Robert Bogumił Mateusiak (born 13 January 1976) is a Polish retired

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 p ...

player.

Career

Łogosz and Mateusiak won bronze medals at the European Championships in

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, 2002, 2004, and 2006. Partnered with

Nadieżda Zięba Nadieżda "Nadia" Zięba (; : Kostiuczyk; born 21 May 1984) is a Polish retired badminton player of Belarusian origin. She won the mixed doubles gold medal at the 2012 European Championships. Zięba was three times mixed doubles quarter finalis ...

in the mixed doubles event, they won a silver medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships and a gold medal at the

2012 European Badminton Championships The 2012 European Badminton Championships were the 23rd tournament of the European Badminton Championships. They were held in Karlskrona, Sweden, from 16–21 April 2012, and they were organised by the Badminton Europe and Svenska Badmintonförbu ...

. Mateusiak competed in badminton at the

and the 2004 Summer Olympics, both times in the men's doubles with partner Michał Łogosz. In 2000, they defeated

David Bamford David Phillip Bamford (born 29 March 1976 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former Australian badminton player. On 22 June 2000, Bamford was awarded the Australian Sports Medal The Australian Sports Medal is an award given to recognise achievemen ...

and Peter Blackburn of Australia in the first round. They lost in the round of 16 to Simon Archer and

Nathan Robertson Nathan James Robertson (born 30 May 1977) from Cotgrave in Nottinghamshire is a retired English badminton player who has achieved international success in both the men's events and the mixed doubles event. He was educated at Dayncourt School S ...

of United Kingdom. In 2004, they defeated Sigit Budiarto and

Tri Kusharjanto Tri Kusharjanto (born 18 January 1974) is a badminton player from Indonesia. His name also appears variously as ''Tri Kusharyanto, Trikus Harjanto, Trikus Heryanto, and Trikus Haryanto''. Personal life He married fellow former Asian Champions ...

of Indonesia in the first round, then were defeated in the round of 16 by

Kim Dong-moon Kim Dong-moon (Hangul: 김동문, Hanja: 金東文; born 22 September 1975) is a retired South Korean badminton player who won major titles between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s (decade), and widely regarded as one of finest men's doubles and m ...

and

Ha Tae-kwon Ha Tae-kwon (; born 30 April 1975) is a badminton player from South Korea. Born in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, Ha started his career in badminton with the recommendation of Kim Dong-moon in elementary school. He made his international debut in 1992, a ...

of South Korea. In 2008 Summer Olympics, Mateusiak competed in two events. He reached in to the quarter-finals round both in the men's doubles event with Łogosz and in the mixed doubles with Nadieżda Kostiuczyk (Zięba since 2010). In 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the mixed doubles with Zięba. They reached the quarter finals but were beaten by

Xu Chen Xu Chen (; born 29 November 1984) is a badminton player from China. In 2010, he (along with his partner Guo Zhendong) was ranked within the top 10 men's badminton doubles in the world. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the mixed doubl ...

and

Ma Jin Ma Jin (; born 7 May 1988) is a badminton player from China who specialises in women's and mixed doubles. She partnered Wang Xiaoli in women's doubles and excelled in the category until 2010 when both players are split after China failed to defe ...

of China. In 2016 Summer Olympics, he and Zięba advanced to the knocked-out stage after being at the top of the standings of group B. They were defeated by

Chan Peng Soon Chan Peng Soon (born 27 April 1988) is a Malaysian badminton player specialised in the mixed doubles event. He is best known for his partnership with Goh Liu Ying where they have been consistently ranked among the top 10 mixed doubles pair in ...

and

Goh Liu Ying Goh Liu Ying (born 30 May 1989) is a Malaysian badminton player. She has been consistently ranked among the top 10 mixed doubles player in the world with her partner, Chan Peng Soon. Together, they were ranked as high as world No. 3. They won ...

of Malaysia in the quarter final.

Achievements

European Championships

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

BWF Superseries (2 titles)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year. ''Mixed doubles'' :

BWF Superseries Finals The BWF Super Series Finals (named as BWF Super Series Masters Finals until 2009) was an annual badminton tournament held at the end of the year where the players with the most points from that calendar year's twelve events of the BWF Super Series c ...

tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament :

BWF Superseries The BWF Super Series was a series of Grade 2 badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It was launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007. Since 2011, the Super Series includes two levels of tournament, ...

tournament

BWF Grand Prix (6 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006. ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (41 titles, 16 runners-up)

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Mixed doubles results with

against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mateusiak, Robert 1976 births Living people People from Wołomin Sportspeople from Masovian Voivodeship Polish male badminton players Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Poland World No. 1 badminton players