{{Short description|Peruvian badminton player (born 2001)}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Fernanda Saponara Rivva | birth_name = Fernanda Saponara Rivva | country = [[Peru]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|7|12}} | birth_place = [[Lima]], Peru | handedness = Right | event = Women's singles & doubles | highest_ranking = 117 (WS 8 March 2018)<br /> 309 (WD 3 August 2021)<br /> 306 (XD 9 November 2021) | current_ranking = 145 | date_of_current_ranking = WS 12 February 2022 | medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[badminton]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{PER}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships|Pan Am Junior Championships]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships|2018 Salvador, Bahia]] | Girls' Singles U-19}} {{MedalBronze | [[Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships|2019 Moncton]] | Girls' Singles U-19}} {{MedalCompetition | [[South American Youth Games]] }} {{MedalGold | [[2017 South American Youth Games|2017 Santiago]] | Girls' Singles U-19}} {{MedalSilver | [[2017 South American Youth Games|2017 Santiago]] | Girls' Doubles U-19}} {{MedalBronze | [[2017 South American Youth Games|2017 Santiago]] | Mixed Doubles U-19}} {{MedalCompetition | [[South American Badminton Championships|South American Championships]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[South American Badminton Championships|2016 Lima]] | Mixed Doubles}} {{MedalSilver | [[South American Badminton Championships|2017 Rio de Janeiro]] | Women's Singles}} {{MedalBronze | [[South American Badminton Championships|2017 Rio de Janeiro]] | Women's Doubles}} {{MedalSilver | [[South American Badminton Championships|2018 Lima]] | Women's Singles}} {{MedalGold | [[South American Badminton Championships|2018 Lima]] | Girls' Singles U-19}} {{MedalSilver | [[South American Badminton Championships|2018 Lima]] | Girls' Doubles U19}} {{MedalGold | [[South American Badminton Championships|2018 Lima]] | Mixed Doubles U19}} {{MedalSilver | [[South American Badminton Championships|2019 Guayaquil]] | Women's Singles}} {{MedalGold | [[South American Badminton Championships|2019 Guayaquil]] | Girls' Singles U-19}} {{MedalBronze | [[South American Badminton Championships|2019 Guayaquil]] | Girls' Doubles U-19}} {{MedalGold | [[South American Badminton Championships|2019 Guayaquil]] | Mixed Doubles U-19}} }}
'''Fernanda Saponara Rivva''' (born July 12, 2001) is a Peruvian female badminton player who competes internationally.<ref>{{cite web|title= Players: Fernanda Saponara Rivva |url=http://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profile/de7894e4-407e-44e4-b9ed-c134bfd8bc9d|website=Bwfbadminton.com |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref>
==Early life== Her whole family is made up of athletes (especially in basketball), so she started gymnastics and basketball when she was little. She loved these sports, but one day she told her parents that she wanted to practice a racket sport in the summer and enrolled in an academy. That's where she started playing badminton. So at a young age she used to do basketball, gymnastics and badminton at the same time, but at 13 years old she made the decision to dedicate herself only to badminton.
== Career == She won the Peru Junior International in March 2016 in the U19 singles event and was runner-up in girls doubles and mixed doubles. In December 2016, Fernanda Saponara Rivva won the Girls' singles U17 event and reached the semi-final in both the mixed doubles U17 and adult event at the 2016 [[South American Badminton Championships]] in her hometown [[Lima]].
