Neslihan Arın

Neslihan Arın (née Yiğit; born 26 February 1994) is a Turkish badminton player. The 178 cm (5.84 ft) tall athlete plays right-handed and is coached by Çağatay Taşdemir at Egospor club of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality.^[2][3] She won the women's singles title at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games, 2013, 2018 Mediterranean Games and the women's doubles title at the 2013 Mediterranean Games. Arın also won the bronze medals at the 2015 European Games and at the 2021 European Championships, 2022 European Championships and 2024 European Championships

Arın played at the 2018 Kazan European Women's Team Championships.

Neslihan Arın
Neslihan Arın
Personal information
Birth name	Neslihan Yiğit
Country	Turkey
Born	(1994-02-26) 26 February 1994 (age 30) Bursa, Turkey
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Çağatay Taşdemir
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	27 (WS, 3 May 2022) 28 (WD with Özge Bayrak, 20 August 2015)
Current ranking	51 (WS, 16 July 2024)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Turkey European Games 2015 Baku Women's doubles European Championships 2021 Kyiv Women's singles 2022 Madrid Women's singles 2024 Saarbrücken Women's singles Islamic Solidarity Games 2013 Palembang Women's singles 2013 Palembang Women's team Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin Women's singles 2013 Mersin Women's doubles 2018 Tarragona Women's singles 2022 Oran Women's singles European Junior Championships 2013 Ankara Girls' singles
BWF profile

Career

Neslihan Arın became silver medalist in singles and doubles at the U17 European Championship held 2009 in Medvode, Slovenia. At the 2011 Spanish Junior International, she reached to semi finals in singles, won the girls' doubles title, and became the runner-up in the mixed doubles.^[2]

She competed at various international tournaments in singles and doubles with her partner Özge Bayrak, and won titles in the years 2011–2012. The latest success enabled her to rise up to 28th place in the women's doubles world ranking list as of 20 August 2015 with Özge Bayrak. In the singles event, she reached a career-high of world number 34th in the world list on 1 October 2019. Arın ranked 7th in the World Juniors list.^[4]

She qualified as the first-ever Turkish badminton player for the Olympics.^[5]

She won the gold medal in the singles event and the bronze medal with the national team at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia.^[6] In June 2013, she won double gold medals in the women's singles and doubles event at the Mersin Mediterranean Games.^[7]

In 2021, Arın reached the quarter-finals of the Toyota Thailand Open,losing out to the eventual champion Carolina Marín.^[8] She won the bronze medal at the European Championships, defeated by the defending champion Marín in the semi-finals in straight games.^[9]

Arın was drawn in group A along with top seed and eventual champion Chen Yufei at the Tokyo Olympics, against whom she lost 14–21, 9–21.^[10] She won her other group game against Doha Hany 21–5, 21–5.^[11]

Arın reached the quarterfinals of the 2021 Hylo Open. After beating Aakarshi Kashyap and Kristin Kuuba in the first two rounds,^[12] it was the eventual champion Busanan Ongbamrungphan who stopped her in the quarters.

Arın made it to the quarter-finals at the 2021 Indonesia Masters She defeated 6th seed Michelle Li,^[13] and Marija Ulitina in straight games on the way. In the quarter-finals, She was stopped by P. V. Sindhu.^[14]

Achievements

European Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan	Özge Bayrak	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	14–21, 9–21	Bronze

European Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine	Carolina Marín	18–21, 9–21	Bronze
2022	Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain	Carolina Marín	14–21, 13–21	Bronze
2024	Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany	Kirsty Gilmour	18–21, 13–21	Bronze

Islamic Solidarity Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Dempo Sports Hall, Palembang, Indonesia	Lim Yin Fun	21–13, 21–19	Gold

Mediterranean Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey	Özge Bayrak	21–16, 21–13	Gold
2018	El Morell Pavilion, Tarragona, Spain	Beatriz Corrales	21–19, 23–21	Gold
2022	Multipurpose Omnisports Hall, Oued Tlélat, Algeria	Beatriz Corrales	21–14, 21–11	Gold

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Match	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey	1	Özge Bayrak	Karin Maran Xandra Stelling	21–9, 21–11	Gold
		2		Nika Končut Maja Tvrdy	21–13, 21–16
		3		Audrey Fontaine Émilie Lefel	21–13, 21–11

European University Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Anastasia Chervyakova	21–9, 23–25, 21–19	Gold

European University Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Warsaw, Poland	Özge Bayrak	18–21, 21–19, 18–21	Silver

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Warsaw, Poland	Özge Bayrak	Delphine Delrue Lauranne Rosello	21–15, 21–10	Gold

