Maja Pohar

Maja Pohar Perme (born 8 April 1976) is a Slovenian former badminton player affiliated with 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 (age 48) Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Handedness	Right
Event	Women'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
1996	Slovenian International	Sandra Dimbour	5–11, 9–12	Runner-up
1997	Czech International	Anne Gibson	9–5, 4–9, 3–9, 0–9	Runner-up
1997	Slovenian International	Joanne Muggeridge	1–11, 2–11	Runner-up
1997	Spanish International	Li Li	11–7, 11–7	Winner
1998	Slovenian International	Joanne Muggeridge	7–11, 6–11	Runner-up
1999	Croatian International	Natalja Esipenko	11–5, 11–0	Winner
1999	Romanian International	Neli Nedyalkova	11–8, 11–5	Winner
1999	Slovenian International	Sandra Dimbour	11–8, 11–6	Winner
2000	Strasbourg International			Winner
2000	Victorian International	Miyo Akao	11–7, 7–11, 11–6	Winner
2000	La Chaux-de-Fonds International	Ella Karachkova	4–11, 2–11	Runner-up
2000	Hungarian International	Yoana Martínez	11–5, 11–0	Winner
2001	La Chaux-de-Fonds International	Natalja Esipenko	5–7, 7–2, 7–2, 7–5	Winner
2001	Slovenian International	Petya Nedelcheva	2–7, 7–0, 8–6, 7–2	Winner
2001	Hungarian International	Petya Nedelcheva	1–7, 7–5, 5–7	Runner-up
2003	Strasbourg International			Winner

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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

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.

External links

• Maja Pohar at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
• Maja Pohar at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)