Wouter Claes

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]

Wouter Claes
Personal information
Country Belgium
Born (1975-10-28) 28 October 1975
Leuven, Belgium
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
HandednessLeft
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking21
Medal record
Badminton
Representing  Belgium
European Championships
Manchester 2010Mixed doubles
BWF profile

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, 3–7 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
  1. "Players: Wouter Claes". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. "Belgium" (PDF). Belgian Badminton Federation. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  3. "Wouter Claes". Yonex. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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