Michael Helber (born 4 October 1970) is a German

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player. He competed at the

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

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and

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. Helber was the bronze medalist at the 1989 European Junior Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Kerstin Weinborner. Played for the Fortuna Regensburg, he had won five consecutive men's doubles title at the German National Championships partnered with

Michael Keck Michael Keck (born 8 February 1969) is a German badminton player. Keck clinched nine titles at the National Championships, won the first time in 1990. He was the bronze medallists at the 1996 European Championships, winning the mixed doubles even ...

in 1995 and 1996; and with

Björn Siegemund Björn Siegemund (born 30 September 1973) is a male badminton player from Germany. He has 2 sons and a daughter. Career Siegemund competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Nicol Pitro. They defeated Travis ...

in 1997, 1998 and 1999.

Achievements

European Junior Championships

''Mixed doubles''

IBF International

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Helber, Michael 1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Bochum German male badminton players Olympic badminton players of Germany Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics