Marc Zwiebler

Marc Zwiebler
Personal information
Birth name	Marc Zwiebler
Country	Germany
Born	(1984-03-13) 13 March 1984 Bonn, West Germany
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Years active	2000–2005 2007–present
Handedness	Left
Coach	Jeroen van Dijk Jakob Høi Marc Hannes
Men's singles
Highest ranking	11 (17 March 2011)
Current ranking	14 (8 July 2013)
Medal record Representing Germany Men's badminton European Championships 2012 Karlskrona Men's singles 2010 Manchester Men's singles European Men's Team Championships 2012 Amsterdam Team 2010 Warsaw Team 2008 Almere Team European Mixed Team Championships 2011 Amsterdam Team
BWF profile

Marc Zwiebler (German pronunciation: [ˈmaʁk ˈtsviːblɐ]) (born 13 March 1984) is a male badminton player from Germany. He is currently ranked number 12 in the world, the third highest-ranked European player, reigning European Champion, German champion and German number 1. He is a seven-time German national champion in men's singles. He won gold at the 2012 European Championships in Karlskrona over Henri Hurskainen 21–15, 21–13. 2010 he won bronze behind Peter Gade and Jan Ø. Jørgensen. By reaching the third round at the 2008 Olympics and the final participation at the 2009 Denmark Open, one of the premier tournament competition series BWF Super Series, Zwiebler was Germany's top badminton player of all time.

Badminton career

Zwiebler started at the age of six years to play badminton. Soon he was regarded as the biggest German talent. He was 19 times German youth and junior champion in 2003 he became European junior champion and won his first international title at the senior.

2005 he was plagued by pain in the back, he thought of an ordinary sore muscles until the pain had worsened significantly and he could no longer play just before Christmas 2005. The diagnosis of herniated disc, his career was in jeopardy and thus moved from his dream of participating at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing in further distance. After an operation in late 2006 and six months of rehabilitation and fitness training with a total of one and a half year absence he started to chase after the Olympic qualification. After the enforced break he was given no more in the world ranking, but within eight months he fought his way, including six European Badminton Circuit titles in 27th place in the world ranking and gave themselves enough to make participation at the Olympics.

At the 2008 Olympics Zwiebler beat Ireland's Scott Evans in the first round and England's Andrew Smith in the second round, each in three sets. As the first German player ever he went there one last sixteen, but lost to South Korea's Lee Hyun-il 13–21, 11–21.

At the 2009 World Championships in Hyderabad he lost to Kenichi Tago in the second round 15–21, 10–21.

At the 2009 Denmark Open Super Series Zwiebler defeated the number four seeded Malaysia's Wong Choong Hann in the first round in three sets. It was followed by a victory over his unseeded compatriot Muhammad Hafiz Hashim in three sets before he won against the number eight seeded China's Chen Long in two sets. In the semifinals, he finally won over the reigning World Cup bronze medalist and runner-up of 2007 Indonesia's Sony Dwi Kuncoro in three sets. He became the first German ever to reach the final of a Super Series tournament in Denmark, but lost to Indonesia's Simon Santoso 14–21, 6–21.

At the prestigious 2011 All England Super Series Premier Zwiebler beat the reigning world champion China's Chen Jin 21–18, 22–20 in the second round, but failed in the semifinals at the 2008 Olympic champion and four-time world champion China's Lin Dan 9–21, 21–16, 11–21.

He also steered Germany into the semi-finals of the 2010 European Men's Team Championships, where they lost to eventual champions Denmark. Later that year he gained a bronze medal at the European Championships after losing to Peter Gade in the semifinals in a thrilling match 21–18, 12–21, 17–21.

In July 2011 Zwiebler won the Canadian Open and thus his first BWF Grand Prix title, he beat in the final the 2004 Olympic champion and 2005 world champion Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat 21–13, 25–23, he is already ten days earlier in the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open to beat.

