Pablo Abián

Pablo Abián
Personal information
Birth name Pablo Abián Vicen
Country  Spain
Born (1985-06-12) 12 June 1985[1]
Calatayud, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st)
Handedness Right
Men's singles
Highest ranking 20 (8 September 2011)
Current ranking 43 (5 July 2018)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Spain
European Games
Baku 2015 Men's singles
Mediterranean Games
Tarragona 2018 Men's singles
Mersin 2013 Men's singles
BWF profile

Pablo Abián (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaβlo aˈβjan]; born 12 June 1985)[1][2] is a male badminton player from Spain.

Olympic Games

2008 (Beijing, China)

He competed in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's singles and was defeated in the first round by Kestutis Navickas, 23-21, 12-21, 21-9.[3]

2012 (London, Great Britain)

He competed in badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's singles. He was the first Spanish man to win a match at an Olympic Games. He won in the first round against Petr Koukal (Czech Republic), 21-17, 16-21, 21-16, then he lost in the next match, against gold medal Athens Olympics Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia), 20-22, 11-21 after having notable performance in first set earning set point but putting a relatively easy smash into the net.

2016 (Rio, Brasil)

In group stage won first match 21-12 and 21-10 against Jasper You Woon (BRU), and lost second encounter 18-21 and 19-21 to Hu Yun (HKG) after having good lead in both sets.

World Championships

2006 (Madrid, Spain)

Pablo Abián played in the 2006 IBF World Championships in the men's singles, and he was defeated in first round by Andrew Smith of England, 21-15, 21-13.

2007 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

The following year he competed at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's singles again. In the first round he beat Luka Petric 21-9, 29-27. In the second round he was beaten by Simon Santoso, of Indonesia, 21-18, 21-15.

2010 (Paris, France)

Pablo Abián competed at the 2010 BWF World Championships in men's singles. In the first round he won against Magnus Shalberg (Sweden) by 21-15, 21-16. In the second round he was beaten by Marc Zwiebler (German) by 21-17, 21-18.

2011 (London, England)

Pablo Abián played the 2011 BWF World Championships in men's singles. In the first round he beat Yuhan Tan by 16-21, 21-17, 21-15. In the second round he won against Marc Zwiebler(German) in an exciting match by 21-17, 7-21, 24-22. In the last sixteen he lost against Kevin Cordon (Guatemala) 19-21, 21-19, 17-21.

2013 (Guangzhou, China)

Pablo Abián played the 2013 BWF World Championships in men's singles. In the first round he won against Osleni Guerrero (Cuba) by 21-14, 23-21. In the second round he beatAjay Jayaram(India) by 21-9, 21-17. In the last sixteen he lost against Tien Minh Nguyen (Vietnam) 21-15, 9-21, 10-21.

European Championships

In 2008 Pablo Abián was 5th in the European Championship (Herning, Denmark). In the first round he beat Atli Johannesson (Iceland) by 21-12, 21-8. In the second round he beath Aamir Ghaffar (England) by 22-20, 21-19. In the last sixteen he beat Steinar Klausen (Norway) 21-8, 21-9. In the quarter-finals he lost against Przemyslaw Wacha (Poland) 11-21, 17-21.

Pablo Abián played at the Master European Circuit Finals in 2010 (Netherlands), he lost in the final against Rune Ulsing (Denmark).

Pablo Abián finished first in the European Ranking in the season 2010/2011.

World University Championships, Universiade Games and Mediterranean Games

Pablo Abián reached 5th place in the 2010 World University Championship (Chinese Taipei).

He achieved 5th place in the Universiade Games 2011 (Shenzhen, China). He lost in the quarter-final against Kai Wen (China) by 12-21, 21-23.

Pablo Abián won the silver medal at the 2012 World University Championship (Gwangju, Korea). He lost the final against Kai Wen (China) by 16-21, 8-21.[4]

He won the silver medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games played in Mersin (Turkey).[5]

Achievements

European Games

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2015 Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan Denmark Emil Holst 21–12, 23–21 Gold

Mediterranean Games

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 El Morell Pavilion, Tarragona, Spain France Lucas Corvée 21–23, 21–15, 21–17 Gold
2013 Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey France Brice Leverdez 17–21, 21–23 Silver

