Ingo Kindervater (born 1 January 1979) is a retired badminton player from Germany[1][2] and now the Head of Performance for Badminton Scotland.[3]

Ingo Kindervater
Personal information
Country Germany
Born (1979-01-01) 1 January 1979 (age 45)
Burgwedel, West Germany
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's and mixed doubles
Highest ranking11 (MD) 28 April 2011
49 (XD) 10 June 2010
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Germany
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Manchester Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Herning Men's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Moscow Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Amsterdam Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Geneva Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Amsterdam Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Thessalonica Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Basel Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Warsaw Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Almere Men's team
BWF profile

Career edit

Ingo was the men's doubles bronze medallist at the 2008 European Championships partnered with Kristof Hopp, and in 2010 with Michael Fuchs.[4]

In 2012, he qualified for the London Olympics with Johannes Schöttler after gaining 43529.339 points during the qualifying period and reaching 18th in the BWF World Ranking.[5] On 23 July the draw was conducted and Kindervater and Schöttler were placed in Group A alongside Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng, Fang Chieh Min/Lee Sheng Mu, and Ross Smith/Glenn Warfe.

He won the 2012 Bitburger Open in the men's doubles with his partner Johannes Schöttler after beating Chris Langridge and Peter Mills 21–15, 21–11.[6]

After retiring in 2013, Kindervater finished his diploma in Economics before becoming National Doubles Coach for the German Badminton Association. Kindervater supported the German Badminton Olympic Team as a coach in the Rio 2016 Olympics.

After 6 years in this position, Ingo relocated to Edinburgh, Scotland, where he took the post of Head of Performance with Badminton Scotland.

Achievements edit

European Championships edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Manchester Evening News Arena,
Manchester, England
  Michael Fuchs   Lars Paaske
  Jonas Rasmussen
10–21, 12–21   Bronze
2008 Messecenter,
Herning, Denmark
  Kristof Hopp   Jens Eriksen
  Martin Lundgaard Hansen
23–21, 16–21, 8–21   Bronze

BWF Superseries edit

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 French Open   Johannes Schöttler   Mathias Boe
  Carsten Mogensen
15–21, 9–21   Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix edit

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Bitburger Open   Johannes Schöttler   Chris Langridge
  Peter Mills
21–15, 21–11   Winner
2011 Dutch Open   Johannes Schöttler   Adam Cwalina
  Michal Logosz
19–21, 21–19, 14–21   Runner-up
2010 Bitburger Open   Johannes Schöttler   Mathias Boe
  Carsten Mogensen
16–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2009 Dutch Open   Michael Fuchs   Kristof Hopp
  Johannes Schöttler
15–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2007 Russian Open   Kristof Hopp   Shuichi Sakamato
  Shintaro Ikeda
21–16, 22–20   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Dutch Open   Kathrin Piotrowski   Robert Mateusiak
  Nadieżda Kostiuczyk
5–15, 5–15   Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series edit

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Morocco International   Johannes Schöttler   Michael Fuchs
  Oliver Roth
21–15, 21–19   Winner
2010 Norwegian International   Johannes Schöttler   Marcus Ellis
  Peter Mills
21–17, 23–21   Winner
2010 Belgian International   Johannes Schöttler   Michael Fuchs
  Oliver Roth
Walkover   Winner
2008 Norwegian International   Michael Fuchs   Ruud Bosch
  Koen Ridder
21–18, 19–21, 21–8   Winner
2008 European Circuit Finals   Kristof Hopp   Wouter Claes
  Frederic Mawet
16–21, 21–14, 21–16   Winner
2008 Dutch International   Kristof Hopp   Rasmus Bonde
  Kasper Faust Henriksen
13–21, 21–16, 21–18   Winner
2007 Belgian International   Kristof Hopp   Michael Fuchs
  Roman Spitko
25–27, 21–15, 21–7 Retired   Winner
2007 Turkey International   Kristof Hopp   Johannes Schöttler
  Tim Dettmann
12–21, 21–18, 22–20   Winner
2007 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse   Kristof Hopp   Mathias Boe
  Carsten Mogensen
24–22, 12–21, 9–21   Runner-up
2006 Dutch International   Kristof Hopp   Michael Fuchs
  Roman Spitko
21–10, 21–11   Winner
2006 Austrian International   Tim Dettmann   Jürgen Koch
  Peter Zauner
18–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2005 Norwegian International   Kristof Hopp   Vidre Wibowo
  Imam Sodikin
12–15, 7–15   Runner-up
2005 Belgian International   Kristof Hopp   Michael Fuchs
  Roman Spitko
15–6, 15–10   Winner
2005 Dutch International   Kristof Hopp   Michael Fuchs
  Roman Spitko
15–8, 15–6   Winner
2004 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse   Kristof Hopp   Rupesh Kumar
  Sanave Thomas
7–15, 13–15   Runner-up
2004 Norwegian International   Kristof Hopp   David Lindley
  Kristian Roebuck
15–14, 15–13   Winner
2003 Carebaco International   Björn Siegemund   Keishi Kawaguchi
  Tōru Matsumoto
10–15, 15–10, 17–15   Winner
2003 Mauritius International   Björn Siegemund   Shuichi Nakao
  Shuichi Sakamoto
9–15, 15–17   Runner-up
2001 Iceland International   Jochen Cassel   Helgi Jóhannesson
  Njörður Ludvigsson
0–7, 8–6, 7–4, 7–1   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Belgian International   Kathrin Piotrowski   Chris Langridge
  Joanne Nicholas
17–21, 21–15, 23–25   Runner-up
2007 Turkey International   Kathrin Piotrowski   Kristof Hopp
  Birgit Overzier
21–18, 21–15   Winner
2007 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse   Kathrin Piotrowski   Kristof Hopp
  Birgit Overzier
21–12, 16–21, 21–14   Winner
2007 Spanish International   Kathrin Piotrowski   Joachim Fischer Nielsen
  Britta Andersen
24–22, 20–22, 21–23   Runner-up
2006 Austrian International   Kathrin Piotrowski   Tim Dettmann
  Sandra Marinello
21–17, 22–20   Winner
2005 Dutch International   Kathrin Piotrowski   Fredrik Bergström
  Johanna Persson
4–15, 13–15   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ "Ingo Kindervater" (in German). Deutscher Badminton-Verband e.V. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Ingo Kindervater". Deutsche-Olympiamannschaft.de (in German). Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Badminton Scotland appoint Ingo Kindervater as Head of Performance". badmintoneurope.com.
  4. ^ "Europameisterschaften 2008" (in German). Deutscher Badminton-Verband e.V. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Qualification Table" (PDF). BWF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
  6. ^ "Bitburger Open 2012 Finals – Schizzling Schenk!". Badzine.net. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

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