Wouter Claes

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Wouter Claes
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Personal information
Born (1975-10-28) 28 October 1975 (age 50)
Leuven, Belgium
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
CountryBelgium
SportBadminton
HandednessLeft
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking21
BWF profile
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place Manchester 2010 Mixed doubles

Wouter Claes (born 28 October 1975) is a left-handed Belgian badminton player.[1] He won 20 Belgian titles, 10 in the men's doubles with Frédéric Mawet and Ruud Kuijten, 10 in the mixed doubles with Manon Albinus, Corina Herrle and Nathalie Descamps. He won 20 Flemish Championships in singles, men's doubles with Nico Claes and Steven Delsaert and mixed doubles with Nathalie Descamps and Janne Elst.[2] He won a bronze medal in the 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

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European Championships

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Manchester Evening News Arena,
Manchester, England
Belgium Nathalie Descamps Denmark Thomas Laybourn
Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl
8–21, 14–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2001 Belgian International Belgium Frédéric Mawet Belgium Sven van Delsen
Belgium David Vandewinkel
15–8, 15–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2001 Slovenian International Belgium Frédéric Mawet Russia Stanislav Pukhov
Russia Nikolai Zuyev
2–7, 7–1, 5–7, 3–7 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2003 Luxembourge Thierry Theis Belgium Frédéric Mawet Indonesia Dharma Gunawi
Germany Yudianto Yong
15–12, 15–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 Giraldilla International Belgium Frédéric Mawet Germany Jochen Cassel
Germany Joachim Tesche
15–7, 14–17, 15–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Belgium Frédéric Mawet France Jean-Michel Lefort
France Arif Rasidi
12–15, 15–10, 15–3 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2004 Luxembourge Thierry Theis Belgium Frédéric Mawet Indonesia Dharma Gunawi
Indonesia Yoseph Phoa
15–9, 11–15, 14–17 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2005 Spanish International Belgium Frédéric Mawet Wales Matthew Hughes
Wales Martyn Lewis
11–15, 3–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2006 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Belgium Frédéric Mawet Russia Vitalij Durkin
Russia Aleksandr Nikolaenko
21–14, 16–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Croatian International Belgium Frédéric Mawet Germany Jochen Cassel
Germany Thomas Tesche
11–21, 22–20, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Finnish International Belgium Frédéric Mawet Germany Tim Dettmann
Germany Johannes Schöttler
21–16, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Czech International Belgium Frédéric Mawet Denmark Rasmus Bonde
Denmark Kasper Faust Henriksen
17–21, 21–18, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Swedish International Belgium Frédéric Mawet Denmark Rasmus Andersen
Denmark Peter Steffensen
12–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Austrian International Belgium Frédéric Mawet Indonesia Fran Kurniawan
Indonesia Rendra Wijaya
14–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Belgium Frédéric Mawet England Richard Eidestedt
England Andrew Ellis
12–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 European Circuit Finals Belgium Frédéric Mawet Germany Kristof Hopp
Germany Ingo Kindervater
21–16, 14–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2001 Belgian International Denmark Karina Sørensen Republic of Ireland Bruce Topping
Republic of Ireland Jayne Plunkett
15–7, 15–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Dutch International Netherlands Paulien van Dooremalen Germany Kristof Hopp
Germany Birgit Overzier
18–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2006 Irish International Belgium Nathalie Descamps Netherlands Ruud Bosch
Netherlands Ginny Severien
14–21, 21–17, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Croatian International Belgium Nathalie Descamps Poland Adam Cwalina
Poland Małgorzata Kurdelska
21–13, 16–21, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Irish International Belgium Nathalie Descamps United States Howard Bach
United States Eva Lee
10–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Austrian International Belgium Nathalie Descamps China Zhang Yi
China Cai Jiani
18–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Spanish Open Belgium Nathalie Descamps Indonesia Rendra Wijaya
Indonesia Meiliana Jauhari
14–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 European Circuit Finals Belgium Nathalie Descamps Russia Aleksandr Nikolaenko
Russia Nina Vislova
7–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Belgian International Belgium Nathalie Descamps England Marcus Ellis
England Heather Olver
9–21, 23–25 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Banuinvest International Belgium Nathalie Descamps Singapore Chayut Triyachart
Singapore Yao Lei
13–21, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series/European Circuit tournament

References

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