# Polina Buhrova

Polina Buhrova (Ukrainian: Поліна Бугрова; born 30 January 2004) is a badminton player from Ukraine and the 2021 and 2023 National Champion of Ukraine (both singles and women's doubles).

## Career

First major senior tournament for Buhrova was the 2021 European Badminton Championships in Kyiv. Together with Mariia Stoliarenko, she received a wild card for women's doubles. They won against Irish Kate Frost and Moya Ryan but lost to Danish Alexandra Bøje and Mette Poulsen in the second round.
Buhrova has won several medals at the European junior championships, including bronze in girls' doubles in 2022. Though she was seeded 4th for the 2022 World Junior Championships in the singles' tournament, she lost in the third round. The same happened during the 2022 European Junior Championships when she lost both in singles and doubles in the third round despite being top seeded.
Buhrova competed in the 2023 European Games. In Tarnów, she finished second in her group (after losing to Danish Line Kjærsfeldt and winning against Hristomira Popovska from Bulgaria), but lost to Neslihan Yiğit from Turkey in the round of 16. At the 2023 BWF World Championships in Copenhagen, Buhrova lost to Putri Kusuma Wardani from Indonesia in the first round. She also competed for Ukraine at the 2023 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships where she played just one game which she won (against English Abigail Holden).
Through Olympic ratings, Buhrova qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

## Personal life

Buhrova studies at the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute.

## Achievements
### European Junior Championships

Girls' doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2020 | Pajulahti Sports Institute, Lahti, Finland | Mariia Stoliarenko | Leona Michalski Thuc Phuong Nguyen | 20–22, 10–21 | Bronze |

### BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2024 | Hylo Open | Super 300 | Yevheniia Kantemyr | Sung Shuo-yun Yu Chien-hui | 16–21, 14–21 | Runner-up |

### BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 4 runners-up)

Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2021 | Latvia International | Mariia Stoliarenko | 21–13, 21–16 | Winner |
| 2021 | Kharkiv International | Dounia Pelupessy | 21–17, 21–12 | Winner |
| 2021 | Italian International | Edith Urell | 21–18, 18–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
| 2024 | Bangladesh International | Lalinrat Chaiwan | 21–19, 21–19 | Winner |
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2024 | Kazakhstan International | Yevheniia Kantemyr | Kaho Osawa Mai Tanabe | walkover | Runner-up |
| 2024 | Mexican International | Yevheniia Kantemyr | Romina Fregoso Miriam Rodríguez | 21–12, 21–16 | Winner |
| 2024 | Turkey International | Yevheniia Kantemyr | Paula López Lucía Rodríguez | walkover | Runner-up |
| 2024 | Bangladesh International | Yevheniia Kantemyr | Kodchaporn Chaichana Pannawee Polyiam | 23–25, 21–18, 11–21 | Runner-up |
    BWF International Challenge tournament
    BWF International Series tournament
    BWF Future Series tournament

### BWF Junior International (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Girls' singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2019 | Ukraine Junior International | Anastasiya Prozorova | 17–21, 21–15, 21–17 | Winner |
| 2020 | Polish Junior International | Anna Siess Ryberg | 12–21, 24–26 | Runner-up |
| 2021 | Ukraine Junior International | Mariia Stoliarenko | 21–13, 21–12 | Winner |
Girls' doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2020 | Polish Junior International | Mariia Stoliarenko | Simona Pilgaard Anna Siess Ryberg | 13–21, 14–21 | Runner-up |
| 2021 | Ukraine Junior International | Mariia Stoliarenko | Polina Tkach Olga Tykhorskaya | 21–12, 21–13 | Winner |
    BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
    BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
    BWF Junior International Series tournament
    BWF Junior Future Series tournament