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Riko Gunji (郡司莉子, Gunji Riko, born 31 July 2002) is a Japanese badminton player. She is the gold medalist at the 2019 BWF World Junior Championships in the girls' singles.
Career
Gunji was the finalist in the Under-15 at the 2016 Singapore Youth International Series. In the same tournament, she won the girls' doubles title with partner Akari Nakashizu. She was the girls' singles Under-17 champion of 2017 Singapore Youth International Series beating Peeraya Khantaruangsakul of Thailand. She won the bronze medal in 2018 BWF World Junior Championships mixed team event. In the girls' singles, she lost in the second round to China's Wang Zhiyi.
In 2019, she reached the final of Dutch Junior International where she earned second best position after losing to China's Han Qianxi. She lost another final at the India Junior International event to Thai player Benyapa Aimsaard. In 2019 World Junior Championships, she entered the tournament seeded 7th. She went on to stun several higher seeded players in the tournament. She defeated Thailand's Phittayaporn Chaiwan in semifinal, who was a top seeded player in 2 straight games. In the final she won the World Junior title, beating out China's Zhou Meng.
Achievements
= World Junior Championships
=Girls' singles
= BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up)
=The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Women's singles
= BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 3 runners-up)
=Women's singles
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
BWF Future Series tournament
= BWF Junior International (2 runners-up)
=Girls' singles
BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
BWF Junior International Series tournament
BWF Junior Future Series tournament
Record against selected opponents
Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 20 November 2024.
References
External links
Riko Gunji at BWFBadminton.com
Riko Gunji at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Indonesia Masters Super 100 I 2024
- Tur Dunia BWF 2024
- Musim BWF 2024
- Kejuaraan Dunia Junior BWF
- Sirkuit Kontinental BWF 2024
- Mutiara Ayu Puspitasari
- Réunion Terbuka
- Saipan International (bulu tangkis)
- Kaohsiung Masters 2023
- Denmark Masters
- Riko Gunji
- Riko
- Gunji
- 2024 BWF season
- Gao Fangjie
- Tomoka Miyazaki
- 2024 BWF World Tour
- Natsuki Nidaira
- 2022 BWF World Junior Championships – Girls' singles
- 2024 BWF Continental Circuit
