Marc Zwiebler

Marc Zwiebler (German pronunciation: [ˈmaʁk ˈtsviːblɐ], born

13 March 1984) is a German former professional badminton
Marc Zwiebler
player.[1] His highest ranking is 10 in the world. 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[3] and the
final of 2009 Denmark Open, one of premier tournament
competition series BWF World Superseries, Zwiebler is
considered as 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 Zwiebler in Mainz, 2012
19 times German youth and junior champion in 2003 he
Personal information
became European junior champion and won his first
international title at the senior. Country Germany
Born 13 March 1984[1]
In 2005, he was plagued by pain in the back, he thought was Bonn-Bad Godesberg,
ordinary sore muscles until the pain had worsened West Germany
significantly and he could no longer play just before
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Christmas 2005. With the diagnosis of herniated disc, his
career was in jeopardy and thus moved his dream of Weight 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)

participating at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing in further Years active 2000

distance. After an operation in late 2006 and six months of 2017
rehabilitation and fitness training with a total of one and a Handedness Left
half year absence, he started to chase after the Olympic Coach Holger Hasse
qualification. After the enforced break, he was given no Jacob Øhlenschlæger
more in the world ranking, but within eight months he Xuyan Wang[2]
fought his way, including six European Badminton Circuit
Men's singles
titles in 27th place in the world ranking and gave
themselves enough to make participation in the Olympics. Career title(s) 16
Highest ranking 10 (5 May 2016)
At the 2008 Olympics, Zwiebler beat Ireland's Scott Evans
Medal record
in the first round and England's Andrew Smith in the second
round, each in three sets. As the first German player ever he Men's badminton
went there one last sixteen, but lost to South Korea's Lee Representing Germany
Hyun-il 13–21, 23–25. European Championships
2012 Karlskrona Men's singles
At 2009 World Championships in Hyderabad, he lost to
Kenichi Tago in the second round 15–21, 10–21. 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Men's singles
At 2009 Denmark Open, Zwiebler defeated the number four 2010 Manchester Men's singles
seeded Malaysia's Wong Choong Hann in the first round in European Mixed Team Championships
three sets. It was followed by a victory over his unseeded 2013 Moscow Mixed team
compatriot Muhammad Hafiz Hashim in three sets before
2011 Amsterdam Mixed team
he won against the number eight seeded China's Chen Long
in two sets. In the semifinals, he finally won over the 2017 Lubin Mixed team
reigning World Cup bronze medalist and runner-up of 2007 2015 Leuven Mixed team
Indonesia's Sony Dwi Kuncoro in three sets. He became the European Men's Team Championships
first ever German to reach the final of a Super Series 2012 Amsterdam Men's team
tournament in Denmark, but lost to Indonesia's Simon
2006 Thessalonica Men's team
Santoso 14–21, 6–21.
2018 Kazan Men's team
At prestigious 2011 All England, Zwiebler beat the reigning 2016 Kazan Men's team
world champion China's Chen Jin 21–18, 22–20 in the 2014 Basel Men's team
second round, but was defeated in the semifinals by the
2010 Warsaw Men's team
2008 Olympic champion and four-time world champion,
2008 Almere Men's team
China's Lin Dan 9–21, 21–16, 11–21.
European Junior Championships
He also steered Germany into the semi-finals of the 2010 2003 Esbjerg Boys' singles
European Men's Team Championships,[4] where they lost to 2003 Esbjerg Mixed doubles
eventual champions Denmark.[5] Later that year, he gained
2003 Esbjerg Mixed team
a bronze medal at the European Championships after losing
to Peter Gade in the semifinals in a thrilling match 21–18, 2001 Spala Boys' doubles

12–21, 17–21. 2001 Spala Mixed doubles

BWF profile (https://bwfbadminton.com/player/

In July 2011, Zwiebler won the Canada Open and thus his
39E76D72-B750-49D1-864B-18FE1B2B3367)
first BWF Grand Prix title. In the final he beat the 2004
Olympic champion and 2005 world champion Taufik
Hidayat 21–13, 25–23.

