Wouter Claes

Wouter Claes (born 28 October 1975) is a left-handed Belgian badminton player.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Wouter Claes
Personal information
Country	Belgium
Born	(1975-10-28) 28 October 1975 (age 49) Leuven, Belgium
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Handedness	Left
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	21
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Belgium European Championships Manchester 2010 Mixed doubles
BWF profile

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	Result
2001	Belgian International	Frédéric Mawet	Sven van Delsen David Vandewinkel	15–8, 15–11	Winner
2001	Slovenian International	Frédéric Mawet	Stanislav Pukhov Nikolai Zuyev	2–7, 7–1, 5–7, 3–7	Runner-up
2003	Luxembourge Thierry Theis	Frédéric Mawet	Dharma Gunawi Yudianto Yong	15–12, 15–9	Winner
2003	Giraldilla International	Frédéric Mawet	Jochen Cassel Joachim Tesche	15–7, 14–17, 15–13	Winner
2003	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Frédéric Mawet	Jean-Michel Lefort Arif Rasidi	12–15, 15–10, 15–3	Winner
2004	Luxembourge Thierry Theis	Frédéric Mawet	Dharma Gunawi Yoseph Phoa	15–9, 11–15, 14–17	Runner-up
2005	Spanish International	Frédéric Mawet	Matthew Hughes Martyn Lewis	11–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2006	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Frédéric Mawet	Vitalij Durkin Aleksandr Nikolaenko	21–14, 16–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2007	Croatian International	Frédéric Mawet	Jochen Cassel Thomas Tesche	11–21, 22–20, 21–19	Winner
2007	Finnish International	Frédéric Mawet	Tim Dettmann Johannes Schöttler	21–16, 21–16	Winner
2007	Czech International	Frédéric Mawet	Rasmus Bonde Kasper Faust Henriksen	17–21, 21–18, 18–21	Runner-up
2008	Swedish International	Frédéric Mawet	Rasmus Andersen Peter Steffensen	12–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2008	Austrian International	Frédéric Mawet	Fran Kurniawan Rendra Wijaya	14–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2008	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Frédéric Mawet	Richard Eidestedt Andrew Ellis	12–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2008	European Circuit Finals	Frédéric Mawet	Kristof Hopp Ingo Kindervater	21–16, 14–21, 16–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Belgian International	Karina Sørensen	Bruce Topping Jayne Plunkett	15–7, 15–9	Winner
2006	Dutch International	Paulien van Dooremalen	Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2006	Irish International	Nathalie Descamps	Ruud Bosch Ginny Severien	14–21, 21–17, 21–17	Winner
2007	Croatian International	Nathalie Descamps	Adam Cwalina Małgorzata Kurdelska	21–13, 16–21, 21–13	Winner
2007	Irish International	Nathalie Descamps	Howard Bach Eva Lee	10–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2008	Austrian International	Nathalie Descamps	Zhang Yi Cai Jiani	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2008	Spanish Open	Nathalie Descamps	Rendra Wijaya Meiliana Jauhari	14–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2008	European Circuit Finals	Nathalie Descamps	Aleksandr Nikolaenko Nina Vislova	7–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2009	Belgian International	Nathalie Descamps	Marcus Ellis Heather Olver	9–21, 23–25	Runner-up
2010	Banuinvest International	Nathalie Descamps	Chayut Triyachart Yao Lei	13–21, 21–23	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series/European Circuit tournament