Kasper Lehikoinen

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Kasper Lehikoinen
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Personal information
CountryFinland
Born (1992-04-20) 20 April 1992 (age 30)
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
CoachJari Lehikoinen
Men's singles
Highest ranking116 (16 October 2014)
Current ranking581 (5 April 2022)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Milan Boys' singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Vantaa Boys' singles
BWF profile

Kasper Lehikoinen (born 20 April 1992) is a Finnish badminton player. [1] Trained at the BC Blue, he won bronze medals at the European Junior Badminton Championships in 2009 and 2011. [2] [3]

Contents

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Boys' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2009 Federal Technical Centre - Palabadminton, Milan, Italy Flag of Denmark.svg Emil Holst 10–21, 15–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2011 Energia Arena, Vantaa, Finland Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Fladberg 13–21, 12–21 Med 3.png Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 4 runners-up)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2013 Norwegian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mark Caljouw 21–17, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Lithuanian International Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Dubowski 18–21, 21–9, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Finnish International Flag of Finland.svg Eetu Heino 14–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Latvia International Flag of France.svg Toma Junior Popov 14–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016Lithuanian International Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Sirant 21–12, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Croatian International Flag of Croatia.svg Zvonimir Đurkinjak 21–14, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017Latvia International Flag of Germany.svg Kai Schäfer 11–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner up
2019 Iceland International Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Enghøj 19–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner up

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014 Riga International Flag of Finland.svg Marko Pyykönen Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Dubowski
Flag of Poland.svg Jacek Kołumbajew
21–12, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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References

  1. "Players: Kasper Lehikoinen". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. "Kasper Lehikoinen" (in Finnish). Suomen Sulkapalloliitto. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  3. "European Junior Championships, Individuals". Badminton Europe . Retrieved 22 August 2016.