In February 2017, Fernanda Saponara Rivva represented Peru at the [[Pan American Badminton Championships]] held in [[Santo Domingo]], [[Dominican Republic]] and helped the Peruvian team win the fourth place in the Pan Am Mixed Team Championships. In March of the same year, she played the [[Peru International Series]] and lost with 17–21, 10–21 to the top seed and teammate [[Daniela Macias]] in the women's singles semi-final; In the women's doubles semi-final she played with Micaela Flores Vasquez De Velasco and lost 12–21, 19–21 to teammates [[Inés Castillo]] and [[Paula la Torre Regal]]. In April of the same year, she and Micaela Flores Vasquez De Velasco participated in the [[Peru International]] Challenge. In the women's doubles semi-final, they lost 15–21, 8–21 to Jacqueline Lima and Samia Lima, the No. 2 seeds from Brazil. In June of the same year, she played the Guatemala Badminton Future Series and lost 21–23, 18–21 in the women's singles final to the top seed, Guatemala's Nikte Alejandra Sotomayor. In August of the same year, she played the [[Carebaco International]] Open and lost 11–21, 21–23 in the women's singles semi-final to the top seed from America [[Jamie Subandhi]].
In October 2017, she won a gold medal for Peru at the [[2017 South American Youth Games|II South American Youth Games]] held at Santiago, Chile beating Brazilian Sania Valeria Passos Lima in the final. She also won a silver medal in doubles and a bronze medal in mixed doubles at the same event. Also in October of the same year, she played the [[Santo Domingo Open (badminton)|Santo Domingo Open]] and lost 9-21, 10–21 in the women's singles final to No. 6 seed American Jamie Xu; In the mixed doubles semi-final with her partner Diego Subasti Tocumura, she lost 14–21, 8–21 to the top seeded duo from Cuba [[Leodannis Martínez]] / [[Tahimara Oropeza]]. In November of the same year, she played the [[Suriname International]] and lost 19–21, 8–21 in the women's singles final to the No. 2 seed from Cuba [[Tahimara Oropeza]], reaching her third runner-up singles spot of the year 2017. In the same successful year 2017 she also won the Argentina Junior U-19 International in the doubles and mixed doubles events and was runner-up in the girls' singles event. She won the 2017 Carebaco U19 junior title in the girls' singles and also won the Santo Domingo Junior International 2017 in the mixed doubles event.
In March 2018, Fernanda Saponara Rivva and Micaela Flores Vasquez De Velasco played the [[Jamaica International]] and lost to the United States of America pair Jamie Hsu / Jamie Subandhi 13–21, 12–21 in the women's doubles semi-finals. In May of the same year, she attended the Peru Badminton Future Series and lost 12–21, 12–21 to Brazilian star [[Fabiana Silva]] in the women's singles semi-final; Together with compatriot Bruno Barrueto Deza the mixed doubles semi-final was lost 19–21, 21–15, 15–21 to No. 2 seeds and teammates [[Diego Mini]] / [[Paula la Torre Regal]]. In July of the same year, she represented Peru at the [[Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships]] held in Salvador, Bahia in [[Brazil]]. In the girls' singles semi-finals, she lost 6-21, 14–21 to Wu Xier, the 3rd/4th seed from Canada.
In October 2018, she represented Peru at the [[Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics|2018 Youth Olympics]] in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]], she qualified as #15 in the world junior ranking.
