Helle Sofie Sagøy
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| Country | Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 January 1998 Klæbu Municipality, Trøndelag, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Sonja Wåland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's singles SL4 Women's doubles SL3–SU5 Mixed doubles SL3–SU5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 1 (WS 19 July 2022) 2 (WD with Katrin Seibert 1 January 2019) 8 (XD with Rickard Nilsson 15 March 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 1 (WS) (24 September 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Helle Sofie Sagøy (born 19 January 1998) is a Norwegian para-badminton player. She is a Paralympic bronze medallist, four-time world champion and five-time European champion, with one European Para Championships title and four European Championships titles. Sagøy was born without her right lower leg and has used a prosthetic all her life. She was awarded the BWF Para-Badminton Player of the Year in 2015 after winning two gold medals at the 2015 World Championships.
Sagøy made her Paralympic debut at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, where she placed fourth in the women's singles event. She won the bronze medal in the women's single event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, where she became the first Norwegian to medal in para-badminton at the Paralympic Games.