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Japanese badminton player (born 1995)

Badminton player

Nozomi Okuhara (奥原 希望, Okuhara Nozomi, born 13 March 1995) is a Japanese badminton player.

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A former World's number 1 in the BWF rankings for the women's singles, she is well known for her speed, agility and endurance. She won a bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics,^[3] and gold medal at the 2017 World Championships.^[4]

Career

Okuhara started playing badminton in 2002. Eight years later, in 2010, she joined the Japanese national team.

The 2010 Osaka International Challenge became her international debut.

2010–2012

In 2010, Okuhara reached the final of Lao International which she lost to Nitchaon Jindapol.^[5] The 16-year-old Okuhara became the youngest women's singles champion ever at the Japanese National Championships in 2011.^[6] Additionally, she won the Austrian title by defeating her teammate Mayu Sekiya and a bronze medal at World Junior Championships.

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