Wouter Claes

Wouter Claes
Personal information
Country	Belgium
Born	(1975-10-28) 28 October 1975 Leuven, Belgium
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Handedness	Left
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	21
Medal record Badminton Representing  Belgium European Championships Manchester 2010 Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Wouter Claes (born 28 October 1975 in Leuven, Belgium) is a male left-handed Belgian badminton player.^[1] He won 20 Belgian titles, 10 in men's doubles with Fréderic Mawet and Ruud Kuijten, 10 in mixed doubles with Manon Albinus, 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.^[2] He won a bronze medal in mixed doubles (together with partner Descamps) during the 2010 European Badminton Championships. This was the first Belgian medal ever won at a European Championship. During his career, he was placed 21 in world ranking.^[3]

Achievements

European Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England	Nathalie Descamps	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	8–21, 14–21	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	European Circuit Finals	Frédéric Mawet	Kristof Hopp Ingo Kindervater	21–16, 14–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2008	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Frédéric Mawet	Richard Eidestedt Andrew Ellis	12–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2008	Austrian International	Frédéric Mawet	Fran Kurniawan Rendra Wijaya	14–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2008	Swedish International	Frédéric Mawet	Rasmus Andersen Peter Steffensen	12–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2007	Czech International	Frédéric Mawet	Kasper Faust Henriksen Rasmus Bonde	17–21, 21–18, 18–21	Runner-up
2007	Finnish International	Frédéric Mawet	Johannes Schöttler Tim Dettmann	21–16, 21–16	Winner
2007	Croatian International	Frédéric Mawet	Jochen Cassel Thomas Tesche	11–21, 22–20, 21–19	Winner
2006	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Frédéric Mawet	Alexandr Nikolaenko Vitalij Durkin	21–14, 16–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2005	Spanish International	Frédéric Mawet	Matthew Hughes Martyn Lewis	11–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2004	Luxembourge Thierry Theis	Frédéric Mawet	Dharma Gunawi Yoseph Phoa	15–9, 11–15, 14–17	Runner-up
2003	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Frédéric Mawet	Jean-Michel Lefort Arif Rasidi	12–15, 15–10, 15–3	Winner
2003	Giraldilla International	Frédéric Mawet	Jochen Cassel Joachim Tesche	15–7, 14–17, 15–13	Winner
2003	Luxembourge Thierry Theis	Frédéric Mawet	Dharma Gunawi Yudianto Yong	15–12, 15–9	Winner
2001	Slovenian International	Frédéric Mawet	Nikolay Zuev Stanislav Pukhov	2–7, 7–1, 5–7	Runner-up
2001	Belgian International	Frédéric Mawet	Sven van Delsen David Vandewinkel	15–8, 15–11	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Banuinvest International	Nathalie Descamps	Chayut Triyachart Yao Lei	13–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2009	Belgian International	Nathalie Descamps	Marcus Ellis Heather Olver	9–21, 23–25	Runner-up
2008	European Circuit Finals	Nathalie Descamps	Alexander Nikolaenko Nina Vislova	7–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2008	Spanish Open	Nathalie Descamps	Rendra Wijaya Meiliana Jauhari	14–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2008	Austrian International	Nathalie Descamps	Zhang Yi Cai Jiani	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2007	Irish International	Nathalie Descamps	Howard Bach Eva Lee	10–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2007	Croatian International	Nathalie Descamps	Adam Cwalina Małgorzata Kurdelska	21–13, 16–21, 21–13	Winner
2006	Irish International	Nathalie Descamps	Ruud Bosch Ginny Severien	14–21, 21–17, 21–17	Winner
2006	Dutch International	Paulien van Dooremalen	Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2001	Belgian International	Karina Sørensen	Bruce Topping Jayne Plunkett	15–7, 15–9	Winner

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series/European Circuit tournament

References

External links

• Wouter Claes at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com