Martina Repiská

Martina Repiská (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈmartina ˈrepiskaː]; born 21 October 1995) is a Slovak badminton player. In 2021 she became the third Slovak badminton player to take part in the Summer Olympics, as well as the first from her country to win a match in Olympic competition.

Martina Repiská
Personal information
Country	Slovakia
Born	(1995-10-21) 21 October 1995 (age 29) Zvolen, Slovakia
Residence	Holbæk, Denmark
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	61 (WS 18 October 2022) 174 (WD with Camilla Martens 29 December 2016) 85 (XD with Milan Dratva 1 November 2018)
BWF profile

Career

Repiská started playing badminton at the age of nine in her hometown, then playing competitively in junior international tournaments when she was twelve. She became a member of the national team in 2012, and won her first international title at the 2017 Morocco International tournament.^[1]

Repiská competed at the 2019 European Games in Minsk. In her first match in the women's singles, Repiská beat Ieva Pope of Latvia.^[2] After losing her second group match, she defeated Czech Kateřina Tomalová to finish the group with a record of two wins and a loss, which was enough to advance to the knockout stages of the competition.^[3] She faced Neslihan Yiğit of Turkey in her next match but lost in straight sets, exiting the competition in the round of 16.^[4]

In May 2021 it was confirmed that Repiská had qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, based on her world ranking of 69th position. With her country not having sent a player to the 2016 games, she became the third Slovak badminton player at the Olympics, and the first since Monika Fašungová in 2012.^[5] At the Olympics, Repiská won her opening match against Guatemalan opponent Nikté Sotomayor, becoming the first Slovak player to win a badminton match at the Olympics.^[6] In her second match she lost against Canadian ninth seed Michelle Li, resulting in her elimination from the tournament.^[7]