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{{Short description|Dutch-Bulgarian badminton player}}
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| birth_name = Alex Christiaan Vlaar
| birth_name = Alex Christiaan Vlaar
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|7|31}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|7|31}}
| birth_place =
| birth_place = [[Lelystad]], [[Flevoland]], Netherlands
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| country = {{BUL}}
| country = Netherlands
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| event = Men's singles & doubles
| event = Men's singles & doubles
| highest_ranking = 197 (MS 12 July 2018)<br /> 258 (MD 10 November 2016)<br /> 78 (XD 5 July 2018)
| highest_ranking = 197 (MS 12 July 2018)<br /> 70 (MD 13 August 2019)<br /> 56 (XD 1 October 2019)
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| current_ranking = 227 (MS), 456 (MD), 361 (XD)
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| date_of_current_ranking = 6 September 2018
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'''Alex Christiaan Vlaar''' ({{lang-bg|Алекс Флаар}}, born 31 July 1996) is a [[Bulgaria]]n [[badminton]] player.<ref>{{cite web|title=Players: Alex Vlaar |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/player/65723/alex-vlaar |website=bwfbadminton.com |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]]|accessdate=18 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Alex Vlaar Full Profile |url=http://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/profile/biography.aspx?id=928A7041-33E0-4040-8995-06B5B291F39A |website=bwf.tournamentsoftware.com |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]]|accessdate=18 October 2016}}</ref> He was born in [[Lelystad]], [[the Netherlands]] his parents also playing badminton. His father Chris Vlaar a Dutch rallye car driver and badminton coach, his mother [[Emilia Dimitrova]], née Emmy Vlaar, also a coach even played badminton for Bulgaria at the [[Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's Doubles|1992 Barcelona Olympic Games]].
'''Alex Christiaan Vlaar''' ({{lang-bg|Алекс Флаар}}; born 31 July 1996) is a Dutch-Bulgarian [[badminton]] player.<ref>{{cite web |title=Players: Alex Vlaar |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/player/65723/alex-vlaar |website=bwfbadminton.com |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |access-date=18 October 2016}}</ref> He was born in [[Lelystad]], the [[Netherlands]].<ref name="be">{{cite web |title=Alex Vlaar: My second home |url=http://www.badmintoneurope.com/cms/default.aspx?clubid=4685&m=8337910&cmsid=239&pageid=5381 |website=www.badmintoneurope.com |publisher=[[Badminton Europe]] |date=24 April 2020 |access-date=25 April 2020}}</ref> His father Chris Vlaar is a Dutch rally car driver and badminton coach, his mother is former badminton player [[Emilia Dimitrova]] who is also a coach. She played for Bulgaria at the [[Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|1992 Olympics women's doubles]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Две титли за България на бадминтон |url=https://tennis24.bg/new.php?id=50693 |website=tennis24.bg |date=17 August 2017 |access-date=25 April 2020 |language=Bulgarian}}</ref>

Born in the Netherlands Alex is a former young Dutch badminton player who first played for the Netherlands team. He participated for the Netherlands at the [[2014 BWF World Junior Championships – Boys singles|2014 BWF World Junior Championships]], losing singles in the first round and advancing in the [[2014 BWF World Junior Championships – Boys doubles|Boys doubles]] to the third round with Dutch long time juniors partner [[Ruben Jille]]. Also in the [[2014 BWF World Junior Championships – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]] he reached the third round with Dutch partner [[Imke van der Aar]]. He also participated at the [[2015 European Junior Badminton Championships]] in [[Lubin]], [[Poland]] and the [[Badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics|2014 Youth Olympic Games]] in [[Nanjing]], [[China]]. Overall top 10 BWF junior ranking in all Alex won several European Ranked Junior tournaments as well in singles, men doubles and mix doubles. In The Netherlands he won several national junior and open titles. <ref>https://www.fz-forza.com/Magazine/alex-vlaar.html</ref> He plays team competition at the highest premier Dutch level (Eredivisie), first for BV Almere and now already a few years with Velo badminton from [[Wateringen]] with whom he became Dutch team champion in 2016 & 2017.