At the [[Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships]] 2019 in Moncton, [[Canada]] she won a girls' singles U19 bronze medal. She was the only under-19 medallist from outside of the U.S. or Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.badzine.net/2019/07/pan-am-juniors-yang-2-for-3-mixed-triple-for-chien-lai/|title=PAN AM JUNIORS 2019 – Yang 2 for 3, mixed triple for Chien/Lai|first=Don|last=Hearn|website=Badzine.net|access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref> She won four medals at the 2019 [[South American Badminton Championships]] in [[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]]. Winning gold at the girls' singles and mixed doubles U19 events with teammate Nicolas Macias Brandes, silver at the women's singles event and bronze at the girls' doubles U-19 event with compatriot Yue Yang Cao.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rpp.pe/multideportes/mas-deportes/fernanda-saponara-la-peruana-que-lleva-cinco-titulos-seguidos-en-el-sudamericano-juvenil-de-badminton-noticia-1233036|title=Fernanda Saponara, la peruana que lleva cinco títulos seguidos en el Sudamericano juvenil de bádminton|date=3 December 2019|website=Rpp.pe|access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref>
==Achievements== ===[[Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships]]=== ''Girls' singles U19'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#AABBCC" | align="center" | 2018 | align="left" | Centro Panamericano e Judo,<br>Salvador, Bahia, [[Brazil]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Talia Ng]] | align="left" | 6-21, 14-21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze''' |- style="background:#AABBCC" | align="center" | 2019 | align="left" | Louis-J.-Robichaud Sport Complex,<br>Moncton, [[Canada]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Natalie Chi]] | align="left" | 11–21, 12-21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze''' |}
===[[South American Badminton Championships]]=== ''Women's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#FFAAAA" | align="center" | 2017 | align="left" | Parque Olimpico da Barra,<br>[[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|PER}} [[Daniela Macías]] | align="left" | 14–21, 6–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cbbd.tournamentsoftware.com/cookiewall/?returnurl=%2Fsport%2Fdraw.aspx%3Fid%3DCF5F3404-8E98-417F-AEB5-91B61524B4EE%26draw%3D2|title=Confederação Brasileira de Badminton|website=Cbbd.tournamentsoftware.com|access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref> |- style="background:#FFAAAA" | align="center" | 2018 | align="left" | Videna,<br>[[Lima]], [[Peru]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|PER}} Daniela Macías | align="left" | 19–21, 12–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver''' |- style="background:#FFAAAA" | align="center" | 2019 | align="left" | Coliseo Abel Jimenez Parra,<br>[[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|PER}} Daniela Macías | align="left" | 13–21, 16–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/cookiewall/?returnurl=%2Fsport%2Fdraw.aspx%3Fid%3DD9686C9E-B69C-4AB5-9C26-1AB56E296DE3%26draw%3D66|title=Tournamentsoftware.com|website=www.tournamentsoftware.com|access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref> |} ''Women's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#FFAAAA" | align="center" | 2017 | align="left" | Parque Olimpico da Barra,<br>[[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|PER}} [[Micaela Flores (badminton)|Micaela Flores]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Fabiana Da Silva]] <br /> {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Paula Beatriz Pereira|Paula Pereira]] | align="left" | 9-21, 13-21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cbbd.tournamentsoftware.com/cookiewall/?returnurl=%2Fsport%2Fdraw.aspx%3Fid%3DCF5F3404-8E98-417F-AEB5-91B61524B4EE%26draw%3D4|title=Confederação Brasileira de Badminton|website=Cbbd.tournamentsoftware.com|access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref> |} ''Mixed doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#FFAAAA" | align="center" | 2016 | align="left" | Videna,<br>[[Lima]], [[Peru]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|PER}} [[Bruno Barrueto]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|PER}} [[Diego Mini]] <br /> {{flagicon|PER}} [[Luz María Zornoza]] | align="left" | 15–21, 7-21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/cookiewall/?returnurl=%2Fsport%2Fdraw.aspx%3Fid%3D866A8A19-C3DE-4EEB-BC19-3281BB440BCA%26draw%3D93|title=Tournamentsoftware.com|website=www.tournamentsoftware.com|access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref> |}
