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Przemysław Wacha

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Przemysław Wacha
Personal information
CountryPoland
Born (1981-01-31) 31 January 1981 (age 43)
Głubczyce, Poland
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking14 (MS 19 July 2007)[1]
19 (MD 26 February 2015)
Medal record
Badminton
Representing  Poland
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Herning Men's singles
European Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Herning Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Warsaw Men's team
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Glasgow Boys' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Glasgow Boys' singles
BWF profile

Przemysław Wacha (Polish pronunciation: [pʂɛˈmɨswaf ˈvaxa]; born 31 January 1981) is a Polish badminton player.

Career

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Wacha played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the first round to Wong Choong Hann of Malaysia. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships.[2] Wacha also played badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 16 to Bao Chunlai of China. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he didn't qualify from the pool stages.[3] From 2004 to 2010 Wacha won seven consecutive titles at the Polish National Badminton Championships. At the 2016 Rio Olympics Wacha played men's doubles with compatriot Adam Cwalina, but they didn't advance from the group stage.

Achievements

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European Championships

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Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2008 Messecenter, Herning, Denmark Denmark Joachim Persson 21–17, 9–21, 10–21 Bronze Bronze

European Junior Championships

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Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1999 Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland Germany Björn Joppien 3–15, 16–17 Bronze Bronze

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1999 Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland Poland Piotr Żołądek Denmark Mathias Boe
Denmark Kasper Kiim Jensen
3–15, 8–15 Silver Silver

BWF Grand Prix

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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Przemysław Wacha at 2007 Dutch Open

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2007 Dutch Open Singapore Kendrick Lee 22–20, 11–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 U.S. Grand Prix Poland Adam Cwalina Japan Taiki Shimada
Japan Yoshinori Takeuchi
21–13, 21–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

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Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2000 Slovak International Poland Jacek Niedźwiedzki 15–11, 14–17, 15–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2000 Hungarian International Spain Arturo Ruiz 15–11, 15–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2002 Polish International England Aamir Ghaffar 7–5, 8–7, 7–2 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2002 Croatian International Japan Zhiyuan Liu 7–2, 7–3, 7–3 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2002 Czech International England Mark Burgess 9–15, 15–12, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 Austrian International England Aamir Ghaffar 15–10, 15–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2004 Austrian International Chinese Taipei Chien Yu-hsiu 15–13, 11–15, 15–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Slovak International Finland Ville Lång 12–15, 15–9, 15–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Polish International India Arvind Bhat 15–8, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Czech International Denmark Martin Bille Larsen 13–15, 15–1, 15–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Scottish International Denmark Kasper Ødum 9–15, 15–8, 15–2 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Polish International India Chetan Anand 21–18, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Czech Republic Petr Koukal 21–13, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 White Nights Russia Ivan Sozonov 20–22, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Kharkiv International Russia Ivan Sozonov 14–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Bulgarian International Lithuania Kęstutis Navickas 21–14, 11–21, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Italian International Spain Pablo Abián 21–13, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Turkey International Netherlands Eric Pang 21–18, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Brazil International Belgium Yuhan Tan 21–14, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Czech International Czech Republic Petr Koukal 21–19, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Bulgarian International Malaysia Tan Chun Seang 21–11, 11–21, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Irish International England Rajiv Ouseph 15–21, 5–11 retired 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Austrian International Belgium Yuhan Tan 14–21, 21–15, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 White Nights Ukraine Dmytro Zavadsky 21–16, 15–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2000 Slovak International Poland Piotr Żołądek Sweden Per-Henrik Croona
Sweden Marcus Janssen
15–12, 15–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Swiss International Poland Adam Cwalina England Chris Coles
England Matthew Nottingham
23–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Polish Open Poland Adam Cwalina Japan Yuya Komatsuzaki
Japan Hiroki Takeuchi
21–19, 22–24, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 French International Poland Adam Cwalina France Baptiste Carême
France Gaëtan Mittelheisser
21–18, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Spanish Open Poland Adam Cwalina Poland Michał Łogosz
Poland Łukasz Moreń
21–10, 18–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Kharkiv International Poland Adam Cwalina Denmark Kim Astrup
Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
22–20, 15–21, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Czech International Poland Adam Cwalina Chinese Taipei Chen Chung-jen
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin
20–22, 22–20, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Bulgarian International Poland Adam Cwalina Poland Łukasz Moreń
Poland Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
16–21, 21–13, 22–24 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Irish Open Poland Adam Cwalina Netherlands Jacco Arends
Netherlands Jelle Maas
21–9, 21–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Italian International Poland Adam Cwalina Poland Łukasz Moreń
Poland Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
23–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Swedish Masters Poland Adam Cwalina Poland Łukasz Moreń
Poland Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
21–18, 20–22, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Polish Open Poland Adam Cwalina Russia Nikita Khakimov
Russia Vasily Kuznetsov
21–10, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Orléans International Poland Adam Cwalina France Bastian Kersaudy
France Gaëtan Mittelheisser
13–21, 21–17, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Spanish Open Poland Adam Cwalina Poland Łukasz Moreń
Poland Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
21–9, 15–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Polish International Poland Adam Cwalina Germany Daniel Benz
Germany Jones Ralfy Jansen
11–8, 6–11, 11–5, 8–11, 11–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Czech International Poland Adam Cwalina Poland Łukasz Moreń
Poland Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
21–15, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Irish Open Poland Adam Cwalina Germany Max Schwenger
Germany Josche Zurwonne
12–21, 21–10, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Swedish Masters Poland Adam Cwalina Denmark Kim Astrup
Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
15–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Polish Open Poland Adam Cwalina Japan Kenta Kazuno
Japan Kazushi Yamada
19–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Orléans International Poland Adam Cwalina England Matthew Nottingham
England Harley Towler
12–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Peru International Poland Adam Cwalina France Lucas Claerbout
France Lucas Corvée
21–18, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Spanish International Poland Adam Cwalina Denmark Kasper Antonsen
Denmark Oliver Babic
21–17, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Lagos International Poland Adam Cwalina India Manu Attri
India B. Sumeeth Reddy
17–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Kharkiv International Poland Adam Cwalina Thailand Bodin Isara
Thailand Nipitphon Phuangphuapet
18–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Belgian International Poland Adam Cwalina India Manu Attri
India B. Sumeeth Reddy
20–22, 21–19, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Czech Open Poland Adam Cwalina India Manu Attri
India B. Sumeeth Reddy
19–21, 22–20, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Welsh International Poland Adam Cwalina England Marcus Ellis
England Chris Langridge
16–21, 21–16, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Irish Open Poland Adam Cwalina Germany Raphael Beck
Germany Peter Käsbauer
16–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Mersin Turkey International Poland Adam Cwalina Denmark Kasper Antonsen
Denmark Niclas Nøhr
16–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Brazil International Poland Adam Cwalina India Alwin Francis
India Tarun Kona
21–15, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Finnish Open Poland Adam Cwalina Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark David Daugaard
23–21, 12–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Peru International Poland Adam Cwalina India Manu Attri
India B. Sumeeth Reddy
21–19, 18–21, 30–28 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Tahiti International Poland Adam Cwalina United States Phillip Chew
United States Sattawat Pongnairat
9–5 retired 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ IBF Historical Ranking - MENS SINGLES[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "2008 European Championships winners". tournamentsoftware.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2008.
  3. ^ "Przemysław Wacha at sports-reference.com". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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