Zvonimir Đurkinjak (born 2 June 1988) is a
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
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badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...
player who plays for the Medvedgrad 1998 badminton club.
Career
Đurkinjak started playing badminton when he was 10.
At the
Croatian National Badminton Championships he won the men's singles and mixed doubles title nine times from 2005, and eight times in the men's doubles event from 2004. He won gold medal at the
Mersin 2013 Mediterranean Games in the men's doubles event partnered with
Zvonimir Hölbling
Zvonimir Hölbling (born 3 August 1989) is a Croatian male badminton player who plays for the Medvedgrad 1998 badminton club and also BV Mülheim in Germany.
Personal life
He was educated at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Enginee ...
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In 2015, he competed at the
European Games
The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition contested by athletes from countries served by national Olympic committees within the European Olympic Committees (EOC), the regional association for such committ ...
in the men's singles and doubles event.
Achievements
Mediterranean Games
''Men's doubles''
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Men's singles''
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
:
BWF International Challenge
The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
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tournament
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BWF International Series
The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
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tournament
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BWF Future Series
The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...
tournament
National championships
* 2004 – men's doubles with Luka Zdenjak
* 2005 – mixed doubles with
Andrea Žvorc
* 2006 – men's doubles with Luka Zdenjak & mixed doubles with
Staša Poznanović
Staša Poznanović (born 21 October 1988) is a Croatian female badminton player.
Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series
''Women's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
: BWF International Challenge tournament
: BWF International Series tourn ...
* 2007 – men's singles, men's doubles with Luka Zdenjak & mixed doubles with Staša Poznanović
* 2008 – men's doubles with Luka Zdenjak & mixed doubles with Staša Poznanović
* 2009 – men's singles
* 2010 – men's singles & mixed doubles with Staša Poznanović
* 2011 – men's singles & mixed doubles with Staša Poznanović
* 2012 – men's singles & mixed doubles with Staša Poznanović
* 2013 – men's singles, men's doubles with
Filip Špoljarec & mixed doubles with Staša Poznanović
* 2014 – men's singles, men's doubles with Filip Špoljarec & mixed doubles with
Matea Čiča
Matea Čiča (born 30 September 1985) is a Croatian badminton player.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Women's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
: BWF International Challenge tournament
: BWF International Series tournament
...
* 2015 – men's singles & men's doubles with Filip Špoljarec
* 2016 – men's singles & men's doubles with Filip Špoljarec
References
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1988 births
Living people
Croatian male badminton players
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia
Mediterranean Games medalists in badminton
Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
European Games competitors for Croatia
Badminton players at the 2015 European Games
Badminton players at the 2019 European Games
Sportspeople from Zagreb
21st-century Croatian sportsmen