Maja Tvrdy
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| Maja Tvrdy | |||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Slovenia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 November 1983 Ljubljana, Slovenia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5.6 in (14 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 43 (WS) 17 December 2009 72 (WD with Spela Silvester) 29 October 2009 67 (XD with Iztok Utrosa) 22 October 2009 | ||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | retired | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maja Tvrdy (born 20 November 1983) is a Slovenian badminton player. She competed for Slovenia at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]
Maja Tvrdy is the most successful badminton player of Slovenia, who participated and represented Slovenia at two Olympic Games: 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, where she achieved 17th place in the individual event and the Summer Olympic Games 2012 in London, where she lost in the qualifying round. She is only the second Slovenian female player to participate at any Olympic Games in this sport (after Maja Pohar – Sydney Olympics in 2000).
She won two bronze medals at Mediterranean Games in Mersin 2013 – 3rd place in the individual event and 3rd place in women's doubles event, partnered by Nika Koncut.
