Eetu Heino | |||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Birth name | Eetu Antti Oskari Heino | ||||||||||||||
Country | Finland | ||||||||||||||
Born | Kaarina, Finland | 5 September 1988||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||
Men's singles | |||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 66 (25 June 2015) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Eetu Antti Oskari Heino (born 5 September 1988) is a Finnish badminton player. He started playing badminton at his school in Pargas, then in 2006, he joined the Finnish national badminton team. [1] In 2014, he won a bronze medal at the European Men's Team Championships in Basel, Switzerland. [2]
Men's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2013 | Estonian International | Kento Momota | 22–20, 15–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
2013 | White Nights | Ville Lång | 21–14, 17–21, 21–9 | Winner |
2014 | Finnish International | Kasper Lehikoinen | 21–14, 21–17 | Winner |
2015 | Finnish Open | Vladimir Malkov | 18–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
2016 | Polish Open | Thomas Rouxel | 11–21, 16–21 | Runner-up |
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