Willi Braun is a retired male

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player from Germany.

Career

A doubles specialist noted for his ability to "cut off" the shuttle in the forecourt, Braun won the gold medal at the

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

and

1974 European Badminton Championships The 4th European Badminton Championships were held in Vienna (Austria), between 18 and 20 April 1974, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the ''Österreichischer Badminton Verband''. Medalists Results Semi-finals Finals Meda ...

in men's doubles with

Roland Maywald Roland Maywald (born 1948) is a former German badminton player who won numerous (West) German national and other European titles from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s. Career Though he won the German national singles title in 1974, Maywald ...

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1972 Munich Olympic Games The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

when badminton was played as a demonstration sport and reached the semifinal of the All-England Championships on three occasions. He also won the U.S. Open men's doubles title in 1976 with Maywald. Braun won the German national men's doubles title five times, four times with Maywald and once with Franz Beinvogel.

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* German male badminton players Living people 1944 births Badminton players at the 1972 Summer Olympics {{Germany-badminton-bio-stub