Björn Joppien (born January 30, 1981) is a male badminton player from Germany.
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| Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 30, 1981 Langenfeld, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1997–2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Xu Yan Wang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editJoppien played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Kasperi Salo of Finland in the first round. In the round of 16, Joppien was defeated by Ronald Susilo of Singapore.[1]
In 2007 Joppien won the Men's Singles at the German National Badminton Championships.
In 2010 Joppien retired from professional Badminton because he had recurrent back problems.
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Björn Joppien". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
External links
edit- Björn Joppien at BWFBadminton.com
- Björn Joppien at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
- Björn Joppien at Olympedia
- Björn Joppien at Olympics.com
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