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.[1][2]

Zvonimir Hölbling
Personal information
Country Croatia
Born (1989-08-03) 3 August 1989 (age 34)
Zagreb, Croatia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Men's
Highest ranking301 (MS) 21 January 2010
52 (MD) 20 October 2011
255 (XD) 18 March 2010
Medal record
Men's Badminton
Representing  Croatia
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin Men's doubles
BWF profile

Personal life edit

He was educated at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing.[3]

Career edit

Zvonimir started playing badminton at age 10 and competed in various junior international tournaments throughout his teenage years where he achieved a lot of great results that put him to the top of the European junior circuit ranking. Since his junior days, he has had a lot of great results and won tournaments in men's doubles on the international tour with his partner Zvonimir Đurkinjak.[3] He competed at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin,[4] where he won gold medal in men's doubles tournament making a historic success for Croatian badminton.[5] In 2015, he competed at the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.[3]

Achievements edit

Mediterranean Games edit

Men's Doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey   Zvonimir Đurkinjak   Emre Arslan
  Hüseyin Oruç
21-15, 21-9   Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series edit

Men's Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Croatian International   Zvonimir Đurkinjak   Igor Cimbur
  Samatcha Tovannakasem
21–17, 21–18   Winner
2016 Romanian International   Zvonimir Đurkinjak   Ong Yew Sin
  Teo Ee Yi
13–21, 9–21   Runner-up
2015 Slovenian International   Zvonimir Đurkinjak   Johannes Pistorius
  Marvin Emil Seidel
21–14, 16–21, 21–10   Winner
2015 Romanian International   Zvonimir Đurkinjak   Milosz Bochat
  Pawel Pietryja
11–9, 11–8, 11–7   Winner
2014 Hungarian International   Zvonimir Đurkinjak   Andreas Berthelsen
  Kasper Dinesen
10–11, 11–9, 10–11, 11–4, 11–5   Winner
2014 Slovenian International   Zvonimir Đurkinjak   Nikita Khakimov
  Vasily Kuznetsov
21–15, 21–18   Winner
2014 Romanian International   Zvonimir Đurkinjak   Bastian Kersaudy
  Gaetan Mittelheisser
21–12, 21–13   Winner
2013 Croatian International   Zvonimir Đurkinjak   Christopher Rusdianto
  Trikusuma Wardhana
14–21, 20–22   Runner-up
2012 Hungarian International   Zvonimir Đurkinjak   Ruud Bosch
  Jim Middelburg
21-17, 19–21, 16-21   Runner-up
2012 Slovenian International   Zvonimir Đurkinjak   Andreas Heinz
  Jones Rafli Jansen
17-21, 21–17, 21-12   Winner
2012 Croatian International   Zvonimir Đurkinjak   Jacco Arends
  Jelle Maas
16–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2011 Hungarian International   Zvonimir Đurkinjak   Lukasz Moren
  Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
21-18, 21-18   Winner
2010 Slovenian International   Zvonimir Đurkinjak   Ruud Bosch
  Koen Ridder
17-21, 15-21   Runner-up
2010 Portugal International   Zvonimir Đurkinjak   Martin Kragh
  Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
18-21, 14-21   Runner-up
2010 Croatian International   Zvonimir Đurkinjak   Joe Morgan
  James Phillips
14-21, 21–19, 20-22   Runner-up
2009 Turkiye International   Zvonimir Đurkinjak   Joel Johansson-Berg
  Imam Sodikin
Walkover   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

National championships edit

  • 2009 – men's doubles with Igor Čimbur
  • 2010 – men's doubles with Igor Čimbur
  • 2011 – men's doubles with Igor Čimbur
  • 2012 – men's doubles with Igor Čimbur
  • 2015 – mixed doubles with Matea Čiča
  • 2016 – mixed doubles with Matea Čiča

References edit

  1. ^ "Players: Zvonimir Hoelbling". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Zvonimir Hölbling". www.1-bv-muelheim.de (in German). BV Mülheim. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Athletes: Zvonimir Hoelbling". www.baku2015.com. Baku 2015. Archived from the original on April 17, 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Odluka izbornika Saveza – MI 2013" (in Croatian). Hrvatski Badmintonski Savez. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Hrvatski badminton do povijesnog uspjeha, Đurkinjak i Holbling uzeli zlato na MI" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr. Retrieved 29 June 2013.

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