Ruud Bosch (born 28 July 1984) is a Dutch former badminton player. He is a doubles specialist.[1] He became a member of the Netherlands national badminton team in 2004, then in 2006, he won a silver medal at the European Badminton Mixed Team Championships.[2] After quitting the men's doubles combination with Koen Ridder after eight years in August 2014, Bosch moved to Taiwan to form a new combination with Tien Tzu-Chieh in men's doubles and Shuai Pei-ling in mixed doubles.[3]

Ruud Bosch
Ruud Bosch
Personal information
Birth nameRuud Bosch
CountryNetherlands
Born (1984-07-28) 28 July 1984 (age 40)
Beuningen, Netherlands
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking22 (MD 14 November 2013)
23 (XD 15 October 2009)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Netherlands
European Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Den Bosch Mixed team
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Esbjerg Boys' doubles
BWF profile

After two years in Taiwan, he returned to Europe to play again in the German Bundesliga for Union Lüdinghausen club. He won the Dutch National Badminton Championships seven times, four times in the men's doubles (2006, 2009, 2011 and 2013) and three times in the mixed doubles (2008, 2011 and 2013). In December 2018, Bosch was appointed as head coach of the Netherlands and in October 2023 his contract at Badminton Nederland was terminated.

Achievements

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European Junior Championships

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Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2003 Esbjerg Badminton Center,
Esbjerg, Denmark
  Dave Khodabux   Søren Frandsen
  Mads Hallas
5–15, 15–8, 6–15   Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

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Ruud Bosch en Koen Ridder (NED)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Portugal International   Koen Ridder   Rupesh Kumar K. T.
  Sanave Thomas
21–19, 22–20   Winner
2008 Norwegian International   Koen Ridder   Michael Fuchs
  Ingo Kindervater
18–21, 21–19, 8–21   Runner-up
2009 Belgian International   Koen Ridder   Marcus Ellis
  Peter Mills
30–28, 21–12   Winner
2009 Dutch International   Koen Ridder   Mads Conrad-Petersen
  Mads Pieler Kolding
14–21, 20–22   Runner-up
2010 Canadian International   Koen Ridder   Phillip Chew
  Halim Haryanto
21–13, 21–10   Winner
2010 Slovenian International   Koen Ridder   Zvonimir Đurkinjak
  Zvonimir Hölbling
21–17, 21–15   Winner
2010 Spanish International   Koen Ridder   Peter Käsbauer
  Oliver Roth
13–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2012 Hungarian International   Jim Middelburg   Zvonimir Đurkinjak
  Zvonimir Hölbling
17–21, 21–19, 21–16   Winner
2012 Norwegian International   Koen Ridder   Jacco Arends
  Jelle Maas
21–18, 20–22, 21–17   Winner
2013 Swedish Masters   Koen Ridder   Jacco Arends
  Jelle Maas
21–16, 16–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2013 Peru International   Koen Ridder   Phillip Chew
  Sattawat Pongnairat
21–18, 21–11   Winner
2013 Tahiti International   Koen Ridder   Laurent Constantin
  Matthieu Lo Ying Ping
21–13, 21–10   Winner
2014 Auckland International   Tien Tzu-chieh   Po Li-wei
  Yang Ming-tse
11–8, 11–5, 8–11, 9–11, 6–11   Runner-up
 
Ruud Bosch and Lotte Jonathans

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Tahiti International   Salakjit Ponsana   Laurent Constantin
  Teshana Vignes Waran
21–18, 21–15   Winner
2014 Auckland International   Shuai Pei-ling   Lee Chia-han
  Lee Chia-hsin
6–11, 6–11, 8–11   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Players: Ruud BOSCH". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Ruud BOSCH Full Profile". www.bwfbadminton.org. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Tweemaal zilver voor Ruud Bosch in Fernbaby Auckland International". 21 September 2014.
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