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Alex has a double Nationality (Dutch and Bulgarian) and he decided to now play on a Bulgarian license to develop his badminton on the highest professional international level. Already in 2016 he became [[Bulgarian National Badminton Championships|Bulgarian National]] Senior Champion in men's doubles with partner [[Philip Shishov]] and mixed doubles with partner [[Petya Nedelcheva]]. In 2017 he and Philip Shishov successfully defended the National men's doubles title. Alex is now selected for the National team of Bulgaria and together with Bulgarian mixed doubles partner [[Mariya Mitsova]] he already won the 2016 [[Croatian International]], 2018 [[Eurasia Bulgaria International|Eurasia Bulgaria Open]] and the 2018 [[Bulgarian International]].


== Career ==
Born in the Netherlands, Vlaar is a former young Dutch badminton player who first played for the Netherlands team. He participated for the Netherlands at the [[2014 BWF World Junior Championships]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Bondscoach Massing maakt WJK-selectie bekend |url=https://www.bvalmere.nl/nieuws/2014/02/bondscoach-massing-maakt-wjk-selectie-bekend |website=www.bvalmere.nl |date=18 February 2014 |access-date=25 April 2020 |language=Dutch}}</ref> [[Badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics|2014 Youth Olympic Games]] in [[Nanjing]], China,<ref>{{cite web |first=Robbie |last=Kneefel |title=Verslag eerste dag Jeugd Olympische Spelen |url=http://www.top-badminton.nl/nieuws1/69-1verslag-eerste-dag-jeugd-olympische-spelen |website=www.top-badminton.nl |access-date=25 April 2020 |language=Dutch}}</ref> and the [[2015 European Junior Badminton Championships|2015 European Junior Championships]] in [[Lubin]], Poland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nederlands Jeugdteam zoals verwacht naar kwartfinale op EJK U19 |url=http://www.top-badminton.nl/nieuws1/139-nederlands-jeugdteam-zoals-verwacht-naar-kwartfinale-op-ejk-u19 |website=www.top-badminton.nl |access-date=25 April 2020 |language=Dutch}}</ref> Overall top 10 BWF junior ranking in all, he won several European Ranked Junior tournaments as well in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. In the Netherlands he won several national junior and open titles.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fz-forza.com/Magazine/alex-vlaar.html |title=Alex Vlaar |access-date=2018-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208123706/https://www.fz-forza.com/Magazine/alex-vlaar.html |archive-date=2018-12-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He plays team competition at the highest premier Dutch club level (Eredivisie), first for [[BV Almere]] and now already a few years with [[Velo badminton]] from [[Wateringen]] with whom he became Dutch team champion in 2016 & 2017.


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Vlaar has a double Nationality (Dutch and Bulgarian) and he decided to played on a Bulgarian license to develop his badminton on the highest professional international level.<ref name="be"/> Already in 2016 he became [[Bulgarian National Badminton Championships|Bulgarian National]] senior champion in men's doubles with partner [[Philip Shishov]] and mixed doubles with partner [[Petya Nedelcheva]]. In 2017, he and Shishov successfully defended the National men's doubles title. Alex was selected for the National team of Bulgaria and together with Bulgarian mixed doubles partner [[Mariya Mitsova]] he already was runner-up at the 2016 [[Croatian International]], and won the 2018 [[Bulgarian International|Bulgarian Open]] and the 2018 [[Eurasia Bulgaria International|Bulgarian International]].


