Henri Hurskainen

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Henri Hurskainen
Personal information
Birth nameHenri Mikael Hurskainen
CountrySweden
Born13 September 1986
Emmaboda, Sweden
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb) [1]
HandednessLeft
Men's singles
Tournaments played428 (259 wins – 169 losses)
Highest ranking34 (20 Nov 2014)
Current ranking48 (16 March 2017)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
European Badminton Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Karlskrona Men's singles
BWF profile

Henri Mikael Hurskainen (born 13 September 1986) is a Swedish badminton player who competed for Sweden at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. [2] [3] [4] Hurskainen has won several gold and silver medals in badminton championships. Hurskainen was born in Emmaboda, Sweden, [4] to Finnish parents who had moved to Sweden in the 1980s. [5]

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Achievements

European Championships

Men's Singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2012 Telenor Arena, Karlskrona, Sweden Flag of Germany.svg Marc Zwiebler 15–21, 13–21 Med 2.png Silver

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's Singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2013 Scottish Open Flag of France.svg Brice Leverdez 8–21, 21–16, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgSilver
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016 Italian International Flag of Italy.svg Indra Bagus Ade Chandra 22–20, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Kharkiv International Flag of England.svg Rhys Walker 21–9, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Brazil International Flag of Cuba.svg Osleni Guerrero 11–6, 11–7, 11–6Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 USA International Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Borg 21–16, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Swedish Masters Flag of Finland.svg Ville Lång 21–16, 14–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2012 Denmark International Flag of Denmark.svg Rune Ulsing 21–14, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2012 Finnish Open Flag of England.svg Rajiv Ouseph 18–21, 21–16, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2010 Norwegian International Flag of Denmark.svg Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 16–21, 21–19, 8–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2009 Turkey International Flag of Finland.svg Ville Lång 14–21, 23–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2009 Irish International Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Mikkelsen 21–15, 13–21, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Norwegian International Flag of Finland.svg Ville Lång 13–21, 8–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2008 Spanish Open Flag of India.svg Chetan Anand 21–23, 21–19, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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