Neslihan Arın

Neslihan Arın
	Arın in 2011
Personal information
Born	Neslihan Yiğit; 26 February 1994 (age 32); Bursa, Turkey
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country	Turkey
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Right
Coached by	Hakan Arın
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	27 (WS, 3 May 2022); 28 (WD with Özge Bayrak, 20 August 2015)
Current ranking	30 (WS, 9 June 2026)
	BWF profile
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Turkey
European Games
European Championships
European Women's Team Championships
Islamic Solidarity Games
Mediterranean Games
European Junior Championships

Neslihan Arın (née Yiğit; born 26 February 1994) is a Turkish badminton player. She won the women's singles title at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games; 2013, 2018, 2022 Mediterranean Games and the women's doubles title at the 2013 Mediterranean Games. Arın also won the bronze medals at the 2015 European Games and at the 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2026 European Championships

Career

Arın at the 2018 European Team Championships

Neslihan Arın became silver medalist in singles and doubles at the U17 European Championship held 2009 in Medvode, Slovenia. At the 2011 Spanish Junior International, she reached to semi finals in singles, won the girls' doubles title, and became the runner-up in the mixed doubles.^[2]

She competed at various international tournaments in singles and doubles with her partner Özge Bayrak, and won titles in the years 2011–2012. The latest success enabled her to rise up to 28th place in the women's doubles world ranking list as of 20 August 2015 with Özge Bayrak. In the singles event, she reached a career-high of world number 34th in the world list on 1 October 2019. Arın ranked 7th in the World Juniors list.^[3]

She qualified as the first-ever Turkish badminton player for the Olympics.^[4]

She won the gold medal in the singles event and the bronze medal with the national team at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia.^[5] In June 2013, she won double gold medals in the women's singles and doubles event at the Mersin Mediterranean Games.^[6]

In 2021, Arın reached the quarter-finals of the Toyota Thailand Open,losing out to the eventual champion Carolina Marín.^[7] She won the bronze medal at the European Championships, defeated by the defending champion Marín in the semi-finals in straight games.^[8]

Arın was drawn in group A along with top seed and eventual champion Chen Yufei at the Tokyo Olympics, against whom she lost 14–21, 9–21.^[9] She won her other group game against Doha Hany 21–5, 21–5.^[10]

Arın reached the quarterfinals of the 2021 Hylo Open. After beating Aakarshi Kashyap and Kristin Kuuba in the first two rounds,^[11] it was the eventual champion Busanan Ongbamrungphan who stopped her in the quarters.

Arın made it to the quarter-finals at the 2021 Indonesia Masters She defeated 6th seed Michelle Li,^[12] and Marija Ulitina in straight games on the way. In the quarter-finals, She was stopped by P. V. Sindhu.^[13]

Achievements

European Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan	Özge Bayrak	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	14–21, 9–21	Bronze

European Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine	Carolina Marín	18–21, 9–21	Bronze
2022	Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain	Carolina Marín	14–21, 13–21	Bronze
2024	Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany	Kirsty Gilmour	18–21, 13–21	Bronze
2026	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Kirsty Gilmour	21–16, 14–21, 11–21	Bronze

Islamic Solidarity Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Dempo Sports Hall, Palembang, Indonesia	Lim Yin Fun	21–13, 21–19	Gold

Mediterranean Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey	Özge Bayrak	21–16, 21–13	Gold
2018	El Morell Pavilion, Tarragona, Spain	Beatriz Corrales	21–19, 23–21	Gold
2022	Multipurpose Omnisports Hall, Oued Tlélat, Algeria	Beatriz Corrales	21–14, 21–11	Gold

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Match	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey	1	Özge Bayrak	Karin Maran Xandra Stelling	21–9, 21–11	Gold
		2		Nika Končut Maja Tvrdy	21–13, 21–16
		3		Audrey Fontaine Émilie Lefel	21–13, 21–11

European University Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Anastasia Chervyakova	21–9, 23–25, 21–19	Gold

European University Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Warsaw, Poland	Özge Bayrak	18–21, 21–19, 18–21	Silver

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Warsaw, Poland	Özge Bayrak	Delphine Delrue Lauranne Rosello	21–15, 21–10	Gold

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara, Turkey	Line Kjaersfeldt	14–21, 8–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[14] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[15]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2025	Syed Modi International	Super 300	Hina Akechi	16–21, 14–21	Runner-up	^[16]

