Ingo Kindervater

Ingo Kindervater (born 1 January 1979) is a retired badminton player from Germany^[1][2] and now the Head of Performance for Badminton Scotland.^[3]

Ingo Kindervater
Personal information
Country	Germany
Born	(1979-01-01) 1 January 1979 (age 46) Burgwedel, West Germany
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's and mixed doubles
Highest ranking	11 (MD) 28 April 2011 49 (XD) 10 June 2010
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Germany European Championships 2010 Manchester Men's doubles 2008 Herning Men's doubles European Mixed Team Championships 2013 Moscow Mixed team 2011 Amsterdam Mixed team 2004 Geneva Mixed team European Men's Team Championships 2012 Amsterdam Men's team 2006 Thessalonica Men's team 2014 Basel Men's team 2010 Warsaw Men's team 2008 Almere Men's team
BWF profile

Career

Ingo was the men's doubles bronze medallist at the 2008 European Championships partnered with Kristof Hopp, and in 2010 with Michael Fuchs.^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6]

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

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England	Michael Fuchs	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	10–21, 12–21	Bronze
2008	Messecenter, Herning, Denmark	Kristof Hopp	Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	23–21, 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

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	French Open	Johannes Schöttler	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	15–21, 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

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Bitburger Open	Johannes Schöttler	Chris Langridge Peter Mills	21–15, 21–11	Winner
2011	Dutch Open	Johannes Schöttler	Adam Cwalina Michal Logosz	19–21, 21–19, 14–21	Runner-up
2010	Bitburger Open	Johannes Schöttler	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	16–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2009	Dutch Open	Michael Fuchs	Kristof Hopp Johannes Schöttler	15–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2007	Russian Open	Kristof Hopp	Shintaro Ikeda Shuichi Sakamoto	21–16, 22–20	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Dutch Open	Kathrin Piotrowski	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	5–15, 5–15	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Morocco International	Johannes Schöttler	Michael Fuchs Oliver Roth	21–15, 21–19	Winner
2010	Norwegian International	Johannes Schöttler	Marcus Ellis Peter Mills	21–17, 23–21	Winner
2010	Belgian International	Johannes Schöttler	Michael Fuchs Oliver Roth	Walkover	Winner
2008	Norwegian International	Michael Fuchs	Ruud Bosch Koen Ridder	21–18, 19–21, 21–8	Winner
2008	European Circuit Finals	Kristof Hopp	Wouter Claes Frederic Mawet	16–21, 21–14, 21–16	Winner
2008	Dutch International	Kristof Hopp	Rasmus Bonde Kasper Faust Henriksen	13–21, 21–16, 21–18	Winner
2007	Belgian International	Kristof Hopp	Michael Fuchs Roman Spitko	25–27, 21–15, 21–7 Retired	Winner
2007	Turkey International	Kristof Hopp	Johannes Schöttler Tim Dettmann	12–21, 21–18, 22–20	Winner
2007	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Kristof Hopp	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	24–22, 12–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2006	Dutch International	Kristof Hopp	Michael Fuchs Roman Spitko	21–10, 21–11	Winner
2006	Austrian International	Tim Dettmann	Jürgen Koch Peter Zauner	18–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2005	Norwegian International	Kristof Hopp	Vidre Wibowo Imam Sodikin	12–15, 7–15	Runner-up
2005	Belgian International	Kristof Hopp	Michael Fuchs Roman Spitko	15–6, 15–10	Winner
2005	Dutch International	Kristof Hopp	Michael Fuchs Roman Spitko	15–8, 15–6	Winner
2004	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Kristof Hopp	Rupesh Kumar Sanave Thomas	7–15, 13–15	Runner-up
2004	Norwegian International	Kristof Hopp	David Lindley Kristian Roebuck	15–14, 15–13	Winner
2003	Carebaco International	Björn Siegemund	Keishi Kawaguchi Tōru Matsumoto	10–15, 15–10, 17–15	Winner
2003	Mauritius International	Björn Siegemund	Shuichi Nakao Shuichi Sakamoto	9–15, 15–17	Runner-up
2001	Iceland International	Jochen Cassel	Helgi Jóhannesson Njörður Ludvigsson	0–7, 8–6, 7–4, 7–1	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Belgian International	Kathrin Piotrowski	Chris Langridge Joanne Nicholas	17–21, 21–15, 23–25	Runner-up
2007	Turkey International	Kathrin Piotrowski	Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier	21–18, 21–15	Winner
2007	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Kathrin Piotrowski	Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier	21–12, 16–21, 21–14	Winner
2007	Spanish International	Kathrin Piotrowski	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Britta Andersen	24–22, 20–22, 21–23	Runner-up
2006	Austrian International	Kathrin Piotrowski	Tim Dettmann Sandra Marinello	21–17, 22–20	Winner
2005	Dutch International	Kathrin Piotrowski	Fredrik Bergström Johanna Persson	4–15, 13–15	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament