Michael Fuchs (badminton)

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Michael Fuchs
Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics 9327.jpg
Personal information
CountryGermany
Born (1982-04-22) 22 April 1982 (age 41) [1]
Würzburg, West Germany
Residence Saarbrücken, Germany
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Years active2001
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking15 (MD) 6 (XD)
Current rankingRetired
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Karlskrona Men's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Manchester Men's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Moscow Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Amsterdam Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Leuven Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Amsterdam Men's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Thessalonica Men's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Kazan Men's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Basel Men's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Warsaw Men's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Almere Men's team
BWF profile

Michael Fuchs (born 22 April 1982) is a retired international level badminton player from Germany. [2]

Contents

Michael Fuchs concentrates on doubles badminton competing with Johannes Schöttler in Men's and with Birgit Michels in the Mixed event. Fuchs and Michels have risen as high as sixth in the world rankings for their event. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Fuchs and Michels reached the quarter finals.

Michael Fuchs with his partner in mixed doubles Birgit Michels Yonex IFB 2013 - Eightfinal - Michael Fuchs - Birgit Michels -- Sudket Prapakamol - Saralee Thungthongkam 09.jpg
Michael Fuchs with his partner in mixed doubles Birgit Michels

Achievements

European Championships

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010 Manchester Evening News Arena,
Manchester, England
Flag of Germany.svg Ingo Kindervater Flag of Denmark.svg Lars Paaske
Flag of Denmark.svg Jonas Rasmussen
10–21, 12–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2012 Telenor Arena,
Karlskrona, Sweden
Flag of Germany.svg Oliver Roth Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Boe
Flag of Denmark.svg Carsten Mogensen
11–21, 11–21 Med 2.png Silver

