Wouter Claes
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||
Country | Belgium | |||||||||||||
Born | Leuven, Belgium | 28 October 1975|||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
Handedness | Left | |||||||||||||
Men's & mixed doubles | ||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 21 | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Wouter Claes (born 28 October 1975 in Leuven, Belgium) is a male left-handed Belgian badminton player.[1] He won 20 Belgian titles, 10 in men's doubles with Fréderic Mawet and Ruud Kuijten, 10 in mixed doubles with , and Nathalie Descamps. He won 20 Flemish Championships in singles, men's doubles with and and mixed doubles with Nathalie Descamps and .[2] He won a bronze medal in mixed doubles (together with partner Descamps) during the 2010 European Badminton Championships. This was the first Belgian medal ever won at a European Championship. During his career, he was placed 21 in world ranking.[3]
Achievements[]
European Championships[]
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2010 | Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England |
Nathalie Descamps | Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl |
8–21, 14–21 | Bronze |
BWF International Challenge/Series[]
Men's doubles
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2010 | Banuinvest International | Nathalie Descamps | Chayut Triyachart Yao Lei |
13–21, 21–23 | Runner-up |
2009 | Belgian International | Nathalie Descamps | Marcus Ellis Heather Olver |
9–21, 23–25 | Runner-up |
2008 | European Circuit Finals | Nathalie Descamps | Alexander Nikolaenko Nina Vislova |
7–21, 19–21 | Runner-up |
2008 | Spanish Open | Nathalie Descamps | Rendra Wijaya Meiliana Jauhari |
14–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
2008 | Austrian International | Nathalie Descamps | Zhang Yi Cai Jiani |
18–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
2007 | Irish International | Nathalie Descamps | Howard Bach Eva Lee |
10–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
2007 | Croatian International | Nathalie Descamps | Adam Cwalina |
21–13, 16–21, 21–13 | Winner |
2006 | Irish International | Nathalie Descamps | Ruud Bosch |
14–21, 21–17, 21–17 | Winner |
2006 | Dutch International | Paulien van Dooremalen | Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier |
18–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
2001 | Belgian International | Karina Sørensen | |
15–7, 15–9 | Winner |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series/European Circuit tournament
References[]
- ^ "Players: Wouter Claes". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Belgium" (PDF). Belgian Badminton Federation. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Wouter Claes". Yonex. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
External links[]
- Wouter Claes at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
Categories:
- Belgian male badminton players
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Leuven