Elena Shimko
Personal information
Country	Russia
Born	(1982-04-22) 22 April 1982
Event	Doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Russia European Junior Championships 2001 Spała Girls' doubles 2001 Spała Mixed team
BWF profile

Elena Michailovna Shimko (Russian: Елена Михайловна Шимко; born 22 April 1982) is a retired Russian badminton player.^[1]

Shimko won six junior titles and bronze at the 2001 European Junior Championships in Russia. In 2004 she became the Russian National Champion with her partner Marina Yakusheva. Outside her home country, she was successful at the Slovenian International, Slovak International, Belgian International and the Scottish Open, among others.

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Sports Hall, Spała, Poland	Anastasia Russkikh	Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	8–15, 1–15	Bronze

IBF/BWF International

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Slovenian International	Jill Pittard	11–3, 9–11, 6–11	Runner-up
2006	Latvia International	Elena Nozdran		Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Slovenian International	Marina Yakusheva	Fabienne Baumeyer Judith Baumeyer	7–0, 7–0, 7–0	Winner
2002	Austrian International	Marina Yakusheva	Helle Nielsen Lene Mørk	4–7, 0–7, 5–7	Runner-up
2002	Hungarian International	Marina Yakusheva	Elena Sukhareva Natalia Gorodnicheva	11–8, 11–9	Winner
2003	French International	Marina Yakusheva	Miyuki Tai Yoshiko Iwata	1–11, 11–7, 9–11	Runner-up
2003	Slovak International	Marina Yakusheva	Ekaterina Ananina Irina Ruslyakova	15–7, 15–13	Winner
2003	Slovenian International	Marina Yakusheva	Ragna Ingólfsdóttir Sara Jónsdóttir	15–6, 15–3	Winner
2003	Hungarian International	Marina Yakusheva	Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	16–17, 9–15	Runner-up
2004	Portugal International	Marina Yakusheva	Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	6–15, 5–15	Runner-up
2006	Belgian International	Marina Yakusheva	Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova	21–13, 21–13	Winner
2006	Scottish International	Marina Yakusheva	Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova	22–20, 21–13	Winner
2007	Czech International	Tatjana Bibik	Christinna Pedersen Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen	11–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2007	Slovak International	Tatjana Bibik	Elena Chernyavskya Anastasia Prokopenko	Walkover	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Finnish International	Sergey Ivlev	Konstantin Dobrev Petya Nedelcheva	7–3, 8–6, 0–7, 7–8, 4–7	Runner-up
2007	Slovak International	Andrey Ashmarin	Elena Chernyavskya Anton Nazarenko	11–21, 19–21	Runner-up

References

• http://www.russkikh.com/news/2007/12_2007.htm
• http://badminton.ru/arj_news.htm