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2015 Brasil Open China Lin Dan 13–21, 17–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 White Nights India Ajay Jayaram 11–21, 21–16, 21–17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Slovenian International England Toby Penty 18–21, 18–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Italian International Germany Lars Schaenzler 18–21, 21–16, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Hungarian International Denmark Victor Svendsen 13–21, 21–15, 12–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 White Nights France Thomas Rouxel 15–21, 21–15, 21–18 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Austrian Open Japan Kanta Tsuneyama 10–21, 21–12, 11–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Welsh International Scotland Kieran Merrilees 21–16, 21–16 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Czech International Germany Fabian Roth 10–21, 21–17, 21–15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Dutch International Scotland Kieran Merrilees 21–16, 21–15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Chile International Challenge Spain Ernesto Velazquez 21–14, 21–17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Bulgarian International India Gurusai Dutt 21–17, 16–21, 21–19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Spanish International Denmark Rasmus Fladberg 21–16, 13–21, 21–10 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Swedish Masters England Rajiv Ouseph 15–21, 17–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Guatemala International Guatemala Kevin Cordón 4–11, 11–8, 11–5, 11–10 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Orleans International Russia Vladimir Malkov 21–16, 19–21, 22–20 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Welsh International Denmark Flemming Quach 21–12, 21–13 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Portugal International Malaysia Misbun Ramdan Mohmed Misbun 8–21, 9–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Italian International Finland Ville Lang 13–21, 21–14, 21–13 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Maldives International India Chetan Anand 21–15, 21–16 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Spanish Open Denmark Viktor Axelsen 11–21, 21–7, 9–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Morocco International Denmark Joachim Persson 21–19, 17–21, 21–19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Polish Open Russia Vladimir Ivanov 21–14, 21–12 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Swedish Masters Denmark Viktor Axelsen 21–19, 21–6 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Italian International Poland Przemyslaw Wacha 13–21, 16–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Irish International Denmark Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 13–21, 21–14, 21–23 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Welsh International Germany Sven-Eric Kastens 14–21, 21–17, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Slovenian International Italy Wisnu Haryo Putro 21–14, 21–4 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Polish International Japan Hiroyuki Saeki 21–12, 21–10 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Waikato International Singapore Ashton Chen Yong Zhao 17–21, 17–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Ballarat International Spain Carlos Longo 21–18, 21–12 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Nouméa International India Arvind Bhat 16–21, 21–17, 19–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Giraldilla International Spain Ernesto Velázquez 20–22, 21–15, 21–9 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Bahrain Satellite Japan Sho Sasaki 10–21, 11–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2006 Latvia Riga International Ukraine Vladislav Druzchenko 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Lithuanian International Lithuania Kęstutis Navickas 15–21, 12–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2006 Giraldilla International Cuba Ilian Perez 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Brazil International Denmark Janek Roos 15–1, 15–6 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

Spanish National Championship

flag city position Event year Final Score
Spain Santiago de Compostela 1 Mixed Doubles 2004 Perez-Abián vs Villar-Chan 15-12/15-9
Spain Alicante 1 Men's singles 2007 Pablo Abián vs Jose Antonio Crespo 21-10/21-16
Spain Ibiza 1 Men's singles 2008 Pablo Abián vs Sergio Llopis 21-17/21-15
Spain Alicante 1 Men's singles 2009 Pablo Abián vs Sergio Llopis 21-10/21-14
Spain Huelva 1 Men's singles 2010 Pablo Abián vs David Leal 21-7/21-17
Spain Huelva 1 Men's doubles 2010 Pablo Abián and Javier Abián vs David Leal and Eliezer Ojeda 14-21/21-17/21-12
Spain Madrid 1 Men's singles 2011 Pablo Abián vs Ernesto Velazquez 21-17/21-12
Spain Huesca 1 Men's singles 2012 Pablo Abián vs Jesús Lorenzo 21-12/21-12
Spain Huesca 1 Men's doubles 2012 Pablo Abián and Javier Abián vs Vicent Martinez and Eliezer Ojeda 21-15/21-8
Spain A Estrada 1 Men's singles 2013 Pablo Abián vs Ernesto Velazquez 21-13/21-15
Spain A Estrada 1 Men's doubles 2013 Pablo Abián and Javier Abián vs Daniel Sánchez and Alberto Zapico 21-12/21-14

References

  1. 1 2 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. "2008 Olympic Profile". Archived from the original on 9 August 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
  2. ↑ ElPaís.com (18 May 2008). "El gran reto de un deporte exótico" (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2008.
  3. ↑ Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. "2008 Olympic results". Archived from the original on 13 August 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
  4. ↑ http://huelvaya.es/2012/11/13/pablo-abian-se-proclama-en-corea-subcampeon-del-mundo-universitario-de-badminton/
  5. ↑ http://huelvaya.es/2013/06/30/pablo-abian-medalla-de-plata-en-los-juegos-del-mediterraneo/
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