In April 2017, Zwiebler announced his retirement on his personal Facebook page. He stated that the European
Championships, Sudirman Cup, Thailand Open, Indonesia Open, and 2017 BWF World Championships will
be his last tournaments.[6][7]

Results

Men's singles
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
IBF/BWF World Championships
9/16 2010 Paris Peter Gade 14–21, 15–21
9/16 2013 Guangzhou Tommy Sugiarto 19–21, 14–21
17/32 2009 Hyderabad Kenichi Tago 15–21, 10–21
17/32 2011 London Pablo Abián 17–21, 21–7, 22–24
 11–21, 10–
17/32 2014 Copenhagen Chen Long
21
Lee Chong 14–21, 21–
17/32 2015 Jakarta
Wei 17, 8–21
Tiến Minh 13–15, 16–
33/64 2005 Anaheim
Nguyễn 17
EBU/BE European Championships
Henri 21–15, 21–
Gold 2012 Karlskrona
Hurskainen 13
21–18, 12–
Bronze 2010 Manchester Peter Gade
21, 17–21
La Roche-sur- Viktor 10–21, 21–
Bronze 2016
Yon Axelsen 23
Marc Zwiebler at 2011 U.S. Open in
Dieter 15–21, 13– Orange, California
17/32 2008 Herning
Domke 21
Vladimir 14–21, 22–
17/32 2014 Kazan
Ivanov 24
12–15, 3–
33/64 2004 Geneva Eric Pang
15
German National Championships (DBV)
Björn 15–6, 10–
Gold 2005 Bielefeld
Joppien 15, 15–13
Björn 21–19, 21–
Gold 2008 Bielefeld
Joppien 14
Björn 22–20, 22–
Gold 2009 Bielefeld
Joppien 20
Dieter 21–11, 21–
Gold 2010 Bielefeld
Domke 13
Lukas 21–18, 21–
Gold 2011 Bielefeld
Schmidt 12
Dieter 21–12, 21–
Gold 2012 Bielefeld
Domke 23, 21–15
Lukas 21–18, 21–
Gold 2013 Bielefeld
Schmidt 12
Fabian 21–13, 23–
Gold 2015 Bielefeld
Roth 21
Bronze 2003 Bielefeld
International tournaments
Joachim
15–3, 8–
1 2003 French Open Fischer
15, 15–12
Nielsen
Kenneth
3/4 2004 Dutch Open 9–15, 7–15
Jonassen
Norwegian Björn
2 2004 4–15, 5–15
International Joppien
Iceland Bobby 13–15, 15–
3/4 2004
International Milroy 2, 11–15
Le Volant d'Or Kasper 15–11, 2–
3/4 2004
de Toulouse Ødum 15, 13–15
2 2004 Scottish International Arvind Bhat 8–15, 7–15
3/4 2005 Portuguese 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 International Peter Mikkelsen 19–21, 18–21
1 2007 Hellas International Raju Rai 21–14, 21–16
Swedish International
1 2008 Jan Ø. Jørgensen 21–13, 23–21
Stockholm
1 2008 Polish International Ville Lång 21–15, 21–13
European Badminton Circuit
1 2008 Ville Lång 21–14, 19–21, 21–19
Finals
2 2009 Finnish International Peter Mikkelsen 14–21, 21–16, 20–22
Christian Lind
1 2009 Belgian International 21–13, 16–21, 21–15
Thomsen
2 2009 Denmark Open Simon Santoso 14–21, 6–21
Hans-Kristian
2 2009 Norwegian International 21–15, 18–21, 19–21
Vittinghus
1 2009 Scottish International Peter Mikkelsen 21–15, 15–21, 21–16
1 2010 Belgian International Eric Pang 21–15, 21–17
3/4 2011 All England 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 Tiến Minh Nguyễn 22–20, 13–21, 18–21
1 2011 Canada Open Taufik Hidayat 21–13, 25–23
Hans-Kristian
3/4 2011 Bitburger Open 21–17, 17–21, 16–21
Vittinghus
2 2012 Bitburger Open Chou Tien-chen 19–21, 12–21
2 2013 Indonesia Open Lee Chong Wei 15–21, 14–21
2 2013 Bitburger Open Chou Tien-Chen 21–13, 18–21, 15–21
Hans-Kristian
3/4 2014 German Open 16–21, 13–21
Vittinghus
Hans-Kristian 8–11, 11–10, 9–11,
2 2014 Belgian International
Vittinghus 9–11
1 2014 Czech International Joachim Persson 21–13, 21–18
1 2014 Bulgarian International Scott Evans 21–15, 21–8
3/4 2014 China Open Srikanth Kidambi 11–21, 7–13 Retired
3/4 2015 Indonesia Open Jan Ø. Jørgensen 17–21, 5–11 Retired
3/4 2015 Canada Open Ng Ka Long Angus 17–21, 15–21
1 2015 Prague Open Zvonimir Đurkinjak 26–24, 21–11
Wong Wing Ki
3/4 2015 Bitburger Open 21–18, 12–21, 11-21
Vincent
2 2015 Italian International Brice Leverdez 17–21, 21–14, 24–26
1 2015 Turkey International Harsheel Dani 21–8, 15–21, 21–7
 2 2016 Swiss Open H. S. Prannoy 18–21, 15–21
Legend
BWF World Superseries Finals
BWF World Superseries Premier
BWF World Superseries
BWF Grand Prix Gold
BWF Grand Prix (until 2006 IBF World Grand Prix)
BE Circuit Finals
BE Circuit / International Challenge

