Henri Aarnio

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Henri Aarnio
Personal information
CountryFinland
Born (1993-07-09) 9 July 1993 (age 29)
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
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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