Nanna Vainio

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| country = Finland

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1991|5|2}}

| birth_place = Ekenäs, Finland

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| handedness = Right

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| event = Women's singles

| career_record = 109 wins, 124 losses

| highest_ranking = 56

| date_of_highest_ranking = 3 November 2016

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Nanna Vainio (born 29 May 1991){{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/nanna-vainio |title=Nanna Vainio |publisher=Rio 2016 |accessdate=6 August 2016 |archive-date=6 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806085423/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/nanna-vainio |url-status=dead }} is a right handed Finnish badminton player who lives in Espoo in Finland. Since 2009 she has been the Finnish singles champion several times.

Career

Vainio was born on Ekenäs in 1991. She first competed internationally in Latvia when she was 14 and she has been in the national team since 2008.[http://bwfbadminton.com/player/42731/nanna-vainio/ranking-history Nanna Vainio], BWFBadminton, Retrieved 28 August 2016 She graduated from high school in Espoo Mattlidens gymnasium in 2010, after which she studied for a degree in information management and business administration at Loughborough University in England.[http://issuu.com/nicopy/docs/valmis_salo_sportpressen_talvi_2011 Mainio Vainio oikealla tiellä, Isaksson, Janne], Issue s. 8–9, Sportpressen, Ajankohta = Talvi 2011–2012, Viitattu = 29.3.2014 In 2013, she moved to Copenhagen, where she studied for a master's degree and was trained by Anu Nieminen at the Copenhagen Badminton Center. She graduated in 2015 and has since been training again in Finland.[http://rio.sulkapallo.fi/rio-team/pelaajat/nanna-vainio/ Nanna Vainio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816101114/http://rio.sulkapallo.fi/rio-team/pelaajat/nanna-vainio/ |date=2016-08-16 }}, Rio Team: Pelaajat, Retrieved 28 August 2016

Vainio has been ranked as 56th in the world and she represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She lost in the first round of the tournament to the Spanish player Carolina Marín who has been ranked number one in the world.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/carolina-marin-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418100247/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/carolina-marin-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Carolina Marín}}