BWF Super Series (Premier)

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 SSF Ranking[8]

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 14
2R 1R 1R – F QF – 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R –

2014 19
2R 1R 1R – – 2R 1R 2R 1R 2R SF 1R –

2015 14
2R 1R 1R 1R 1R SF 1R 1R - - 1R 2R
Germany national team

Outcome Year Venue Last opponent Score

Thomas Cup

Japan 1–3
5/8 2010 Kuala Lumpur
(Kenichi Tago) (21–15, 18–21, 18–21)

South Korea 0–3

5/8 2012 Wuhan
(Lee Hyun-il) (16–21, 21–18, 14–21)

Japan 2–3
9/12 2008 Jakarta
(Shōji Satō) (21–19, 17–21, 5–21)

India 2–3
13/16 2014 New Delhi
(Srikanth Kidambi) (18–21, 21–18, 18–21)

Sudirman Cup

China 0–3
5/8 2015 Dongguan
(Lin Dan) (12–21, 15–21)

Japan 1–4
9/12 2011 Qingdao
(Kenichi Tago) (11–21, 18–21)

Netherlands 3–0
13 2007 Glasgow
(Eric Pang) (21–18, 19–21, 21–17)

Netherlands 3–0
13 2009 Guangzhou
(Eric Pang) (21–19, 19–21, 21–14)

European Mixed Team Championships (BE)

Denmark 3–0
Gold 2013 Ramenskoye
(Hans-Kristian Vittinghus) (21–17, 7–21, 21–8)

Denmark 1–3
Silver 2011 Amsterdam
(Jan Ø. Jørgensen) (18–21, 15–21)

Russia
5 2008 Herning 3–2
(without participation)

Russia 2–3
5/8 2009 Liverpool
(Vladimir Malkov) (21–9, 21–13)

European Men's Team Championships (BE)

Denmark 0–3
Silver 2012 Amsterdam
(Jan Ø. Jørgensen) (11–21, 14–21)

Poland 3–1
Bronze 2008 Almere
(Łukasz Moreń) (21–12, 21–18)

Ukraine 3–1
Bronze 2010 Warsaw
(Dmytro Zavadsky) (21–16, 27–25)

England 1–3
Bronze 2014 Basel
(Rajiv Ouseph) (13–21, 21–17, 16–21)

References
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External links
Marc Zwiebler (https://bwfbadminton.com/player/50858) at BWFBadminton.com
Marc Zwiebler (https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profile/
39E76D72-B750-49D1-864B-18FE1B2B3367) at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link
(https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/find.aspx?a=8&oid=209B123
F-AA87-41A2-BC3E-CB57133E64CC&q=50858)) (archived)
Marc Zwiebler (https://olympics.com/en/athletes/marc-zwiebler) at Olympics.com
Marc Zwiebler (https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/112462) at Olympedia
Marc Zwiebler (https://www.teamdeutschland.de/team/details/marc-zwiebler#content) at Team
Deutschland (in German)
Match overview at highest professional Badminton league in Germany (http://www.alleturniere.d
e/sport/player.aspx?id=70B65F05-BA8E-4302-BB7B-055B4475F93A&player=2601)

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