Henri Aarnio

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Henri Aarnio
Personal information
CountryFinland
Born (1993-07-09) 9 July 1993 (age 31)
Vantaa, Finland
Residence Helsinki, Finland
HandednessRight
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking98 (MS 20 September 2018)
74 (MD with Iikka Heino 7 September 2017)
96 (XD with Jenny Nyström 12 May 2016)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
European Men's Team Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Basel Men's team
BWF profile

Henri Aarnio (born 9 July 1993) is a Finnish badminton player. [1] He started playing badminton at 9 years old, then at age 19, he won the Finnish International Junior Championships in boys' singles. [2] In 2015, he was the runner-up at the Slovak Open in the men's singles event and in 2016, he became the runner-up of the Hellas Open in the mixed doubles event with Jenny Nyström. [3] [4] In 2017, he became the runner-up at the Estonian International tournament in the men's doubles event partnered with Iikka Heino. [5]

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Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 runners-up)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2015 Slovak Open Flag of England.svg Alex Lane 15–21, 9–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 Hellas Open Flag of Denmark.svg Kim Bruun 12–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017 Estonian International Flag of Finland.svg Iikka Heino Flag of France.svg Bastian Kersaudy
Flag of France.svg Julien Maio
13–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 Hellas Open Flag of Finland.svg Iikka Heino Flag of Denmark.svg Kasper Antonsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Niclas Nøhr
17–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016 Hellas Open Flag of Finland.svg Jenny Nyström Flag of Poland.svg Paweł Pietryja
Flag of Poland.svg Aneta Wojtkowska
17–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
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References

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  4. "Two titles for Pietryja in Sidirokastro". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe . Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  5. "Iikka Heino & Henri Aarnio hopealle Estonian International 2017 turnauksessa". www.espoonsulkapallo.net (in Finnish). Espoon Sulkapallo-Badminton ry. Retrieved 21 January 2017.