Ekaterina Malkova

Ekaterina Vladimirovna Malkova ((Russian: Екатерина Владимировна Малькова; born 12 December 1992; née Bolotova) is a Russian badminton player.^[2] She was the women's doubles silver medalist at the 2015 Baku European Games with partner Evgeniya Kosetskaya,^[3] and later won a bronze medal in 2019 Minsk with Alina Davletova.^[4]

Ekaterina Malkova
Malkova with Kargaev at the 2015 BWF World Championships
Personal information
Birth name	Екатерина Владимировна Болотова (Ekaterina Vladimirovna Bolotova)
Country	Russia
Born	(1992-12-12) 12 December 1992 (age 32) Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Moscow, Russia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)[1]
Years active	2010
Handedness	Right
Coach	Tatiana Ivanova
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	141 (WS 25 September 2014) 19 (WD 12 March 2019) 50 (XD 26 March 2015)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Russia European Games 2015 Baku Women's doubles 2019 Minsk Women's doubles European Mixed Team Championships 2017 Lubin Mixed team 2015 Leuven Mixed team 2019 Copenhagen Mixed team European Women's Team Championships 2014 Basel Women's team 2018 Kazan Women's team European Junior Championships 2011 Vantaa Mixed team
BWF profile

Personal life

She is married to Saratov badminton player Vladimir Malkov.^[5]

Achievements

European Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	12–21, 21–23	Silver
2019	Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus	Alina Davletova	Selena Piek Cheryl Seinen	21–18, 20–22, 14–21	Bronze

BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Bitburger Open	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	Ou Dongni Yu Xiaohan	10–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2017	Scottish Open	Alina Davletova	Selena Piek Cheryl Seinen	21–15, 15–21, 11–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (14 titles, 4 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	White Nights	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	Olga Golovanova Viktoriia Vorobeva	21–14, 26–24	Winner
2014	Bahrain International Challenge	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	Anastasia Chervyakova Nina Vislova	21–6, 21–15	Winner
2015	White Nights	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	Özge Bayrak Neslihan Yiğit	20–22, 21–13, 21–15	Winner
2016	Austrian Open	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obañana	21–11, 23–21	Winner
2016	Lithuanian International	Anastasiia Semenova	Ekaterina Kut Daria Serebriakova	21–14, 21–9	Winner
2017	Hungarian International	Alina Davletova	Elena Komendrovskaja Maria Shegurova	21–13, 21–19	Winner
2017	Italian International	Alina Davletova	Alexandra Bøje Sara Lundgaard	21–18, 21–11	Winner
2018	Estonian International	Alina Davletova	Jessica Hopton Jenny Moore	21–10, 21–10	Winner
2018	Hungarian International	Alina Davletova	Emma Karlsson Johanna Magnusson	21–14, 21–9	Winner
2018	Italian International	Alina Davletova	Julie Finne-Ipsen Mai Surrow	21–13, 14–21, 21–13	Winner
2019	Azerbaijan International	Alina Davletova	Chloe Birch Lauren Smith	18–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2019	Italian International	Alina Davletova	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	11–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2022	Iran Fajr International	Anastasiia Shapovalova	Hajar Kabiri Saghar Rafei	21–3, 21–13	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Lithuanian International	Andrey Ashmarin	Yaroslav Egerev Irina Khlebko	21–15, 21–14	Winner
2016	Lithuanian International	Denis Grachev	Paweł Śmiłowski Magdalena Świerczyńska	21–11, 21–16	Winner
2016	Czech International	Vasily Kuznetsov	Mathias Bay-Smidt Alexandra Bøje	19–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2018	Dubai International	Denis Grachev	Yoo Yeon-seong Park So-young	14–21, 21–17, 14–21	Runner-up
2019	Italian International	Vladimir Ivanov	Kim Sa-rang Eom Hye-won	21–12, 18–21, 21–15	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament