Tomasz Mendrek (born 9 August 1968) is a former Czech

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 and coach. He represented

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in badminton at the

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. He is a 7-time national champion in men's doubles. Mendrek was the national junior coach of the Austrian national team from 2000 to 2005. Mendrek also served as the junior coach of the Czech Republic national team in 2007.

Career

In 1986, Mendrek won the his first national championships title in men's doubles with Miroslav Šrámek. He also won the national men's singles title three consecutive times in 1990, 1991 and 1992. In 1989, Mendrek won the Czechoslovakian International after defeating

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in the final. In 1990, he failed to defend his title after losing to

Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen (born 29 April 1971) is a Danish badminton player. Career Stuer-Lauridsen won bronze in the 1992 Olympic Games. He also played at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI ...

of Denmark in the final. In 1991, he won the

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. In 1992, he won two titles in men's singles, the two being the

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and the Czechoslovakian International. He also competed in the men's singles event at the

. He lost in the second round to

Foo Kok Keong Datuk Foo Kok Keong (born 8 January 1963) is a former badminton player from Malaysia who rated among the world's best singles players from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Career Not a stylish looki ...

of Malaysia.

Personal life

Mendrek has two sons, Jakub Mendrek and

Adam Mendrek Adam Mendrek (born 14 November 1995) is a Czech badminton player. Career In 2015, he won the men's singles event at the Lithuanian International The Lithuanian International is an international badminton tournament held in Lithuania. This tou ...

who is also a badminton player and has represented the

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in major tournaments.

Achievements

IBF International

''Men's singles''

References

External links

* 1968 births Living people Czech male badminton players Olympic badminton players for Czechoslovakia Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics People from Český Těšín Sportspeople from the Moravian-Silesian Region {{CzechRepublic-badminton-bio-stub