Ingo Kindervater (born 1 January 1979) is a retired badminton player from Germany and now the Head of Performance for Badminton Scotland.
Career Ingo was the men's doubles bronze medallist at the 2008 European Championships partnered with Kristof Hopp, and in 2010 with Michael Fuchs.
In 2012, he qualified for the London Olympics with Johannes Schöttler after gaining 43529.339 points during the qualifying period and reaching 18th in the BWF World Ranking. On 23 July the draw was conducted and Kindervater and Schöttler were placed in Group A alongside Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng, Fang Chieh Min/Lee Sheng Mu, and Ross Smith/Glenn Warfe.
He won the 2012 Bitburger Open in the men's doubles with his partner Johannes Schöttler after beating Chris Langridge and Peter Mills 21–15, 21–11.
After retiring in 2013, Kindervater finished his diploma in Economics before becoming National Doubles Coach for the German Badminton Association. Kindervater supported the German Badminton Olympic Team as a coach in the Rio 2016 Olympics.
After 6 years in this position, Ingo relocated to Edinburgh, Scotland, where he took the post of Head of Performance with Badminton Scotland.
Achievements
European Championships Men's doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult2010Manchester Evening News Arena,Manchester, England Michael Fuchs Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen10–21, 12–21 Bronze2008Messecenter,Herning, Denmark Kristof Hopp Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen23–21, 16–21, 8–21 Bronze
BWF Superseries The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Men's doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult2010French Open Johannes Schöttler Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen15–21, 9–21 Runner-up BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament
BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.
Men's doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult2012Bitburger Open Johannes Schöttler Chris Langridge Peter Mills21–15, 21–11 Winner2011Dutch Open Johannes Schöttler Adam Cwalina Michal Logosz19–21, 21–19, 14–21 Runner-up2010Bitburger Open Johannes Schöttler Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen16–21, 16–21 Runner-up2009Dutch Open Michael Fuchs Kristof Hopp Johannes Schöttler15–21, 16–21 Runner-up2007Russian Open Kristof Hopp Shintaro Ikeda Shuichi Sakamoto21–16, 22–20 Winner
Mixed doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult2005Dutch Open Kathrin Piotrowski Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Kostiuczyk5–15, 5–15 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series Men's doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult2011Morocco International Johannes Schöttler Michael Fuchs Oliver Roth21–15, 21–19 Winner2010Norwegian International Johannes Schöttler Marcus Ellis Peter Mills21–17, 23–21 Winner2010Belgian International Johannes Schöttler Michael Fuchs Oliver RothWalkover Winner2008Norwegian International Michael Fuchs Ruud Bosch Koen Ridder21–18, 19–21, 21–8 Winner2008European Circuit Finals Kristof Hopp Wouter Claes Frederic Mawet16–21, 21–14, 21–16 Winner2008Dutch International Kristof Hopp Rasmus Bonde Kasper Faust Henriksen13–21, 21–16, 21–18 Winner2007Belgian International Kristof Hopp Michael Fuchs Roman Spitko25–27, 21–15, 21–7 Retired Winner2007Turkey International Kristof Hopp Johannes Schöttler Tim Dettmann12–21, 21–18, 22–20 Winner2007Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Kristof Hopp Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen24–22, 12–21, 9–21 Runner-up2006Dutch International Kristof Hopp Michael Fuchs Roman Spitko21–10, 21–11 Winner2006Austrian International Tim Dettmann Jürgen Koch Peter Zauner18–21, 13–21 Runner-up2005Norwegian International Kristof Hopp Vidre Wibowo Imam Sodikin12–15, 7–15 Runner-up2005Belgian International Kristof Hopp Michael Fuchs Roman Spitko15–6, 15–10 Winner2005Dutch International Kristof Hopp Michael Fuchs Roman Spitko15–8, 15–6 Winner2004Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Kristof Hopp Rupesh Kumar Sanave Thomas7–15, 13–15 Runner-up2004Norwegian International Kristof Hopp David Lindley Kristian Roebuck15–14, 15–13 Winner2003Carebaco International Björn Siegemund Keishi Kawaguchi Tōru Matsumoto10–15, 15–10, 17–15 Winner2003Mauritius International Björn Siegemund Shuichi Nakao Shuichi Sakamoto9–15, 15–17 Runner-up2001Iceland International Jochen Cassel Helgi Jóhannesson Njörður Ludvigsson0–7, 8–6, 7–4, 7–1 Winner
Mixed doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult2007Belgian International Kathrin Piotrowski Chris Langridge Joanne Nicholas17–21, 21–15, 23–25 Runner-up2007Turkey International Kathrin Piotrowski Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier21–18, 21–15 Winner2007Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Kathrin Piotrowski Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier21–12, 16–21, 21–14 Winner2007Spanish International Kathrin Piotrowski Joachim Fischer Nielsen Britta Andersen24–22, 20–22, 21–23 Runner-up2006Austrian International Kathrin Piotrowski Tim Dettmann Sandra Marinello21–17, 22–20 Winner2005Dutch International Kathrin Piotrowski Fredrik Bergström Johanna Persson4–15, 13–15 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament
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