Koen Ridder (born 14 March 1985) is a Dutch
badminton
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player. The left handler Ridder, was a part of the Duinwijck badminton club. He won the men's doubles title at the
national championships
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in 2009, 2011, and 2013 partnered with
Ruud Bosch
Ruud Bosch (born 28 July 1984) is a former Dutch male badminton player. He was a doubles specialist. He became a member of the Netherlands national badminton team in 2004, then in 2006, he won a silver medal at the European Badminton Mixed Team ...
. Together with Bosch, they won some international tournament in
Portugal
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,
Belgium
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,
Canada
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,
Slovenia
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,
Norway
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,
Peru
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and
Tahiti
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. He also play for the Düren 57 club in German. His parents,
Rob and
Marjan Ridder
Marjan Ridder (born Marjan Luesken 3 May 1953, in Haarlem) is a retired badminton player of the Netherlands.
Career
Ridder won 17 Dutch National Badminton Championships, Dutch titles. Internationally she was most successful in women's doubles, ...
also a professional badminton players.
Koen Ridder was elected vice-chair of the athlete commission of the
BWF for a 4-year term in May 2015. In 2017 Ridder was chosen as Chair by his fellow commission members. He achieved his personal best world ranking of 22 in 2013. Koen retired as a professional player in 2014 after representing The Netherlands for more than 10 years at international level.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Men's doubles''
:
BWF International Challenge
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...
tournament
:
BWF International Series
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tournament
References
External links
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Living people
1985 births
Sportspeople from Haarlem
Dutch male badminton players
20th-century Dutch people
21st-century Dutch people
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