BWF International Challenge/Series (32 titles, 31 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Bulgarian International	Linda Zetchiri	18–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2011	Suriname International	Özge Bayrak	21–16, 23–21	Winner
2012	Iran Fajr International	Yu Wakita	21–16, 21–14	Winner
2012	Croatian International	Kana Ito	18–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2012	Polish Open	Ai Goto	9–21, 21–12, 7–21	Runner-up
2013	Iran Fajr International	Febby Angguni	21–15, 21–14	Winner
2013	Turkey International	Stefani Stoeva	21–14, 16–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2014	Bangladesh International	Yap Rui Chen	21–18, 21–12	Winner
2014	Turkey International	Özge Bayrak	13–21, 21–14, 21–16	Winner
2015	Iran Fajr International	Linda Zetchiri	19–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2015	Peru International	Rong Schafer	17–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2016	Brazil International	Chisato Hoshi	21–13, 21–15	Winner
2016	Polish Open	Delphine Lansac	19–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2016	Chile International	Özge Bayrak	18–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2016	White Nights	Mako Urushizaki	21–16, 21–15	Winner
2017	White Nights	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	8–21, 21–15, 20–22	Runner-up
2017	Bulgarian Open	Luise Heim	21–17, 14–21, 21–17	Winner
2017	Hellas Open	Mariya Mitsova	21–14, 17–21, 21–15	Winner
2017	Czech Open	Kaho Funahashi	21–16, 14–21, 21–17	Winner
2017	Hungarian International	Aliye Demirbağ	21–11, 17–21, 21–18	Winner
2017	Turkey International	Özge Bayrak	17–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2018	Bulgarian Open	Özge Bayrak	21–19, 21–10	Winner
2018	Czech Open	Yvonne Li	17–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2018	Hungarian International	Mariya Mitsova	21–14, 21–8	Winner
2019	Lagos International	Özge Bayrak	21–16, 24–26, 21–13	Winner
2019	Bulgarian Open	Mariya Mitsova	21–9, 21–14	Winner
2019	Kharkiv International	Qi Xuefei	18–21, 21–19, 16–21	Runner-up
2019	Belgian International	Line Christophersen	21–23, 21–12, 11–21	Runner-up
2019	Hungarian International	Nguyễn Thùy Linh	21–16, 12–21, 21–18	Winner
2019	Turkey Open	Aliye Demirbağ	21–14, 22–20	Winner
2023	Uganda International	Letshanaa Karupathevan	11–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2023	Portugal International	Özge Bayrak	21–14, 21–12	Winner
2023	Polish Open	Yeo Jia Min	13–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2023	Slovenia Open	Huang Yu-hsun	17–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2023	Belgian International	Line Christophersen	21–11, 14–21, 21–17	Winner
2023	Scottish Open	Kristin Kuuba	25–23, 21–13	Winner
2025	Swedish Open	Léonice Huet	21–14, 24–22	Winner
2025	Iran Fajr International	Keisha Fatimah Azzahra	21–17, 21–14	Winner
2025	Uganda International	Ishika Jaiswal	15–21, 21–19, 20–22	Runner-up
2025	Polish Open	Hung Yi-ting	21–13, 21–16	Winner
2025	Turkey International	Nanami Someya	21–7, 21–4	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Syria International	Neslihan Kılıç	Cemre Fere Özge Bayrak	18–21, 21–13, 20–22	Runner-up
2011	Kenya International	Özge Bayrak	Michelle Edwards Annari Viljoen	21–15, 21–19	Winner
2011	Slovak Open	Özge Bayrak	Selena Piek Iris Tabeling	7–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2011	Suriname International	Özge Bayrak	Crystal Leefmans Rugshaar Ishaak	21–3, 21–7	Winner
2011	South Africa International	Özge Bayrak	Michelle Edwards Annari Viljoen	21–10, 21–15	Winner
2012	Uganda International	Özge Bayrak	Michelle Edwards Annari Viljoen	Walkover	Runner-up
2012	Kharkiv International	Özge Bayrak	Audrey Fontaine Émilie Lefel	11–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2012	Bulgarian International	Özge Bayrak	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	9–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2012	Turkey International	Özge Bayrak	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	21–19, 14–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2013	Turkey International	Özge Bayrak	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	15–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2014	Iran Fajr International	Özge Bayrak	Amelia Alicia Anscelly Soong Fie Cho	11–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2014	Hellas International	Özge Bayrak	Elena Komendrovskaja Viktoriia Vorobeva	21–7, 21–14	Winner
2014	Bulgarian Eurasia Open	Özge Bayrak	Petya Nedelcheva Dimitria Popstoikova	11–5, 11–5, 8–11, 10–11, 11–7	Winner
2014	Bangladesh International	Özge Bayrak	Pradnya Gadre N. Siki Reddy	10–21, 24–22, 16–21	Runner-up
2014	Turkey International	Özge Bayrak	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	11–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2015	Iran Fajr International	Özge Bayrak	Joyce Choong Yap Cheng Wen	21–19, 21–18	Winner
2015	Mercosul International	Özge Bayrak	Laura Choinet Teshana Vignes Waran	21–10, 21–11	Winner
2015	Peru International	Özge Bayrak	Delphine Lansac Émilie Lefel	21–14, 14–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2015	White Nights	Özge Bayrak	Ekaterina Bolotova Evgeniya Kosetskaya	22–20, 13–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2015	Lagos International	Özge Bayrak	Pradnya Gadre N. Sikki Reddy	19–21, 23–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2015	Mersin Turkey International	Özge Bayrak	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	19–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2016	Turkey International	Özge Bayrak	Kader İnal Fatma Nur Yavuz	21–14, 21–16	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

