Wouter Claes (born 28 October 1975) is a left-handed Belgian badminton player. He won 20 Belgian titles, 10 in the men's doubles with Frédéric Mawet and Ruud Kuijten, 10 in the mixed doubles with Manon Albinus, Corina Herrle and Nathalie Descamps. He won 20 Flemish Championships in singles, men's doubles with Nico Claes and Steven Delsaert and mixed doubles with Nathalie Descamps and Janne Elst. He won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles (together with partner Descamps) during the 2010 European Badminton Championships. This was the first Belgian medal ever won at a European Championship. During his career, he was placed 21 in world ranking.
Achievements
European Championships Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2010 Manchester Evening News Arena,Manchester, England Nathalie Descamps Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl 8–21, 14–21 Bronze
BWF International Challenge/Series Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result2001Belgian International Frédéric Mawet Sven van Delsen David Vandewinkel15–8, 15–11 Winner2001Slovenian International Frédéric Mawet Stanislav Pukhov Nikolai Zuyev2–7, 7–1, 5–7, 3–7 Runner-up2003Luxembourge Thierry Theis Frédéric Mawet Dharma Gunawi Yudianto Yong15–12, 15–9 Winner2003Giraldilla International Frédéric Mawet Jochen Cassel Joachim Tesche15–7, 14–17, 15–13 Winner2003Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Frédéric Mawet Jean-Michel Lefort Arif Rasidi12–15, 15–10, 15–3 Winner2004Luxembourge Thierry Theis Frédéric Mawet Dharma Gunawi Yoseph Phoa15–9, 11–15, 14–17 Runner-up2005Spanish International Frédéric Mawet Matthew Hughes Martyn Lewis11–15, 3–15 Runner-up2006Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Frédéric Mawet Vitalij Durkin Aleksandr Nikolaenko21–14, 16–21, 20–22 Runner-up2007Croatian International Frédéric Mawet Jochen Cassel Thomas Tesche11–21, 22–20, 21–19 Winner2007Finnish International Frédéric Mawet Tim Dettmann Johannes Schöttler21–16, 21–16 Winner2007Czech International Frédéric Mawet Rasmus Bonde Kasper Faust Henriksen17–21, 21–18, 18–21 Runner-up2008Swedish International Frédéric Mawet Rasmus Andersen Peter Steffensen12–21, 16–21 Runner-up2008Austrian International Frédéric Mawet Fran Kurniawan Rendra Wijaya14–21, 11–21 Runner-up2008Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Frédéric Mawet Richard Eidestedt Andrew Ellis12–21, 12–21 Runner-up2008European Circuit Finals Frédéric Mawet Kristof Hopp Ingo Kindervater21–16, 14–21, 16–21 Runner-up
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result2001Belgian International Karina Sørensen Bruce Topping Jayne Plunkett15–7, 15–9 Winner2006Dutch International Paulien van Dooremalen Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier18–21, 18–21 Runner-up2006Irish International Nathalie Descamps Ruud Bosch Ginny Severien14–21, 21–17, 21–17 Winner2007Croatian International Nathalie Descamps Adam Cwalina Małgorzata Kurdelska21–13, 16–21, 21–13 Winner2007Irish International Nathalie Descamps Howard Bach Eva Lee10–21, 13–21 Runner-up2008Austrian International Nathalie Descamps Zhang Yi Cai Jiani18–21, 18–21 Runner-up2008Spanish Open Nathalie Descamps Rendra Wijaya Meiliana Jauhari14–21, 18–21 Runner-up2008European Circuit Finals Nathalie Descamps Aleksandr Nikolaenko Nina Vislova7–21, 19–21 Runner-up2009Belgian International Nathalie Descamps Marcus Ellis Heather Olver9–21, 23–25 Runner-up2010Banuinvest International Nathalie Descamps Chayut Triyachart Yao Lei13–21, 21–23 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series/European Circuit tournament
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