Wouter Claes (born 28 October 1975 in
Leuven, Belgium
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) is a male
left-handed
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Belgian
badminton
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player. He won 20
Belgian titles, 10 in men's doubles with
Fréderic Mawet and
Ruud Kuijten
Ruud Kuijten (born 7 October 1973 in Nuenen, Netherlands) is a male right-handed badminton player from Belgium. He has won several Belgian National Badminton Championships and participated for his country in Olympic Games.
Biography
Born in the ...
, 10 in mixed doubles with
Manon Albinus
''Manon'' () is an ''opéra comique'' in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel '' L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut'' by the Abbé Prévost. It was fir ...
,
Corina Herrle and Nathalie Descamps. He won 20 Flemish Championships in singles, men's doubles with
Nico Claes and
Steven Delsaert and mixed doubles with
Nathalie Descamps and
Janne Elst. He won a bronze medal in mixed doubles (together with partner Descamps) during the
2010 European Badminton Championships
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. This was the first Belgian medal ever won at a European Championship. During his career, he was placed 21 in
world ranking
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In mathematics, this is known as a weak order or total preorder of ...
.
Achievements
European Championships
''Mixed doubles''
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
:
BWF International Challenge
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...
tournament
:
BWF International Series
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/European Circuit tournament
References
External links
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Belgian male badminton players
1975 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Leuven