Collins Valentine Filimon

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Collins Valentine Filimon
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Personal information
Full nameCollins Valentine Filimon
Born (1998-02-14) 14 February 1998 (age 28)
Bucharest, Romania
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Sport
CountryRomania (2012–2021)
Austria (2021–present)
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Highest ranking84 (19 March 2024)
Current ranking111 (31 July 2024)
BWF profile
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Romania
Balkan Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Iași Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Stara Zagora Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Iași Men's singles

Collins Valentine Filimon (born 14 February 1998) is a Romanian-born badminton player who is currently representing Austria.[2][3][4] He plays for the ASKÖ Traun badminton club.[5] He represented Austria in badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]

Career

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Filimon joined the Romanian national team in 2012. He won the boys' singles title at the Cyprus Junior International in 2014 and 2015. He also won a silver medal in mixed doubles at the 2015 U19 Balkan Badminton Championships with Catalina Simionescu. In 2016, Filimon reached the semi-finals of the Balkan Badminton Championships but had to settle for bronze after losing 16–21, 18–21 to Ivan Rusev of Bulgaria.[6]

In 2019, Filimon represented Romania in the 2019 European Games men's singles event. He did not advance further after losing to Vladimir Malkov and Azmy Qowimuramadhoni in the group stage but won a match against Robert Mann of Luxembourg.[7]

In September 2021, Filimon became a naturalized Austrian citizen and began playing for Austria in international tournaments. In 2022, he won his first international title at the Slovenia International after defeating Lin Kuan-ting of Chinese Taipei 21–17, 23–25, 21–12.[8] In April 2024, he won his second title at the Malta International when he defeated Wolfgang Gnedt in an all Austrian encounter.[9]

Filimon made his debut in men's singles at the 2024 Summer Olympics. In Group E, he faced fourth seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark and Ade Resky Dwicahyo of Azerbaijan.[10] He lost his opening match to Antonsen 10–21, 18–21.[11] He then lost his second match to Ade Resky Dwicahyo 18–21, 11–21 and was eliminated in the group stages.[12]

Achievements

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Balkan Championships

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Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2016 Sala Polivalentă Iași, Iași, Romania Bulgaria Ivan Rusev 16–21, 18–21 Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Beroe Sports Hall, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria Romania Cătălina Simionescu Bulgaria Blagovest Kisyov
Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva 		19–21, 18–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2022 Slovenia International Chinese Taipei Lin Kuan-ting 21–17, 23–25, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 Malta International Austria Wolfgang Gnedt 19–21, 21–17, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2025 Czech International Turkey Emre Lale 15–10, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2025 Welsh International Denmark Ditlev Jæger Holm 10–21, 21–14, 5–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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