Wouter Claes

Wouter Claes (born 28 October 1975) is a left-handed Belgian badminton player. He won 20 Belgian titles, 10 in the men's doubles with Frédéric Mawet and Ruud Kuijten, 10 in the 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. He won a bronze medal in the 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.

Achievements

European Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England	Template:Flagicon Nathalie Descamps	Template:Flagicon Thomas Laybourn Template:Flagicon Kamilla Rytter Juhl	8–21, 14–21	Bronze Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Belgian International	Template:Flagicon Frédéric Mawet	Template:Flagicon Sven van Delsen Template:Flagicon David Vandewinkel	15–8, 15–11	Winner
2001	Slovenian International	Template:Flagicon Frédéric Mawet	Template:Flagicon Stanislav Pukhov Template:Flagicon Nikolai Zuyev	2–7, 7–1, 5–7, 3–7	Runner-up
2003	Luxembourge Thierry Theis	Template:Flagicon Frédéric Mawet	Template:Flagicon Dharma Gunawi Template:Flagicon Yudianto Yong	15–12, 15–9	Winner
2003	Giraldilla International	Template:Flagicon Frédéric Mawet	Template:Flagicon Jochen Cassel Template:Flagicon Joachim Tesche	15–7, 14–17, 15–13	Winner
2003	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Template:Flagicon Frédéric Mawet	Template:Flagicon Jean-Michel Lefort Template:Flagicon Arif Rasidi	12–15, 15–10, 15–3	Winner
2004	Luxembourge Thierry Theis	Template:Flagicon Frédéric Mawet	Template:Flagicon Dharma Gunawi Template:Flagicon Yoseph Phoa	15–9, 11–15, 14–17	Runner-up
2005	Spanish International	Template:Flagicon Frédéric Mawet	Template:Flagicon Matthew Hughes Template:Flagicon Martyn Lewis	11–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2006	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Template:Flagicon Frédéric Mawet	Template:Flagicon Vitalij Durkin Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Nikolaenko	21–14, 16–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2007	Croatian International	Template:Flagicon Frédéric Mawet	Template:Flagicon Jochen Cassel Template:Flagicon Thomas Tesche	11–21, 22–20, 21–19	Winner
2007	Finnish International	Template:Flagicon Frédéric Mawet	Template:Flagicon Tim Dettmann Template:Flagicon Johannes Schöttler	21–16, 21–16	Winner
2007	Czech International	Template:Flagicon Frédéric Mawet	Template:Flagicon Rasmus Bonde Template:Flagicon Kasper Faust Henriksen	17–21, 21–18, 18–21	Runner-up
2008	Swedish International	Template:Flagicon Frédéric Mawet	Template:Flagicon Rasmus Andersen Template:Flagicon Peter Steffensen	12–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2008	Austrian International	Template:Flagicon Frédéric Mawet	Template:Flagicon Fran Kurniawan Template:Flagicon Rendra Wijaya	14–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2008	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Template:Flagicon Frédéric Mawet	Template:Flagicon Richard Eidestedt Template:Flagicon Andrew Ellis	12–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2008	European Circuit Finals	Template:Flagicon Frédéric Mawet	Template:Flagicon Kristof Hopp Template:Flagicon Ingo Kindervater	21–16, 14–21, 16–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Belgian International	Template:Flagicon Karina Sørensen	Template:Flagicon Bruce Topping Template:Flagicon Jayne Plunkett	15–7, 15–9	Winner
2006	Dutch International	Template:Flagicon Paulien van Dooremalen	Template:Flagicon Kristof Hopp Template:Flagicon Birgit Overzier	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2006	Irish International	Template:Flagicon Nathalie Descamps	Template:Flagicon Ruud Bosch Template:Flagicon Ginny Severien	14–21, 21–17, 21–17	Winner
2007	Croatian International	Template:Flagicon Nathalie Descamps	Template:Flagicon Adam Cwalina Template:Flagicon Małgorzata Kurdelska	21–13, 16–21, 21–13	Winner
2007	Irish International	Template:Flagicon Nathalie Descamps	Template:Flagicon Howard Bach Template:Flagicon Eva Lee	10–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2008	Austrian International	Template:Flagicon Nathalie Descamps	Template:Flagicon Zhang Yi Template:Flagicon Cai Jiani	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2008	Spanish Open	Template:Flagicon Nathalie Descamps	Template:Flagicon Rendra Wijaya Template:Flagicon Meiliana Jauhari	14–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2008	European Circuit Finals	Template:Flagicon Nathalie Descamps	Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Nikolaenko Template:Flagicon Nina Vislova	7–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2009	Belgian International	Template:Flagicon Nathalie Descamps	Template:Flagicon Marcus Ellis Template:Flagicon Heather Olver	9–21, 23–25	Runner-up
2010	Banuinvest International	Template:Flagicon Nathalie Descamps	Template:Flagicon Chayut Triyachart Template:Flagicon Yao Lei	13–21, 21–23	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series/European Circuit tournament

External links

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