Results

Men's singles

Marc Zwiebler at the 2011 U.S. Open

Outcome	Year	Venue / Tournament	Last opponent	Score
Olympic Games
9/16	2008	Beijing	Lee Hyun-il	13–21, 11–21
9/16	2012	London	Chen Jin	21–19, 12–21, 9–21
World Championships
9/16	2010	Paris	Peter Gade	14–21, 15–21
17/32	2011	London	Pablo Abián	17–21, 21–7, 22–24
17/32	2009	Hyderabad	Kenichi Tago	15–21, 10–21
33/64	2005	Anaheim	Nguyen Tien Minh	13–15, 16–17
European Championships
Gold	2012	Karlskrona	Henri Hurskainen	21–15, 21–13
Bronze	2010	Manchester	Peter Gade	21–18, 12–21, 17–21
17/32	2008	Herning	Dieter Domke	15–21, 13–21
33/64	2004	Geneva	Eric Pang	12–15, 3–15
German National Championships
Gold	2005	Bielefeld	Björn Joppien	15–6, 10–15, 15–13
Gold	2008	Bielefeld	Björn Joppien	21–19, 21–14
Gold	2009	Bielefeld	Björn Joppien	22–20, 22–20
Gold	2010	Bielefeld	Dieter Domke	21–11, 21–13
Gold	2011	Bielefeld	Lukas Schmidt	21–18, 21–12
Gold	2012	Bielefeld	Dieter Domke	21–12, 21–23, 21–15
Gold	2013	Bielefeld	Lukas Schmidt	21–18, 21–12
Bronze	2003	Bielefeld
International tournaments
1	2003	French Open	Joachim Fischer Nielsen	15–3, 8–15, 15–12
3/4	2004	Dutch Open	Kenneth Jonassen	9–15, 7–15
2	2004	Norwegian International	Björn Joppien	4–15, 5–15
3/4	2004	Iceland International	Bobby Milroy	13–15, 15–2, 11–15
3/4	2004	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Kasper Ødum	15–11, 2–15, 13–15
2	2004	Scottish Open	Arvind Bhat	8–15, 7–15
3/4	2005	Portugal International	Arif Rasidi	12–15, 0–15
3/4	2005	Bitburger Open	Kasper Ødum	15–13, 3–15, 4–15
1	2007	Belgian International	Wu Yunyong	21–16, 14–21, 21–19
3/4	2007	Bitburger Open	Lee Tsuen Seng	10–21, 23–21, 15–21
1	2007	Norwegian International	Kasper Ødum	21–15, 11–21, 23–21
1	2007	Welsh International	Irwansyah	21–16, 21–13
2	2007	Irish Open	Peter Mikkelsen	19–21, 18–21
1	2007	Greece International	Raju Rai	21–14, 21–16
1	2008	Swedish International Stockholm	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	21–13, 23–21
1	2008	Polish International	Ville Lång	21–15, 21–13
1	2008	European Badminton Circuit Finals	Ville Lång	21–14, 19–21, 21–19
2	2009	Finnish International	Peter Mikkelsen	14–21, 21–16, 20–22
1	2009	Belgian International	Christian Lind Thomsen	21–13, 16–21, 21–15
2	2009	Denmark Open	Simon Santoso	14–21, 6–21
2	2009	Norwegian International	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	21–15, 18–21, 19–21
1	2009	Scottish Open	Peter Mikkelsen	21–15, 15–21, 21–16
1	2010	Belgian International	Eric Pang	21–15, 21–17
3/4	2011	All England Open	Lin Dan	9–21, 21–16, 11–21
3/4	2011	Morocco International	Joachim Persson	12–21, 15–21
3/4	2011	U.S. Open	Nguyen Tien Minh	22–20, 13–21, 18–21
1	2011	Canadian Open	Taufik Hidayat	21–13, 25–23
3/4	2011	Bitburger Open	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	21–17, 17–21, 16–21
2	2012	Bitburger Open	Chou Tien-chen	19–21, 12–21

Legend BWF Super Series Masters Finals BWF Super Series Premier BWF Super Series BWF Grand Prix Gold BWF Grand Prix European Badminton Circuit Finals European Badminton Circuit BWF Super Series (Premier) Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 SSF Ranking 2007 83 – – – – – – – – – Q – – 2008 44 – – – Q – – – – 1R 1R 1R 2R – 2009 30 – – 2R 1R 1R 1R – – F 1R – – – 2010 13 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R – – QF QF 1R 1R – 2011 13 2R 2R SF – 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R – 2012 25 QF 1R 2R – – – – – 2R 1R 1R QF – 2013 9 2R 1R Germany national team Outcome Year Venue Last opponent Score Thomas Cup 5/8 2010 Kuala Lumpur Japan (Kenichi Tago) 1–3 (21–15, 18–21, 18–21) 5/8 2012 Wuhan South Korea (Lee Hyun-il) 0–3 (16–21, 21–18, 14–21) 9/12 2008 Jakarta Japan (Shōji Satō) 2–3 (21–19, 17–21, 5–21) Sudirman Cup 9/12 2011 Qingdao Japan (Kenichi Tago) 1–4 (11–21, 18–21) 13 2007 Glasgow Netherlands (Eric Pang) 3–0 (21–18, 19–21, 21–17) 13 2009 Guangzhou Netherlands (Eric Pang) 3–0 (21–19, 19–21, 21–14) European Men's Team Championships Silver 2006 Thessaloniki (without participation) Denmark 0–3 Silver 2012 Amsterdam Denmark (Jan Ø. Jørgensen) 0–3 (11–21, 14–21) Bronze 2008 Almere Poland (Łukasz Moreń) 3–1 (21–12, 21–18) Bronze 2010 Warsaw Ukraine (Dmytro Zavadsky) 3–1 (21–16, 27–25) European Mixed Team Championships Silver 2011 Amsterdam Denmark (Jan Ø. Jørgensen) 1–3 (18–21, 15–21) 5 2008 Herning Russia (without participation) 3–2 5/8 2009 Liverpool Russia (Vladimir Malkov) 2–3 (21–9, 21–13)

External links

• Marc Zwiebler's official website
• BWF Profile
• Match overview at highest professional Badminton league in Germany