Yoana Martínez

Yoana Martínez Barbero^[a] (born 18 November 1980) is a Spanish badminton player.^[2] Martínez played at the 2001 World Badminton Championships where she was defeated by Nicole Grether in the first round. In 2004, she won her first senior national title in the women's singles and doubles event.^[3] In 2006, she qualified to compete at the World Championships, but was defeated by Xu Huaiwen of Germany in the second round. Martínez competed in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in women's singles. She beat Erin Carroll in the first round and was defeated in the second round by Maria Kristin Yulianti.^[1][4]

Yoana Martínez
Personal information
Birth name	Yoana Martínez Barbero
Country	Spain
Born	(1980-11-18) 18 November 1980 (age 44)[1] San Sebastián, Spain[1]
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Handedness	Right
Event	Women's singles
BWF profile

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Mauritius International	Grace Daniel	15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2008	Kenya International	Ana Moura	21–19, 14–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2007	Ecuador International	Filipa Lamy	21–16, 21–11	Winner
2006	Peru International	Agnese Allegrini	14–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2006	Giraldilla International	Agnese Allegrini		Runner-up
2005	Giraldilla International	Agnese Allegrini	9–11, 9–11	Runner-up
2000	Hungarian International	Maja Pohar	5–11, 0–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Spanish International	Lucía Tavera	Alicia Calonge Silvia Riera	15–7, 15–12	Winner
2000	Hungarian International	Mercedes Cuenca	Verena Fastenbauer Karina Lengauer	15–12, 15–12	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Giraldilla International	José Antonio Crespo	Philippe Bourret Helen Nichol	15–5, 15–5	Winner
2005	Miami PanAm International	José Antonio Crespo	Mike Beres Jody Patrick	11–15, 10–15	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Barbero.