Collins Filimon

Collins Valentine Filimon (born 14 February 1998) is a Romanian-born badminton player who is currently representing Austria.^[1][2][3] He plays for the ASKÖ Traun badminton club.^[4] He represented Austria in badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Collins Valentine Filimon
Personal information
Country	Romania (2012–2021) Austria (2021–present)
Born	(1998-02-14) 14 February 1998 (age 27) Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's singles
Highest ranking	84 (19 March 2024)
Current ranking	111 (31 July 2024)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Romania Balkan Championships 2016 Iași Mixed team 2014 Stara Zagora Mixed doubles 2016 Iași Men's singles
BWF profile

Career

Filimon joined the Romanian national team in 2012. He won the boys' singles title at the Cyprus Junior International in 2014 and 2015. He also won a silver medal in mixed doubles at the 2015 U19 Balkan Badminton Championships with Catalina Simionescu. In 2016, Filimon reached the semi-finals of the Balkan Badminton Championships but had to settle for bronze after losing 16–21, 18–21 to Ivan Rusev of Bulgaria.^[5]

In 2019, Filimon represented Romania in the 2019 European Games men's singles event. He did not advance further after losing to Vladimir Malkov and Azmy Qowimuramadhoni in the group stage but won a match against Robert Mann of Luxembourg.^[6]

In September 2021, Filimon became a naturalized Austrian citizen and began playing for Austria in international tournaments. In 2022, he won his first international title at the Slovenia International after defeating Lin Kuan-ting of Chinese Taipei 21–17, 23–25, 21–12.^[7] In April 2024, he won his second title at the Malta International when he defeated Wolfgang Gnedt in an all Austrian encounter.^[8]

Filimon made his debut in men's singles at the 2024 Summer Olympics. In Group E, he faced fourth seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark and Ade Resky Dwicahyo of Azerbaijan.^[9] He lost his opening match to Antonsen 10–21, 18–21.^[10] He then lost his second match to Ade Resky Dwicahyo 18–21, 11–21 and was eliminated in the group stages.^[11]

Achievements

Balkan Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Sala Polivalentă Iași, Iași, Romania	Ivan Rusev	16–21, 18–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Beroe Sports Hall, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	Cătălina Simionescu	Blagovest Kisyov Gabriela Stoeva	19–21, 18–21	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Slovenia International	Lin Kuan-ting	21–17, 23–25, 21–12	Winner
2024	Malta International	Wolfgang Gnedt	19–21, 21–17, 21–11	Winner
2025	Czech International	Emre Lale	15–10, 15–7	Winner

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