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, [3] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. [4] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010 French Open Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Michels Flag of Thailand.svg Sudket Prapakamol
Flag of Thailand.svg Saralee Thungthongkam
15–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2014 Japan Open Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Michels Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Nan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Yunlei
12–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2014 Australian Open Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Michels Flag of South Korea.svg Ko Sung-hyun
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Ha-na
16–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005 Thessaloniki Grand Prix Flag of Germany.svg Roman Spitko Flag of England.svg Robert Blair
Flag of England.svg Anthony Clark
6–15, 9–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2009 Dutch Open Flag of Germany.svg Ingo Kindervater Flag of Germany.svg Kristof Hopp
Flag of Germany.svg Johannes Schöttler
15–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Scottish Open Flag of Germany.svg Johannes Schöttler Flag of England.svg Andrew Ellis
Flag of England.svg Peter Mills
21–15, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Brasil Open Flag of Germany.svg Fabian Holzer Flag of Germany.svg Jones Ralfy Jansen
Flag of Germany.svg Josche Zurwonne
21–19, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Bitburger Open Flag of Germany.svg Johannes Schöttler Flag of Malaysia.svg Ong Yew Sin
Flag of Malaysia.svg Teo Ee Yi
16–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010 U.S. Open Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Michels Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lee Sheng-mu
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chien Yu-chin
21–19, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2010 Bitburger Open Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Michels Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Nan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Yunlei
20–22, 9–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2011 Canada Open Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Michels Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Hung-ling
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng Wen-hsing
21–10, 23–21Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 London Grand Prix Gold Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Michels Flag of England.svg Chris Langridge
Flag of England.svg Heather Olver
21–19, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Bitburger Open Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Michels Flag of England.svg Chris Adcock
Flag of England.svg Gabrielle White
21–19, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 U.S. Grand Prix Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Michels Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Sol-gyu
Flag of South Korea.svg Eom Hye-won
12–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF / IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2001 Italian International Flag of Germany.svg Tim Dettmann Flag of Germany.svg Arnd Vetters
Flag of Germany.svg Franklin Wahab
0–7, 3–7, 1–7Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2004 Czech International Flag of Germany.svg Roman Spitko Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Beres
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg William Milroy
12–15, 13–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2005 Dutch International Flag of Germany.svg Roman Spitko Flag of Germany.svg Kristof Hopp
Flag of Germany.svg Ingo Kindervater
8–15, 6–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2005 Belgian International Flag of Germany.svg Roman Spitko Flag of Germany.svg Kristof Hopp
Flag of Germany.svg Ingo Kindervater
6–15, 10–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2005 Irish International Flag of Germany.svg Roman Spitko Flag of France.svg Mihail Popov
Flag of France.svg Svetoslav Stoyanov
15–9, 5–15, 9–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2006 Swedish International Flag of Germany.svg Roman Spitko Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Kristiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg Simon Mollyhus
21–16, 15–21, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2006Dutch International Flag of Germany.svg Roman Spitko Flag of Germany.svg Kristof Hopp
Flag of Germany.svg Ingo Kindervater
10–21, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2007Belgian International Flag of Germany.svg Roman Spitko Flag of Germany.svg Kristof Hopp
Flag of Germany.svg Ingo Kindervater
27–25, 15–21, 7–21 retiredSilver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2007Irish International Flag of Germany.svg Roman Spitko Flag of the United States.svg Khan Malaythong
Flag of the United States.svg Howard Bach
15–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2008 Norwegian International Flag of Germany.svg Ingo Kindervater Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ruud Bosch
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Koen Ridder
21–18, 19–21, 21–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2010Belgian International Flag of Germany.svg Oliver Roth Flag of Germany.svg Ingo Kindervater
Flag of Germany.svg Johannes Schöttler
WalkoverSilver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2011 Morocco International Flag of Germany.svg Oliver Roth Flag of Germany.svg Ingo Kindervater
Flag of Germany.svg Johannes Schöttler
15–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2014Italian International Flag of Germany.svg Johannes Schöttler Flag of England.svg Marcus Ellis
Flag of England.svg Chris Langridge
11–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Guatemala International Flag of Germany.svg Johannes Schöttler Flag of India.svg Manu Attri
Flag of India.svg B. Sumeeth Reddy
21–17, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 USA International Flag of Germany.svg Johannes Schöttler Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Chia-yu
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wu Hsiao-lin
21–16, 21–23, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008 Norwegian International Flag of Germany.svg Annekatrin Lillie Flag of Germany.svg Till Zander
Flag of Germany.svg Gitte Köhler
23–21, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Scotland International Flag of Germany.svg Annekatrin Lillie Flag of England.svg Robert Adcock
Flag of England.svg Heather Olver
21–16, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2010 Belgian International Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Michels Flag of Germany.svg Johannes Schöttler
Flag of Germany.svg Sandra Marinello
22–20, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2010Norwegian International Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Michels Flag of Russia.svg Evgenij Dremin
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Russkikh
22–20, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011 Morocco International Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Michels Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toby Ng
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Grace Gao
21–15, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011 Kharkiv International Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Michels Flag of Singapore.svg Chayut Triyachart
Flag of Singapore.svg Yao Lei
21–18, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2012 Bulgarian International Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Michels Flag of Germany.svg Peter Käsbauer
Flag of Germany.svg Isabel Herttrich
21–9, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2012Norwegian International Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Michels Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jorrit de Ruiter
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Samantha Barning
21–16, 21–23, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Dutch International Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Michels Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Magee
Flag of Ireland.svg Chloe Magee
21–14, 18–21, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Guatemala International Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Michels Flag of France.svg Ronan Labar
Flag of France.svg Émilie Lefel
21–15, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Czech International Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Michels Flag of Russia.svg Vitalij Durkin
Flag of Russia.svg Nina Vislova
18–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 USA International Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Michels Flag of Singapore.svg Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
Flag of Singapore.svg Vanessa Neo
21–16, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 White Nights Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Michels Flag of Russia.svg Vitalij Durkin
Flag of Russia.svg Nina Vislova
21–9, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

Record Against Selected Opponents

Mixed Doubles results with Birgit Michels against Super Series finalists, Worlds Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists. [5]

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