Sonja Pekkola

Sonja Pekkola (born 23 May 1993) is a Finnish badminton player. She started playing badminton since 10 years old at her hometown, then in 2012 she joined Finnish national badminton team.[1][2] In 2013, she won Finnish national badminton championships in women's singles event, then in 2014 and 2015 she won Finnish national championships in women's doubles event.[3] In 2016, she won Hellas Open tournament in women's doubles event with Jenny Nystrom.

Sonja Pekkola
Personal information
Birth nameSonja Pekkola
Country Finland
Born (1993-05-23) 23 May 1993
Espoo, Finland
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
HandednessRight
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking178 (WS 19 November 2015)
65 (WD 4 May 2017)
202 (XD 19 November 2015)
BWF profile

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Hellas Open Jenny Nyström Barbara Bellenberg
Eva Janssens		 21–17, 21–16 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References
  1. "Players: Sonja PEKKOLA". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. "Sonja PEKKOLA Full Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. "Sonja Pekkola". rio.sulkapallo.fi (in Finnish). Badminton Finland. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
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