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Ingo Kindervater

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Ingo Kindervater
Personal information
Country Germany
Born (1979-01-01) 1 January 1979 (age 45)
Burgwedel, West Germany
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's and mixed doubles
Highest ranking11 (MD) 28 April 2011
49 (XD) 10 June 2010
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Germany
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Manchester Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Herning Men's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Moscow Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Amsterdam Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Geneva Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Amsterdam Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Thessalonica Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Basel Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Warsaw Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Almere Men's team
BWF profile

Ingo Kindervater (born 1 January 1979) is a retired badminton player from Germany[1][2] and now the Head of Performance for Badminton Scotland.[3]

Career

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Ingo was the men's doubles bronze medallist at the 2008 European Championships partnered with Kristof Hopp, and in 2010 with Michael Fuchs.[4]

In 2012, he qualified for the London Olympics with Johannes Schöttler after gaining 43529.339 points during the qualifying period and reaching 18th in the BWF World Ranking.[5] On 23 July the draw was conducted and Kindervater and Schöttler were placed in Group A alongside Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng, Fang Chieh Min/Lee Sheng Mu, and Ross Smith/Glenn Warfe.

He won the 2012 Bitburger Open in the men's doubles with his partner Johannes Schöttler after beating Chris Langridge and Peter Mills 21–15, 21–11.[6]

After retiring in 2013, Kindervater finished his diploma in Economics before becoming National Doubles Coach for the German Badminton Association. Kindervater supported the German Badminton Olympic Team as a coach in the Rio 2016 Olympics.

After 6 years in this position, Ingo relocated to Edinburgh, Scotland, where he took the post of Head of Performance with Badminton Scotland.

Achievements

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European Championships

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Manchester Evening News Arena,
Manchester, England
Germany Michael Fuchs Denmark Lars Paaske
Denmark Jonas Rasmussen
10–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze
2008 Messecenter,
Herning, Denmark
Germany Kristof Hopp Denmark Jens Eriksen
Denmark Martin Lundgaard Hansen
23–21, 16–21, 8–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF Superseries

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The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 French Open Germany Johannes Schöttler Denmark Mathias Boe
Denmark Carsten Mogensen
15–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Bitburger Open Germany Johannes Schöttler England Chris Langridge
England Peter Mills
21–15, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Dutch Open Germany Johannes Schöttler Poland Adam Cwalina
Poland Michal Logosz
19–21, 21–19, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Bitburger Open Germany Johannes Schöttler Denmark Mathias Boe
Denmark Carsten Mogensen
16–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Dutch Open Germany Michael Fuchs Germany Kristof Hopp
Germany Johannes Schöttler
15–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Russian Open Germany Kristof Hopp Japan Shuichi Sakamato
Japan Shintaro Ikeda
21–16, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Dutch Open Germany Kathrin Piotrowski Poland Robert Mateusiak
Poland Nadieżda Kostiuczyk
5–15, 5–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Morocco International Germany Johannes Schöttler Germany Michael Fuchs
Germany Oliver Roth
21–15, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Norwegian International Germany Johannes Schöttler England Marcus Ellis
England Peter Mills
21–17, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Belgian International Germany Johannes Schöttler Germany Michael Fuchs
Germany Oliver Roth
Walkover 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Norwegian International Germany Michael Fuchs Netherlands Ruud Bosch
Netherlands Koen Ridder
21–18, 19–21, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 European Circuit Finals Germany Kristof Hopp Belgium Wouter Claes
Belgium Frederic Mawet
16–21, 21–14, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Dutch International Germany Kristof Hopp Denmark Rasmus Bonde
Denmark Kasper Faust Henriksen
13–21, 21–16, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Belgian International Germany Kristof Hopp Germany Michael Fuchs
Germany Roman Spitko
25–27, 21–15, 21–7 Retired 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Turkey International Germany Kristof Hopp Germany Johannes Schöttler
Germany Tim Dettmann
12–21, 21–18, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Germany Kristof Hopp Denmark Mathias Boe
Denmark Carsten Mogensen
24–22, 12–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2006 Dutch International Germany Kristof Hopp Germany Michael Fuchs
Germany Roman Spitko
21–10, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Austrian International Germany Tim Dettmann Austria Jürgen Koch
Austria Peter Zauner
18–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2005 Norwegian International Germany Kristof Hopp Sweden Vidre Wibowo
Indonesia Imam Sodikin
12–15, 7–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2005 Belgian International Germany Kristof Hopp Germany Michael Fuchs
Germany Roman Spitko
15–6, 15–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Dutch International Germany Kristof Hopp Germany Michael Fuchs
Germany Roman Spitko
15–8, 15–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2004 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Germany Kristof Hopp India Rupesh Kumar
India Sanave Thomas
7–15, 13–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2004 Norwegian International Germany Kristof Hopp England David Lindley
England Kristian Roebuck
15–14, 15–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 Carebaco International Germany Björn Siegemund Japan Keishi Kawaguchi
Japan Tōru Matsumoto
10–15, 15–10, 17–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 Mauritius International Germany Björn Siegemund Japan Shuichi Nakao
Japan Shuichi Sakamoto
9–15, 15–17 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2001 Iceland International Germany Jochen Cassel Iceland Helgi Jóhannesson
Iceland Njörður Ludvigsson
0–7, 8–6, 7–4, 7–1 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Belgian International Germany Kathrin Piotrowski England Chris Langridge
England Joanne Nicholas
17–21, 21–15, 23–25 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Turkey International Germany Kathrin Piotrowski Germany Kristof Hopp
Germany Birgit Overzier
21–18, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Germany Kathrin Piotrowski Germany Kristof Hopp
Germany Birgit Overzier
21–12, 16–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Spanish International Germany Kathrin Piotrowski Denmark Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Denmark Britta Andersen
24–22, 20–22, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2006 Austrian International Germany Kathrin Piotrowski Germany Tim Dettmann
Germany Sandra Marinello
21–17, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Dutch International Germany Kathrin Piotrowski Sweden Fredrik Bergström
Sweden Johanna Persson
4–15, 13–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Ingo Kindervater" (in German). Deutscher Badminton-Verband e.V. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Ingo Kindervater". Deutsche-Olympiamannschaft.de (in German). Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund. Retrieved 2 September 2016.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Badminton Scotland appoint Ingo Kindervater as Head of Performance". badmintoneurope.com.
  4. ^ "Europameisterschaften 2008" (in German). Deutscher Badminton-Verband e.V. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Qualification Table" (PDF). BWF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
  6. ^ "Bitburger Open 2012 Finals – Schizzling Schenk!". Badzine.net. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
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