Giuliana Póveda

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| name = Carmen Póveda

| fullname = Carmen Giuliana Póveda Flores

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| sport = Para-badminton

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| coach = Isaac Nunes

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2001|7|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lima, Peru

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| event = Women's singles SS6
Women's doubles SH6
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Carmen Giuliana Póveda Flores (born 27 July 2001) is a Peruvian para-badminton player who competes in international badminton competitions. She is a double World champion, four-time Pan American champion and a Parapan American Games champion.{{Cite web|date=19 January 2024|title=Giuliana Poveda Flores (in Spanish)|url=https://badmintonperu.com/player/giuliana-poveda/|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Badminton Peru}}{{Cite web|date=28 July 2023|title=Now they look at us with different eyes (in Spanish)|url=https://elcomercio.pe/deporte-total/polideportivo/giuliana-poveda-ahora-nos-miran-con-otros-ojos-mas-que-con-pena-con-admiracion-las-razones-de-sus-tres-laureles-deportivos-en-un-dia-ipd-parabadminton-noticia/|archive-date=|access-date=|website=El Comercio}}

Sporting career

Póveda Flores was brought up in a sporting family and introduced to sport aged six when she started playing football in a neighbourhood football club; her two sisters played football and volleyball while her father was a footballer and her mother, Lidia Flores, was an accomplished volleyball player. Carmen switched to badminton aged fourteen because of training schedule irregularities.{{Cite web|date=7 August 2019|title=Sports upbringing gives edge to Poveda|url=https://bwfworldchampionships.bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2019/08/07/big-ambitions-in-badminton-and-life-giuliana-poveda|archive-date=|access-date=|website=BWF Badminton}}{{Cite web|date=17 August 2017|title=Giuliana Poveda: Born to be Great (in Spanish)|url=https://www.gob.pe/institucion/ipd/noticias/200227-giuliana-poveda-nacida-para-ser-grande|archive-date=|access-date=|website=www.gob.pe}}

Achievements

= World Championships =

Women's singles

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! Year

! Venue

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2017

| align="left" | Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Rachel Choong

| align="left" | 15–21, 7–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Silver Silver

style="background:#F3E6D7"

| align="center" | 2019

| align="left" | St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Rachel Choong

| align="left" | 21–9, 21–19

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Gold Gold

style="background:#F3E6D7"

| align="center" | 2022

| align="left" | Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan

| align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} Rina Marlina

| align="left" | 14–21, 14–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Silver Silver

style="background:#F3E6D7"

| align="center" | 2024

| align="left" | Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Lin Shuangbao

| align="left" | 16–21, 13–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze

Women’s doubles

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2017

| align="left" | Dongchun Gymnasium,
Ulsan, South Korea

| align="left" | {{flagicon|SRI}} Randika Doling

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Rebecca Bedford
{{flagicon|ENG}} Rachel Choong

| align="left" | 5–21, 8–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze

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| align="center" | 2019

| align="left" | St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland

| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Katherine Valli

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Rebecca Bedford
{{flagicon|ENG}} Rachel Choong

| align="left" | 25–27, 17–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Silver Silver

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| align="center" | 2022

| align="left" | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,
Tokyo, Japan

| align="left" | {{flagicon|PER}} Rubí Fernández

| align="left" | {{flagicon|POL}} Daria Bujnicka
{{flagicon|POL}} Oliwia Szmigiel

| align="left" | 21–13, 21–14

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Gold Gold

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| align="center" | 2024

| align="left" | Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall,
Pattaya, Thailand

| align="left" | {{flagicon|PER}} Rubí Fernández

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Fengmei
{{flagicon|CHN}} Lin Shuangbao

| align="left" | 7–21, 14–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2017

| align="left" | Dongchun Gymnasium,
Ulsan, South Korea

| align="left" | {{flagicon|IRL}} Niall McVeigh

| align="left" | {{flagicon|FRA}} Fabien Morat
{{flagicon|ENG}} Rebecca Bedford

| align="left" | 15–21, 18–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze

style="background:#F3E6D7"

| align="center" | 2022

| align="left" | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,
Tokyo, Japan

| align="left" | {{flagicon|PER}} Nilton Quispe

| align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} Subhan
{{flagicon|INA}} Rina Marlina

| align="left" | 9–21, 15–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Silver Silver

References

External links

{{BWFB|P52300}}

Category:2001 births

Category:Living people

Category:Badminton players from Lima

Category:Peruvian para-badminton players

Category:Peruvian female badminton players

Category:Badminton players at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Category:Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Category:Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Category:21st-century Peruvian sportswomen

Category:Parapan American Games medalists in badminton

Category:Parapan American Games gold medalists for Peru

Category:Parapan American Games silver medalists for Peru