References

↑ "Neslihan Arin". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
↑ "BEC 2011 European Junior Championships 15-24.4.2011 Vantaa, Finland - Media". Badminton Finland. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
↑ "Player profiles-Neslihan Arın". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ "Milli badmintoncu Neslihan Yiğit, Londra Olimpiyat Oyunları vizesini aldı". Zaman (in Turkish). 10 March 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "Badminton-Results". The 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
↑ "Akdeniz Oyunlarında 2 ALTIN, 2 GÜMÜŞ Madalya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Badminton Federasyonu. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
↑ "Badminton: Spain's ex-No. 1 Marin breezes into s-finals of Thailand Open, to face upstart An". The Straits Times. 22 January 2021. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
↑ Raftery, Alan (4 May 2021). "EBC21 Summary". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 5 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "Olympics-Badminton- Tai Tzu Ying gets her mojo back". Reuters. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "Day Four in Tokyo 2020 Remained". Turkish Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ Sukumar, Dev (5 November 2021). "Demirbag, Yigit march on". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 21 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ Pierre, Dianne (16 November 2021). "Indonesia Masters: 'I had to learn to walk again'". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
↑ Pierre, Dianne (20 November 2021). "Indonesia Masters: 'Hoping to break into the top 20". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
↑ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
↑ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
↑ Aktor, Lukas (1 December 2025). "Neslihan Arin makes history! First Turkish world tour finalist". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 2 December 2025.

External links

Neslihan Arin at BWFBadminton.com
Neslihan Arin at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
Neslihan Arin at Olympics.com
Neslihan Yigit at Olympics.com
Neslihan Yiğit at Olympedia
Neslihan Yiğit at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
Neslihan Yiğit Arın at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)
Neslihan Yiğit-Arın at InterSportStats
Neslihan Yiğit Arın on Instagram

[1] "Neslihan Arin". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved 2 August 2024.

[s-2] "BEC 2011 European Junior Championships 15-24.4.2011 Vantaa, Finland - Media". Badminton Finland. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2012.

[bwf-3] "Player profiles-Neslihan Arın". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.

[z1-4] "Milli badmintoncu Neslihan Yiğit, Londra Olimpiyat Oyunları vizesini aldı". Zaman (in Turkish). 10 March 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[ig-5] "Badminton-Results". The 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.

[tbf-6] "Akdeniz Oyunlarında 2 ALTIN, 2 GÜMÜŞ Madalya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Badminton Federasyonu. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2015.

[7] "Badminton: Spain's ex-No. 1 Marin breezes into s-finals of Thailand Open, to face upstart An". The Straits Times. 22 January 2021. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

[8] Raftery, Alan (4 May 2021). "EBC21 Summary". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 5 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[9] "Olympics-Badminton- Tai Tzu Ying gets her mojo back". Reuters. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[10] "Day Four in Tokyo 2020 Remained". Turkish Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[11] Sukumar, Dev (5 November 2021). "Demirbag, Yigit march on". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 21 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[12] Pierre, Dianne (16 November 2021). "Indonesia Masters: 'I had to learn to walk again'". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

[13] Pierre, Dianne (20 November 2021). "Indonesia Masters: 'Hoping to break into the top 20". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[14] Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

[15] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[sm25-16] Aktor, Lukas (1 December 2025). "Neslihan Arin makes history! First Turkish world tour finalist". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 2 December 2025.

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