Telma Santos (born 1 August 1983) is a Portuguese badminton player. She competed for Portugal at the 2012 and at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Santos is the niece of Fernando Silva, a badminton player who also represented Portugal in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

In 2021, Santos won a gold medal in the women's singles 35+ category at the 2021 BWF World Senior Championships in Huelva.

Achievements

World Senior Championships

Women's singles

YearAgeVenueOpponentScoreResult
202135+Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, SpainBulgaria Maya Dobreva21–12, 21–7Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2007Syria InternationalPortugal Filipa Lamy21–16, 21–15Winner
2007Jordan SatelliteSlovenia Maja Tvrdy15–21, 18–21Runner-up
2008Iran Fajr InternationalItaly Agnese Allegrini10–21, 21–16, 19–21Runner-up
2009Portugal InternationalEngland Jill Pittard16–21, 14–21Runner-up
2010Portugal InternationalEngland Helen Davies21–17, 19–21, 21–12Winner
2010Santo Domingo OpenItaly Agnese Allegrini21–11, 23–21Winner
2011Uganda InternationalTurkey Özge Bayrak21–19, 19–21, 21–19Winner
2011Syria InternationalSyria Sanaa Mahmoud21–14, 21–10Winner
2011South Africa InternationalTurkey Özge Bayrak19–21, 10–21Runner-up
2013Hatzor InternationalRussia Olga Golovanova21–16, 21–19Winner
2013Morocco InternationalNetherlands Gayle Mahulette21–12, 21–10Winner
2013Botswana InternationalSouth Africa Elme de Villiers21–4, 21–11Winner
2013South Africa InternationalEgypt Hadia Hosny21–6, 21–10Winner
2014Colombia InternationalPeru Daniela Macías11–5, 11–6, 11–3Winner
2014Hatzor InternationalCroatia Dorotea Sutara11–6, 11–6, 11–5Winner
2015Guatemala InternationalUnited States Rong Schafer21–12, 11–21, 10–21Runner-up
2015Mexico InternationalFinland Airi Mikkelä21–15, 21–14Winner
2015Suriname InternationalBrazil Lohaynny VicenteWalkoverWinner
2015South Africa InternationalHungary Laura Sárosi22–20, 21–17Winner
2016Uganda InternationalMauritius Kate Foo Kune21–10, 21–12Winner

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2002Italian InternationalPortugal Vânia LeçaAustria Verena Fastenbauer Austria Simone Prutsch7–11, 3–11Runner-up
2002Spanish InternationalPortugal Filipa LamySweden Elin Bergblom Sweden Johanna Persson6–8, 0–7, 4–7Runner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2004Cyprus InternationalPortugal Nuno SantosCyprus Nicolas Panayiotou Poland Katarzyna Krasowska12–15, 15–9, 15–4Winner

BWF International Series tournaments

BWF Future Series tournament