== Achievements ==
== Achievements ==


=== BWF International Challenge/Series ===
=== BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 4 runners-up) ===
''Men's doubles''
''Men's doubles''
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! Score
! Score
! Result
! Result
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|- style="background:#E9E9E9"
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| align="center" | 2018
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| align="left" | [[Bulgarian International]]
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| align="left" | {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Ivan Rusev (badminton)|Ivan Rusev]]
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| align="left" | {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jaromír Janáček]] <br /> {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Tomáš Švejda]]
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| align="left" | 19–21, 14–21
⚫
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
|- style="background:#D5D5D5"
|- style="background:#D5D5D5"
| align="center" | 2016
| align="center" | 2016
| align="left" | [[Eurasia Bulgaria International]]
| align="left" | [[Bulgarian Open (badminton)|Bulgaria International]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Philip Shishov]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Philip Shishov]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Pakin Kuna-Anuvit]] <br /> {{flagicon|THA}} [[Natthapat Trinkajee]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Pakin Kuna-Anuvit]]<br />{{flagicon|THA}} [[Natthapat Trinkajee]]
| align="left" | 19–21, 19–21
| align="left" | 19–21, 19–21
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
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|- style="background:#E9E9E9"
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| align="center" | 2018
| align="left" | [[Bulgarian International Championship|Bulgarian International]]
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| align="left" | {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Ivan Rusev (badminton)|Ivan Rusev]]
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| align="left" | {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jaromír Janáček]]<br />{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Tomáš Švejda]]
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| align="left" | 19–21, 14–21
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| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
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|- style="background:#E9E9E9"
⚫
| align="center" | 2022
| align="left" | [[Spanish International (badminton)|Spanish International]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Noah Haase]]
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| align="left" | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Joan Monroy]]<br />{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carlos Piris]]
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| align="left" | 21–18, 21–17
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|}
|}


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! Result
! Result
|- style="background:#E9E9E9"
|- style="background:#E9E9E9"
| align="center" | 2018
| align="center" | 2016
| align="left" | [[Bulgarian International]]
| align="left" | [[Croatian International]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Mariya Mitsova]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Mariya Mitsova]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ashith Surya]] <br /> {{flagicon|IND}} [[Pranjal Prabhu Chimulkar]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Zvonimir Durkinjak]]<br />{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Mateja Čiča]]
| align="left" | 21–15, 21–10
| align="left" | 18–21, 11–21
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|- style="background:#D5D5D5"
| align="center" | 2017
| align="left" | [[Bulgarian Open (badminton)|Bulgarian Open]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Iris Tabeling]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Mathias Thyrri]]<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Emilie Aalestrup]]
| align="left" | 23–21, 21–15
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
|- style="background:#D5D5D5"
|- style="background:#D5D5D5"
| align="center" | 2018
| align="center" | 2018
| align="left" | [[Eurasia Bulgaria International|Eurasia Bulgarian Open]]
| align="left" | Bulgarian Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Mariya Mitsova]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|BUL}} Mariya Mitsova
| align="left" | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Anton Kaisti]] <br /> {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Inalotta Suutarinen]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Anton Kaisti]]<br />{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Inalotta Suutarinen]]
| align="left" | 21–17, 17–21, 21–16
| align="left" | 21–17, 17–21, 21–16
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|- style="background:#E9E9E9"
|-
| align="center" | 2018
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|- style="background:#D5D5D5"
| align="left" | [[Bulgarian International Championship|Bulgarian International]]
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| align="center" | 2017
| align="left" | [[Eurasia Bulgaria International|Eurasia Bulgarian Open]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|BUL}} Mariya Mitsova
| align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Iris Tabeling]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Ashith Surya<br />{{flagicon|IND}} [[Pranjal Prabhu Chimulkar]]
| align="left" | 21–15, 21–10
⚫
| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Mathias Thyrri]] <br /> {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Emilie Aalestrup]]
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| align="left" | 23–21, 21–15
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|- style="background:#D5D5D5"
|-
| align="center" | 2019
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| align="left" | [[Portugal International]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|BUL}} Mariya Mitsova
| align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chang Ko-chi]]<br />{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Lee Chih-chen]]
| align="left" | 12–21, 14–21
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|- style="background:#E9E9E9"
|- style="background:#E9E9E9"
| align="center" | 2016
| align="center" | 2019
| align="left" | [[Croatian International]]
| align="left" | [[Hellas International]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Mariya Mitsova]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|BUL}} Mariya Mitsova
| align="left" | {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Zvonimir Durkinjak]] <br /> {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Mateja Čiča]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|POL}} [[Miłosz Bochat]]<br />{{flagicon|POL}} [[Magdalena Świerczyńska]]
| align="left" | 18–21, 11–21
| align="left" | 10–21, 23–21, 21–17
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|}
|}
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: {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Challenge]] tournament
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Lelystad]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Flevoland]]
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[[Category:Bulgarian male badminton players]]
[[Category:Bulgarian male badminton players]]
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[[Category:Badminton players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics]]
[[Category:Badminton players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics]]
[[Category:Badminton players at the 2019 European Games]]

