Alex Vlaar
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alex Christiaan Vlaar 31 July 1996 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sport | Badminton |
| Men's singles & doubles | |
| Highest ranking | 197 (MS 12 July 2018) 70 (MD 13 August 2019) 56 (XD 1 October 2019) |
| BWF profile | |
Alex Christiaan Vlaar (Bulgarian: Алекс Флаар; born 31 July 1996) is a Dutch-Bulgarian badminton player.[1] He was born in Lelystad, the Netherlands.[2] His father Chris Vlaar is a Dutch rally car driver and badminton coach, his mother is former badminton player Emilia Dimitrova who is also a coach. She played for Bulgaria at the 1992 Olympics women's doubles.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]Born in the Netherlands, Vlaar is a former young Dutch badminton player who first played for the Netherlands team. He participated for the Netherlands at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships,[4] 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China,[5] and the 2015 European Junior Championships in Lubin, Poland.[6] Overall top 10 BWF junior ranking in all, he won several European Ranked Junior tournaments as well in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. In the Netherlands he won several national junior and open titles.[7] He plays team competition at the highest premier Dutch club level (Eredivisie), first for BV Almere and now already a few years with Velo badminton from Wateringen with whom he became Dutch team champion in 2016 & 2017.
Vlaar has a double Nationality (Dutch and Bulgarian) and he decided to played on a Bulgarian license to develop his badminton on the highest professional international level.[2] Already in 2016 he became Bulgarian National senior champion in men's doubles with partner Philip Shishov and mixed doubles with partner Petya Nedelcheva. In 2017, he and Shishov successfully defended the National men's doubles title. Alex was selected for the National team of Bulgaria and together with Bulgarian mixed doubles partner Mariya Mitsova he already was runner-up at the 2016 Croatian International, and won the 2018 Bulgarian Open and the 2018 Bulgarian International.
Achievements
[edit | edit source]BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 4 runners-up)
[edit | edit source]Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2016 | Bulgaria International | Bulgaria Philip Shishov |  Pakin Kuna-Anuvit Natthapat Trinkajee
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19–21, 19–21 |  Runner-up
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| 2018 | Bulgarian International | Bulgaria Ivan Rusev | Czech Republic Jaromír Janáček Czech Republic Tomáš Švejda |
19–21, 14–21 | Runner-up
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| 2022 | Spanish International | Netherlands Noah Haase | Spain Joan Monroy Spain Carlos Piris |
21–18, 21–17 | Error creating thumbnail: Winner |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Croatian International | Bulgaria Mariya Mitsova | Croatia Zvonimir Durkinjak Croatia Mateja Čiča |
18–21, 11–21 | Runner-up
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| 2017 | Bulgarian Open | Netherlands Iris Tabeling | Denmark Mathias Thyrri Denmark Emilie Aalestrup |
23–21, 21–15 | Error creating thumbnail: Winner |
| 2018 | Bulgarian Open | Bulgaria Mariya Mitsova | Finland Anton Kaisti Finland Inalotta Suutarinen |
21–17, 17–21, 21–16 | Error creating thumbnail: Winner |
| 2018 | Bulgarian International | Bulgaria Mariya Mitsova | India Ashith Surya India Pranjal Prabhu Chimulkar |
21–15, 21–10 | Error creating thumbnail: Winner |
| 2019 | Portugal International | Bulgaria Mariya Mitsova | Chinese Taipei Chang Ko-chi Chinese Taipei Lee Chih-chen |
12–21, 14–21 | Runner-up
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| 2019 | Hellas International | Bulgaria Mariya Mitsova | Poland Miłosz Bochat Poland Magdalena Świerczyńska |
10–21, 23–21, 21–17 | Error creating thumbnail: Winner |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
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External links
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Lelystad
- Dutch male badminton players
- Bulgarian male badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2019 European Games
- European Games competitors for Bulgaria
- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen
- 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen