Jeanine Cicognini (born 14 November 1986) is a Swiss badminton player who now represents Italy. Cicognini won her first Swiss senior title at age 16 and has since won the award seven more times.
Biography In 2005, she won the silver medal at the European Junior Badminton Championships in the girls' singles event.
Cicognini became a badminton professional as soon as she left school. She soon moved to Denmark, and then moved to the International Badminton Federation's training centre in Saarbrücken, Germany. In 2010, she returned to Switzerland and joined the sport army, where she played for the BC Uzwil. She later moved to Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany and played for the 1.BV Mülheim in the first bundesliga.
At the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing she reached the second round, losing to Anna Rice of Canada. In 2016, she did not advance to the elimination round after placing third in the group stage.
In 2015, she represented Italy to compete at the European Games in the women's singles event. She was defeated by Line Kjærsfeldt of Denmark 21-10, 25-23 in round of 16.
Achievements
European Junior Championships Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2005 De Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands Janet Köhler 5–11, 9–11 Silver
BWF International Challenge/Series Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result2003Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Tine Rasmussen3–11, 3–11 Runner-up2005Bulgarian International Petya Nedelcheva7–11, 2–11 Runner-up`2007Hungarian International Ragna Ingólfsdóttir13–21, 18–21 Runner-up2009Czech International Trupti Murgunde17–21, 12–21 Runner-up2009Hungarian International Tatjana Bibik22–20, 21–12 Winner2011Guatemala International Michelle Li15–21, 13–21 Runner-up2012Uganda International Özge Bayrak21–14, 14–10, retired Winner2014Giraldilla International Marie Demy21–19, 21–13 Winner2014Lagos International Martina Repiská21–10, 21–9 Winner2014Mauritius International Elisabeth Baldauf21–18, 21–10 Winner2014Kenya International Grace Gabriel21–16, 13–21, 21–16 Winner2014Guatemala International Crystal Pan11–2, 11–6, 3–11, 11–5 Winner2015Trinidad and Tobago International Elisabeth Baldauf21–16, 16–21, 10–21 Runner-up2015Colombia International Fabiana Silva21–15, 12–21, 21–13 Winner2015New Caledonia International Joy Lai21–17, 21–15 Winner2015Puerto Rico International Laura Sárosi12–21, 16–21 Runner-up2016Manhattan Beach International Haramara Gaitan21–16, 22–20 Winner2016Jamaica International Akvilė Stapušaitytė21–16, 22–20 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
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