===South American Junior Badminton Championships=== ''Girls' singles U19'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#FFAAAA" | align="center" | 2018 | align="left" | Videna,<br>[[Lima]], [[Peru]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|PER}} [[Inés Mendoza (badminton)|Inés Mendoza]] | align="left" | 21–9, 21-15 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 1.png|Gold]] '''Gold''' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/cookiewall/?returnurl=%2Fsport%2Fdraw.aspx%3Fid%3DE1968FC3-A29D-449A-B5B2-1639CC20E691%26draw%3D24|title=Tournamentsoftware.com|website=www.tournamentsoftware.com|access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref> |- style="background:#FFAAAA" | align="center" | 2019 | align="left" | Coliseo Abel Jimenez Parra,<br>[[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|PER}} [[Juliana Giraldo]] | align="left" | 21–14, 21-8 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 1.png|Gold]] '''Gold'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/cookiewall/?returnurl=%2Fsport%2Fdraw.aspx%3Fid%3DD9686C9E-B69C-4AB5-9C26-1AB56E296DE3%26draw%3D52|title=Tournamentsoftware.com|website=www.tournamentsoftware.com|access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref> |}
''Girls' doubles U19'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#FFAAAA" | align="center" | 2018 | align="left" | Videna,<br>[[Lima]], [[Peru]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|PER}} [[Micaela Flores (badminton)|Micaela Flores]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|PER}} [[Stefany Chen]] <br /> {{flagicon|PER}} [[Valeria Wong]] | align="left" | 18–21, 21–19, 19–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/cookiewall/?returnurl=%2Fsport%2Fdraw.aspx%3Fid%3DE1968FC3-A29D-449A-B5B2-1639CC20E691%26draw%3D20|title=Tournamentsoftware.com|website=www.tournamentsoftware.com|access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref> |- style="background:#FFAAAA" | align="center" | 2019 | align="left" | Coliseo Abel Jimenez Parra,<br>[[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|PER}} [[Yue Yang Cao]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|PER}} [[Micaela Castillo]] <br /> {{flagicon|PER}} Micaela Flores | align="left" | 16–21, 15–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/cookiewall/?returnurl=%2Fsport%2Fdraw.aspx%3Fid%3DD9686C9E-B69C-4AB5-9C26-1AB56E296DE3%26draw%3D81|title=Tournamentsoftware.com|website=www.tournamentsoftware.com|access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref> |}
''Mixed doubles U19'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#FFAAAA" | align="center" | 2018 | align="left" | Videna,<br>[[Lima]], [[Peru]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|PER}} [[Bruno Barrueto]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Francisco Brandão]] <br /> {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Sofia Alonso]] | align="left" | 21–15, 21-16 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 1.png|Gold]] '''Gold'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/cookiewall/?returnurl=%2Fsport%2Fdraw.aspx%3Fid%3DE1968FC3-A29D-449A-B5B2-1639CC20E691%26draw%3D18|title=Tournamentsoftware.com|website=Tournamentsoftware.com|access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref> |- style="background:#FFAAAA" | align="center" | 2019 | align="left" | Coliseo Abel Jimenez Parra,<br>[[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|PER}} [[Nicolás Macías]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Messias Rony]] <br /> {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Tamires Santos]] | align="left" | 21–17, 21-17 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 1.png|Gold]] '''Gold'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/cookiewall/?returnurl=%2Fsport%2Fdraw.aspx%3Fid%3DD9686C9E-B69C-4AB5-9C26-1AB56E296DE3%26draw%3D53|title=Tournamentsoftware.com|website=Tournamentsoftware.com|access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref> |}
=== BWF International Challenge/Series (4 runners-up) === ''Women's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#E9E9E9" | align="center" | 2017 | align="left" | [[Guatemala International|Guatemala Future Series]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|GUA}} [[Nikté Sotomayor]] | align="left" | 21–23, 18–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2017 | align="left" | [[Santo Domingo Open (badminton)|Santo Domingo Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jamie Hsu]] | align="left" | 9–21, 10–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2017 | align="left" | [[Suriname International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Tahimara Oropeza]] | align="left" | 19–21, 8–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#E9E9E9" | align="center" | 2023 | align="left" | [[Perú Future Series]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|PER}} [[Inés Castillo]] | align="left" | 10–21, 11–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |} : {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Challenge]] tournament : {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Series]] tournament : {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} [[BWF Future Series]] tournament
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rivva, Fernanda Saponara}} [[Category:2001 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Badminton players from Lima]] [[Category:Peruvian female badminton players]] [[Category:Badminton players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics]] [[Category:Badminton players at the 2023 Pan American Games]] [[Category:Pan American Games competitors for Peru]] [[Category:21st-century Peruvian sportswomen]] [[Category:Competitors at the 2022 South American Games]]