1–7, 7–5, 5–7 Runner-up
2001 Slovenian International Petya Nedelcheva 2–7, 7–0, 8–6, 7–2 Winner
2001 La Chaux-de-Fonds International Natalja Esipenko 5–7, 7–2, 7–2, 7–5 Winner
2000 Hungarian International Yoana Martínez 11–5, 11–0 Winner
2000 La Chaux-de-Fonds International Ella Karachkova 4–11, 2–11 Runner-up
2000 Victorian International Miyo Akao 11–7, 7–11, 11–6 Winner
2000 Strasbourg International Winner
1999 Slovenian International Sandra Dimbour 11–8, 11–6 Winner
1999 Romanian International Neli Nedyalkova 11–8, 11–5 Winner
1999 Croatian International Natalja Esipenko 11–5, 11–0 Winner
1998 Slovenian International Joanne Muggeridge 7–11, 6–11 Runner-up
1997 Spanish International Li Li 11–7, 11–7 Winner
1997 Slovenian International Joanne Muggeridge 1–11, 2–11 Runner-up
1997 Czech International Anne Gibson 9–5, 4–9, 3–9, 0–9 Runner-up
1996 Slovenian International Sandra Dimbour 5–11, 9–12 Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1999 Croatian International Maja Tvrdy Natalja Esipenko
Natalia Golovkina		 4–15, 6–15 Runner-up
1998 Slovenian International Maja Tvrdy Felicity Gallup
Joanne Muggeridge		 9–15, 7–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Croatian International Andrej Pohar Hendra Wijaya
Liu Fan Frances		 11–15, 15–13, 7–15 Runner-up
2001 Hungarian International Andrej Pohar Daniel Glaser
Johanna Persson		 7–5, 7–1, 7–1 Winner
2001 Spanish International Andrej Pohar Peter Jeffrey
Suzanne Rayappan		 13–15, 7–15 Runner-up
2000 La Chaux-de-Fonds International Andrej Pohar Pavel Uvarov
Ella Karachkova		 8–15, 5–15 Runner-up
2000 Peru International Andrej Pohar Mike Beres
Kara Solmundson		 1–15, 10–15 Runner-up
2000 Strasbourg International Andrej Pohar
Winner
1999 Slovenian International Andrej Pohar Marcin Rynkiewicz
Angelika Węgrzyn		 15–7, 15–3 Winner
1999 Romanian International Andrej Pohar Alexandr Russkikh
Anastasia Russkikh		 15–7, 15–3 Winner
1999 Austrian International Andrej Pohar Kenny Middlemiss
Kirsteen McEwan		 12–15, 11–15 Runner-up
1998 Slovenian International Andrej Pohar José Antonio Crespo
Dolores Marco		 15–2, 11–15, 15–8 Winner
1997 Hungarian International Andrej Pohar Norbert van Barneveld
Lotte Jonathans		 9–5, 4–9, 3–9, 5–9 Runner-up
1997 Slovak International Andrej Pohar Michael Lamp
Rikke Broen		 6–15, 2–15 Runner-up
1996 Spanish International Andrej Pohar Manuel Dubrulle
Sandrine Lefèvre		 9–15, 12–15 Runner-up
1996 Slovak International Andrej Pohar Lars Paaske
Sarah Jonsson		 8–15, 18–16, 15–7 Winner

References
  1. "Players: Maja Pohar". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  2. "Trenerski Kader BK Olimpija" (in Slovenian). Olimpija Badmintonski Klub. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  3. "Maja Pohar". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  4. "Maja Pohar in dvojica Pohar/Pohar mednarodna prvaka Slovenije". sport.si21.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  5. "Slovenia - Badmintonska zveza Slovenije". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  6. "Pogovor z Majo Pohar Perme". udomacenastatistika.wordpress.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  7. "DR Maja Pohar Perme". Aix-Marseille University. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
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