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara, Turkey	Line Kjaersfeldt	14–21, 8–21	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (28 titles, 30 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Bulgarian International	Linda Zetchiri	18–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2011	Suriname International	Özge Bayrak	21–16, 23–21	Winner
2012	Iran Fajr International	Yu Wakita	21–16, 21–14	Winner
2012	Croatian International	Kana Ito	18–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2012	Polish Open	Ai Goto	9–21, 21–12, 7–21	Runner-up
2013	Iran Fajr International	Febby Angguni	21–15, 21–14	Winner
2013	Turkey International	Stefani Stoeva	21–14, 16–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2014	Bangladesh International	Yap Rui Chen	21–18, 21–12	Winner
2014	Turkey International	Özge Bayrak	13–21, 21–14, 21–16	Winner
2015	Iran Fajr International	Linda Zetchiri	19–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2015	Peru International	Rong Schafer	17–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2016	Brazil International	Chisato Hoshi	21–13, 21–15	Winner
2016	Polish Open	Delphine Lansac	19–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2016	Chile International	Özge Bayrak	18–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2016	White Nights	Mako Urushizaki	21–16, 21–15	Winner
2017	White Nights	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	8–21, 21–15, 20–22	Runner-up
2017	Bulgarian Open	Luise Heim	21–17, 14–21, 21–17	Winner
2017	Hellas Open	Mariya Mitsova	21–14, 17–21, 21–15	Winner
2017	Czech Open	Kaho Funahashi	21–16, 14–21, 21–17	Winner
2017	Hungarian International	Aliye Demirbağ	21–11, 17–21, 21–18	Winner
2017	Turkey International	Özge Bayrak	17–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2018	Bulgarian Open	Özge Bayrak	21–19, 21–10	Winner
2018	Czech Open	Yvonne Li	17–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2018	Hungarian International	Mariya Mitsova	21–14, 21–8	Winner
2019	Lagos International	Özge Bayrak	21–16, 24–26, 21–13	Winner
2019	Bulgarian Open	Mariya Mitsova	21–9, 21–14	Winner
2019	Kharkiv International	Qi Xuefei	18–21, 21–19, 16–21	Runner-up
2019	Belgian International	Line Christophersen	21–23, 21–12, 11–21	Runner-up
2019	Hungarian International	Nguyễn Thùy Linh	21–16, 12–21, 21–18	Winner
2019	Turkey Open	Aliye Demirbağ	21–14, 22–20	Winner
2023	Uganda International	Letshanaa Karupathevan	11–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2023	Portugal International	Özge Bayrak	21–14, 21–12	Winner
2023	Polish Open	Yeo Jia Min	13–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2023	Slovenia Open	Huang Yu-hsun	17–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2023	Belgian International	Line Christophersen	21–11, 14–21, 21–17	Winner
2023	Scottish Open	Kristin Kuuba	25–23, 21–13	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Syria International	Neslihan Kılıç	Cemre Fere Özge Bayrak	18–21, 21–13, 20–22	Runner-up
2011	Kenya International	Özge Bayrak	Michelle Edwards Annari Viljoen	21–15, 21–19	Winner
2011	Slovak Open	Özge Bayrak	Selena Piek Iris Tabeling	7–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2011	Suriname International	Özge Bayrak	Crystal Leefmans Rugshaar Ishaak	21–3, 21–7	Winner
2011	South Africa International	Özge Bayrak	Michelle Edwards Annari Viljoen	21–10, 21–15	Winner
2012	Uganda International	Özge Bayrak	Michelle Edwards Annari Viljoen	Walkover	Runner-up
2012	Kharkiv International	Özge Bayrak	Audrey Fontaine Émilie Lefel	11–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2012	Bulgarian International	Özge Bayrak	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	9–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2012	Turkey International	Özge Bayrak	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	21–19, 14–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2013	Turkey International	Özge Bayrak	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	15–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2014	Iran Fajr International	Özge Bayrak	Amelia Alicia Anscelly Soong Fie Cho	11–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2014	Hellas International	Özge Bayrak	Elena Komendrovskaja Viktoriia Vorobeva	21–7, 21–14	Winner
2014	Bulgarian Eurasia Open	Özge Bayrak	Petya Nedelcheva Dimitria Popstoikova	11–5, 11–5, 8–11, 10–11, 11–7	Winner
2014	Bangladesh International	Özge Bayrak	Pradnya Gadre N. Siki Reddy	10–21, 24–22, 16–21	Runner-up
2014	Turkey International	Özge Bayrak	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	11–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2015	Iran Fajr International	Özge Bayrak	Joyce Choong Yap Cheng Wen	21–19, 21–18	Winner
2015	Mercosul International	Özge Bayrak	Laura Choinet Teshana Vignes Waran	21–10, 21–11	Winner
2015	Peru International	Özge Bayrak	Delphine Lansac Émilie Lefel	21–14, 14–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2015	White Nights	Özge Bayrak	Ekaterina Bolotova Evgeniya Kosetskaya	22–20, 13–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2015	Lagos International	Özge Bayrak	Pradnya Gadre N. Sikki Reddy	19–21, 23–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2015	Mersin Turkey International	Özge Bayrak	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	19–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2016	Turkey International	Özge Bayrak	Kader İnal Fatma Nur Yavuz	21–14, 21–16	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

References

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14. Pierre, Dianne (20 November 2021). "Indonesia Masters: 'Hoping to break into the top 20". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

External links

• Neslihan Arin at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
• Neslihan Arin at BWFBadminton.com
• Neslihan Arin at Olympics.com
• Neslihan Yigit at Olympics.com
• Neslihan Yiğit at Olympedia
• Neslihan Yiğit at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
• Neslihan Yiğit Arın at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)
• Neslihan Yiğit Arın on Instagram