Willi Braun
German badminton player
Badminton player
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| Country | Federal Republic of Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1944-08-02) 2 August 1944 (age 79) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Willi Braun is a retired male badminton player from Germany.
Career
A doubles specialist noted for his ability to "cut off" the shuttle in the forecourt, Braun won the gold medal at the 1972 and 1974 European Badminton Championships in men's doubles with Roland Maywald.[1] They also won a bronze medal in 1972 Munich Olympic Games when badminton was played as a demonstration sport and reached the semifinal of the All-England Championships on three occasions. He also won the U.S. Open men's doubles title in 1976 with Maywald. Braun won the German national men's doubles title five times, four times with Maywald and once with Franz Beinvogel.
References
- ^ http://sports123.com/bad/me-d.html Sports 123
External links
- Willi Braun at Olympedia
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European badminton men's doubles champions
- 1968:
David Eddy & Roger Powell (ENG) - 1970:
Elo Hansen & Per Walsøe (DEN) - 1972:
Willi Braun & Roland Maywald (FRG) - 1974: Willi Braun & Roland Maywald (FRG)
- 1976: Ray Stevens & Mike Tredgett (ENG)
- 1978: Ray Stevens & Mike Tredgett (ENG)
- 1980:
Stefan Karlsson & Claes Nordin (SWE) - 1982: Stefan Karlsson & Thomas Kihlström (SWE)
- 1984: Martin Dew & Mike Tredgett (ENG)
- 1986: Steen Fladberg & Jesper Helledie (DEN)
- 1988: Michael Kjeldsen & Jens Peter Nierhoff (DEN)
- 1990: Jan Paulsen & Henrik Svarrer (DEN)
- 1992: Thomas Lund & Jon Holst-Christensen (DEN)
- 1994: Simon Archer & Chris Hunt (ENG)
- 1996: Thomas Lund & Jon Holst-Christensen (DEN)
- 1998: Simon Archer & Chris Hunt (ENG)
- 2000: Jens Eriksen & Jesper Larsen (DEN)
- 2002: Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen (DEN)
- 2004: Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen (DEN)
- 2006: Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen (DEN)
- 2008: Lars Paaske & Jonas Rasmussen (DEN)
- 2010: Lars Paaske & Jonas Rasmussen (DEN)
- 2012: Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen (DEN)
- 2014:
Vladimir Ivanov & Ivan Sozonov (RUS) - 2016: Mads Conrad-Petersen & Mads Pieler Kolding (DEN)
- 2017: Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen (DEN)
- 2018: Kim Astrup & Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN)
- 2021: Vladimir Ivanov & Ivan Sozonov (RUS)
- 2022: Mark Lamsfuß & Marvin Seidel (GER)
- 2024: Kim Astrup & Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN)
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