Ingo Kindervater

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
Burgwedel, 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
BWF profile

Career

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 July 23, 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

European Championships

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

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

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

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

  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. 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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