Kaloyana Nalbantova

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Kaloyana Nalbantova

Personal information

Country

Bulgaria

Born

6 March 2006 (age 18)
Parvomay, Bulgaria

Height

1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)

Handedness

Right

Women's singles

Highest ranking

65 (6 August 2024)

Current ranking

65 (6 August 2024)

Medal record

Women's badminton

Representing Bulgaria
European Junior Championships
	2022 Belgrade	Girls' singles
	2024 Ibiza	Girls' singles

BWF profile

Kaloyana Nalbantova (Bulgarian: Калояна Налбантова; born 6 March 2006) is a Bulgarian badminton player.^[1] She won the women's singles title at the 2022 European Junior Badminton Championships in Belgrade. She also represented Bulgaria in women's singles at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

In 2022, Kaloyana participated in the 2022 European Junior Badminton Championships and beat Lisa Curtin in the women's singles final 14–21, 21–17, 21–16 to win gold. She then won the Hungarian International by defeating Frederikke Lund in the final.^[2] In 2023, Kaloyana reached the final of the Dutch International but lost to Huang Yu-hsun.^[3] She also won her second international title by defeating Milena Schnider at the Bulgarian International.^[4]

In 2024, Kaloyana qualified for the women's singles event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Placed into Group A with number 1 seed An Se-young and host representative Qi Xuefei, she first lost to An Se-young 15–21, 11–21.^[5] In her second match, she defeated Qi Xuefei 21–18, 21–18 but did not advance to the knockout stage.^[6]^[7]

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2022	Athletic Hall Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia	Lisa Curtin	14–21, 21–17, 21–16	Gold	^[8]
2024	Poliesportiu Sa Blanca Dona, Ibiza, Spain	Ravza Bodur	21–16, 21–9	Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Hungarian International	Frederikke Lund	16–21, 21–13, 21–19	Winner
2023	Dutch International	Huang Yu-hsun	10–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2023	Future Series Nouvelle-Aquitaine	Tung Ciou-tong	17–21, 21–17, 11–21	Runner-up
2023	Bulgarian International	Milena Schnider	21–12, 15–21, 21–15	Winner