Erwin Kehlhoffner

Erwin Kehlhoffner
Personal information
Country	France
Born	(1983-12-06) 6 December 1983 (age 41) Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Handedness	Right
Event	Men's singles & doubles
Medal record Men's badminton Representing   France European Championships 2008 Herning Men's doubles
BWF profile

Erwin Kehlhoffner (born 6 December 1983 in Strasbourg) is a badminton player from France affiliated with ASL Robertsau club. ^[1]

Career

In the junior event, he won the national singles title in 2002, and also the doubles titles in 2001 and 2002. ^[2] Kehlhoffner competed at the 2005 World Championships in the men's singles and doubles event, but was defeated in the first round both in singles and doubles event. He also qualified to play at the 2006 World Championships in the men's doubles event with his partner Thomas Quéré, but the duo defeated by the German players in the first round. In 2007 he competed in the men's singles event, and was defeated in the first round by Richard Vaughan of Wales, 21–9, 22–20. ^[3] He won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Championships in the men's doubles with Svetoslav Stoyanov. ^[4] At the same year, he was qualified to participate in the men's singles event at the Olympic Games in Beijing, China. He reach in to the third round after beating Stuart Gomez of Australia and Eli Mambwe of Zambia in the first and second rounds, but was defeated by Chen Jin of China in the third round. ^[5]

Achievements

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Messecenter, Herning, Denmark	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	20–22, 13–21	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Croatian International	Ville Lång	17–21, 6–21	Runner-up
2007	North Shore City International	John Moody	21–16, 21–18	Winner

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Bulgarian International	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Robert Mateusiak Michal Logosz	Walkover	Runner-up
2005	Croatian International	Thomas Quéré	Simon Mollyhus Anders Kristiansen	10–15, 15–6, 6–15	Runner-up
2003	Athens International	Thomas Quéré	Konstantin Dobrev Georgi Petrov	10–15, 6–15	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Erwin Kehlhoffner". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 27 January 2018.
2. "Erwin Kehlhoffner" (in French). L'Equipe. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
3. "Chinese shuttlers give clear warning". Dawn . Retrieved 27 January 2018.
4. "Labar: The medal is pushing us every day at practice". Badminton Europe . Retrieved 27 January 2018.
5. "2008 Summer Olympics Results - Badminton". ESPN . Retrieved 27 January 2018.

External links

• Erwin Kehlhoffner at BWF .TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
• Erwin Kehlhoffner at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)