Koen Ridder (born 14 March 1985) is a Dutch badminton player. The left handler Ridder, was a part of the Duinwijck badminton club. He won the men's doubles title at the National championships in 2009, 2011, and 2013 partnered with Ruud Bosch. Together with Bosch, they won some international tournaments in Portugal, Belgium, Canada, Slovenia, Norway, Peru and Tahiti. He also played for the Düren 57 club in Germany. His parents, Rob and Marjan Ridder were also professional badminton players and current top veterans.
Koen Ridder was elected vice-chair of the athlete commission of the BWF for a 4-year term in May 2015. In 2017 Ridder was chosen as chair by his fellow commission members. He achieved his personal best world ranking of 22 in 2013. Koen retired as a professional player in 2014 after representing The Netherlands for more than 10 years at international badminton level.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result2008Portugal International Ruud Bosch Rupesh Kumar Sanave Thomas21–19, 22–20 Winner2008Norwegian International Ruud Bosch Michael Fuchs Ingo Kindervater18–21, 21–19, 8–21 Runner-up2009Dutch International Ruud Bosch Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding14–21, 20–22 Runner-up2009Belgian International Ruud Bosch Marcus Ellis Peter Mills30–28, 21–12 Winner2010Canadian International Ruud Bosch Phillip Chew Halim Haryanto21–13, 21–10 Winner2010Slovenian International Ruud Bosch Zvonimir Đurkinjak Zvonimir Hölbling21–17, 21–15 Winner2010Spanish International Ruud Bosch Peter Käsbauer Oliver Roth13–21, 14–21 Runner-up2012Belgian International Adam Cwalina Marcus Ellis Paul van Rietvelde21–18, 21–17 Winner2012Norwegian International Ruud Bosch Jacco Arends Jelle Maas21–18, 20–22, 21–17 Winner2013Swedish International Ruud Bosch Jacco Arends Jelle Maas21–16, 16–21, 13–21 Runner-up2013Peru International Ruud Bosch Phillip Chew Sattawat Pongnairat21–18, 21–11 Winner2013Tahiti International Ruud Bosch Laurent Constantin Matthieu Lo Ying Ping21–13, 21–10 Winner2014Norwegian International Anton Kaisti Miłosz Bochat Maciej Dąbrowski21–13, 21–14 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament
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