Vladimir Malkov (badminton)

Vladimir Vadimovich Malkov (Russian: Влади́мир Вадимович Малько́в; born 9 April 1986) is a Russian badminton player.^[1][2] He won the Russian National Championships in 2009, 2013–2016. Malkov competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[3]

Vladimir Malkov
Personal information
Birth name	Владимир Вадимович Мальков (Vladimir Vadimovich Malkov)
Country	Russia
Born	(1986-04-09) 9 April 1986 (age 39) Saratov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Inna Zubova Klavdia Maiorova
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	41 (MS 13 August 2015) 127 (MD 31 October 2013) 193 (XD 21 January 2010)
Current ranking	91 (MS 29 March 2022)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Russia European Mixed Team Championships 2017 Lubin Mixed team 2015 Leuven Mixed team 2019 Copenhagen Mixed team 2021 Vantaa Mixed team European Men's Team Championships 2020 Liévin Men's team European Junior Championships 2005 Den Bosch Mixed team 2005 Den Bosch Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Russian Open	Brice Leverdez	21–17, 11–21, 21–8	Winner
2012	Russian Open	Kazumasa Sakai	17–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2017	Russian Open	Sergey Sirant	11–13, 5–11, 11–6, 11–7, 4–11	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (11 titles, 5 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Kharkiv International	Dmytro Zavadsky	14–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2010	Croatian International	Ben Beckman	21–15, 16–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2011	Kenya International	Rodrigo Pacheco	20–22, 25–23, 21–11	Winner
2012	Hungarian International	Inoki Theopilus	21–9, 21–10	Winner
2013	Polish Open	Hsu Jen-hao	21–12, 20–22, 21–18	Winner
2013	Swiss International	Brice Leverdez	20–22, 14–21	Runner-up
2013	Hatzor International	Misha Zilberman	17–21, 24–22, 21–10	Winner
2014	Orleans International	Pablo Abián	16–21, 21–19, 20–22	Runner-up
2015	Finnish Open	Eetu Heino	21–18, 21–12	Winner
2015	White Nights	Nguyễn Tiến Minh	21–16, 21–12	Winner
2015	Kazakhstan International	Anatoliy Yartsev	21–18, 21–16	Winner
2015	Welsh International	Adrian Dziółko	21–13, 21–17	Winner
2018	Dubai International	Subhankar Dey	21–10, 21–15	Winner

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Kharkiv International	Gordey Kosenko	Vitaly Konov Dmytro Zavadsky	Walkover	Runner-up
2013	Hatzor International	Vadim Novoselov	Joe Morgan Nic Strange	21–18, 19–21, 27–25	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Hatzor International	Viktoriia Vorobeva	Jan Fröhlich Katerina Zvereva	21–13, 21–12	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament