Pedro Vanneste (born 7 December 1969) is a Belgian badminton player. He competed in the men's singles tournament at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. He later represented France in 2003.

Career

Vanneste competed in the men's singles tournament at the

. He was eliminated in the first round. In 1995, Vanneste entered the finals of the 1995 Wimbledon International but lost to

Peter Knowles Peter Knowles (born 30 September 1945) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he became a popular player, scoring around 101 goals in all competitions. He vol ...

in two straight games. He won his first title in men's singles at the 1996 Slovenian International after winning the final against Denis Peshehonov of Ukraine. He retained his Slovenian International title in 1997 by defeating Boris Kessov in the final. In 1998, he lost the Slovenian International final to home favorite

Andrej Pohar Andrej Pohar (born 18 July 1974) is a Slovenian former badminton player from Olimpija club. He was the coach on the 2000 Olympics expedition in Sydney, Australia. His sister Maja Pohar was also a professional badminton player, and the duo played ...

. He started to represent France in 2003 and competed in his last tournament at the 2003 Toulouse Open.

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Men's singles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament

References

1969 births Living people Belgian male badminton players Olympic badminton players for Belgium Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kortrijk {{Belgium-badminton-bio-stub