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Revision as of 13:07, 24 April 2024

Alex Vlaar
Personal information
Birth nameAlex Christiaan Vlaar
CountryNetherlands
Born (1996-07-31) 31 July 1996 (age 28)
Lelystad, Flevoland, Netherlands
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking197 (MS 12 July 2018)
70 (MD 13 August 2019)
56 (XD 1 October 2019)
BWF profile

Alex Christiaan Vlaar (Template:Lang-bg; born 31 July 1996) is a Dutch-Bulgarian badminton player.[1] He was born in Lelystad, the Netherlands.[2] His father Chris Vlaar is a Dutch rally car driver and badminton coach, his mother is former badminton player Emilia Dimitrova who is also a coach. She played for Bulgaria at the 1992 Olympics women's doubles.[3]

Career

Born in the Netherlands, Vlaar is a former young Dutch badminton player who first played for the Netherlands team. He participated for the Netherlands at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships,[4] 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China,[5] and the 2015 European Junior Championships in Lubin, Poland.[6] Overall top 10 BWF junior ranking in all, he won several European Ranked Junior tournaments as well in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. In the Netherlands he won several national junior and open titles.[7] He plays team competition at the highest premier Dutch club level (Eredivisie), first for BV Almere and now already a few years with Velo badminton from Wateringen with whom he became Dutch team champion in 2016 & 2017.

Vlaar has a double Nationality (Dutch and Bulgarian) and he decided to played on a Bulgarian license to develop his badminton on the highest professional international level.[2] Already in 2016 he became Bulgarian National senior champion in men's doubles with partner Philip Shishov and mixed doubles with partner Petya Nedelcheva. In 2017, he and Shishov successfully defended the National men's doubles title. Alex was selected for the National team of Bulgaria and together with Bulgarian mixed doubles partner Mariya Mitsova he already was runner-up at the 2016 Croatian International, and won the 2018 Bulgarian Open and the 2018 Bulgarian International.

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 4 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Bulgaria International Bulgaria Philip Shishov Thailand Pakin Kuna-Anuvit
Thailand Natthapat Trinkajee 		19–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Bulgarian International Bulgaria Ivan Rusev Czech Republic Jaromír Janáček
Czech Republic Tomáš Švejda 		19–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Spanish International Netherlands Noah Haase Spain Joan Monroy
Spain Carlos Piris 		21–18, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Croatian International Bulgaria Mariya Mitsova Croatia Zvonimir Durkinjak
Croatia Mateja Čiča 		18–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Bulgarian Open Netherlands Iris Tabeling Denmark Mathias Thyrri
Denmark Emilie Aalestrup 		23–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Bulgarian Open Bulgaria Mariya Mitsova Finland Anton Kaisti
Finland Inalotta Suutarinen 		21–17, 17–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Bulgarian International Bulgaria Mariya Mitsova India Ashith Surya
India Pranjal Prabhu Chimulkar 		21–15, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Portugal International Bulgaria Mariya Mitsova Chinese Taipei Chang Ko-chi
Chinese Taipei Lee Chih-chen 		12–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Hellas International Bulgaria Mariya Mitsova Poland Miłosz Bochat
Poland Magdalena Świerczyńska 		10–21, 23–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Players: Alex Vlaar". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Alex Vlaar: My second home". www.badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Две титли за България на бадминтон". tennis24.bg (in Bulgarian). 17 August 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Bondscoach Massing maakt WJK-selectie bekend". www.bvalmere.nl (in Dutch). 18 February 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  5. ^ Kneefel, Robbie. "Verslag eerste dag Jeugd Olympische Spelen". www.top-badminton.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Nederlands Jeugdteam zoals verwacht naar kwartfinale op EJK U19". www.top-badminton.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Alex Vlaar". Archived from the original on 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
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