Петя Неделчева: Путь болгарской бадминтонистки к олимпийским высотам

Bulgarian badminton player (born 1983)

Petya Nedelcheva (; born 30 July 1983) is a Bulgarian badminton player. She was born in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. At the Bulgarian National Badminton Championships she won more than 20 titles.

A right handed Nedelcheva became a professional badminton player since 1999, when she competed at the Balkan Games Championships. In 2001, she won bronze medals at the European Junior Badminton Championships in the girls' singles and doubles event. She also won the silver medal at the 2010 European Badminton Championships in the women's doubles event partnered with Anastasia Russkikh of Russia. At the 2014 European Badminton Championships she won bronze partnered with Imogen Bankier from Scotland. In 2015, she settled for bronze at the Baku 2015 European Games in the women's singles event.

Nedelcheva competed at the 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, and 2012 London Summer Olympics. In 2004, she plays in the women's singles and beat Tine Rasmussen of Denmark and Seo Yoon hee of Korea in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Nedelcheva lost to Zhou Mi of China 11 4, 11 1. Nedelcheva's partner in women's doubles was Neli Boteva. They were defeated by Ella Tripp and Joanne Wright of Great Britain in the round of 32. In 2008, she reached the third round in the women's singles event after defeat Sara Persson of Sweden and Hadia Hosny of Egypt in the first two rounds. In the third round, she lost to Wong Mew Choo of Malaysia in two sets. In 2012, she did not advance to the knock out stage after placing 2nd in the group stage. She started off with a victory over Alesia Zaitsava from Belarus, but lost to Adriyanti Firdasari from Indonesia.