Felix Jacob Burestedt (born 26 February 1995) is a Swedish badminton player. Trained at the Halmstad BMK, Burestedt made his international debut in 2013, and entered the Badminton Europe Centre of Excellence (CoE) in 2017.[3] He won his first international title at the 2018 Lithuanian International in the men's singles event.[4] He competed at the 2019 European Games,[2] and also at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]

Felix Burestedt
Personal information
Birth nameFelix Jacob Burestedt
CountrySweden
Born (1995-02-26) 26 February 1995 (age 29)
Ängelholm, Sweden
ResidenceVellinge, Sweden[1]
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Weight80 kg (176 lb)[2]
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Highest ranking56 (21 January 2020)
Current ranking72 (31 January 2023)
BWF profile

Achievements

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BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

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Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 Portuguese International   Rasmus Messerschmidt 18–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2018 Lithuanian International   Michał Rogalski 21–12, 23–21   Winner
2019 Portuguese International   Soo Teck Zhi 21–23, 21–8, 21–17   Winner
2019 Azerbaijan International   Rasmus Gemke 13–21, 12–21   Runner-up
2020 Swedish Open   Victor Svendsen 8–18 Retired   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Felix Jacob Burestedt" (in Swedish). Mrkoll.se. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Burestedt Felix". Minsk 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Felix Burestedt". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  4. ^ Raftery, Alan (10 June 2018). "Felix Burestedt victorious. One for the BEC Centre of Excellence". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  5. ^ Appelqvist, Viktor (25 July 2021). "Felix föll mot världsfyran i OS-premiären" (in Swedish). Badminton Sweden. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
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