Telma Santos

Telma Santos
Personal information
CountryPortugal
Born (1983-08-01) August 1, 1983 (age 41)
Peniche, Portugal[1]
ResidencePeniche, Portugal
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
HandednessRight[1]
CoachLuís Carvalho
Highest ranking62 (22 September 2011)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Portugal
Helvetia Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Agros Mixed team
World Senior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Huelva Women's singles 35+
BWF profile

Telma Santos (born 1 August 1983) is a Portuguese badminton player. She competed for Portugal at the 2012[2] and at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3] Santos is the niece of Fernando Silva, a badminton player who also represented Portugal in the 1992 Summer Olympics.[4]

In 2021, Santos won a gold medal in the women's singles 35+ category at the 2021 BWF World Senior Championships in Huelva.

  1. ^ a b "Telma Santos Player Profile". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. ^ "London 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
  3. ^ Group, Global Media (2016-08-15). "Badminton - Telma Santos despede-se com terceira derrota". DN (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-04-02. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "Fernando Silva e Telma Santos eleitos jogadores do ano". record.xl.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 March 2016.