Koen Ridder (born 14 March 1985) is a Dutch badminton player.[1] The left handler Ridder, was a part of the Duinwijck badminton club.[2] He won the men's doubles title at the National championships in 2009, 2011, and 2013 partnered with Ruud Bosch.[3] 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.[4] His parents, Rob and Marjan Ridder were also professional badminton players and current top veterans.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Portugal International Netherlands Ruud Bosch India Rupesh Kumar
India Sanave Thomas 		21–19, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Norwegian International Netherlands Ruud Bosch Germany Michael Fuchs
Germany Ingo Kindervater 		18–21, 21–19, 8–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Dutch International Netherlands Ruud Bosch Denmark Mads Conrad-Petersen
Denmark Mads Pieler Kolding 		14–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Belgian International Netherlands Ruud Bosch England Marcus Ellis
England Peter Mills 		30–28, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Canadian International Netherlands Ruud Bosch United States Phillip Chew
United States Halim Haryanto 		21–13, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Slovenian International Netherlands Ruud Bosch Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak
Croatia Zvonimir Hölbling 		21–17, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Spanish International Netherlands Ruud Bosch Germany Peter Käsbauer
Germany Oliver Roth 		13–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Belgian International Poland Adam Cwalina England Marcus Ellis
Scotland Paul van Rietvelde 		21–18, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Norwegian International Netherlands Ruud Bosch Netherlands Jacco Arends
Netherlands Jelle Maas 		21–18, 20–22, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Swedish International Netherlands Ruud Bosch Netherlands Jacco Arends
Netherlands Jelle Maas 		21–16, 16–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Peru International Netherlands Ruud Bosch United States Phillip Chew
United States Sattawat Pongnairat 		21–18, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Tahiti International Netherlands Ruud Bosch France Laurent Constantin
France Matthieu Lo Ying Ping 		21–13, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Norwegian International Finland Anton Kaisti Poland Miłosz Bochat
Poland Maciej Dąbrowski 		21–13, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Players: Koen Ridder". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Koen Ridder". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Badzine: 'Bosch takes two... again'". Badminton Nederland. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Koen Ridder" (in German). 1.Badminton-Club Düren 57 e.V. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Marjan Ridder in eregalerij helden van Haarlem" (in Dutch). Rodi. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Dutchman Koen Ridder to head Athletes Commission of the BWF". 22 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Athletes' Commission | BWF Corporate".
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