Marc Zwiebler

Marc Zwiebler
Zwiebler in Mainz, 2012
Personal information
Country	Germany
Born	(1984-03-13) 13 March 1984 Bonn-Bad Godesberg, West Germany
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Years active	2000 2017
Handedness	Left
Coach	Holger Hasse Jacob Øhlenschlæger Xuyan Wang
Men's singles
Career title(s)	16
Highest ranking	10 (5 May 2016)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing Germany European Championships 2012 Karlskrona Men's singles 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Men's singles 2010 Manchester Men's singles European Mixed Team Championships 2013 Moscow Mixed team 2011 Amsterdam Mixed team 2017 Lubin Mixed team 2015 Leuven Mixed team European Men's Team Championships 2012 Amsterdam Men's team 2006 Thessalonica Men's team 2018 Kazan Men's team 2016 Kazan Men's team 2014 Basel Men's team 2010 Warsaw Men's team 2008 Almere Men's team European Junior Championships 2003 Esbjerg Boys' singles 2003 Esbjerg Mixed doubles 2003 Esbjerg Mixed team 2001 Spala Boys' doubles 2001 Spala Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Marc Zwiebler (German pronunciation: [ˈmaʁk ˈtsviːblɐ], born 13 March 1984) is a German former professional badminton player. His highest ranking is 10 in the world. He is a seven-time German national champion in men's singles. He won gold at the 2012 European Championships in Karlskrona over Henri Hurskainen 21–15, 21–13. 2010 he won bronze behind Peter Gade and Jan Ø. Jørgensen. By reaching the third round at the 2008 Olympics and the final of 2009 Denmark Open, one of premier tournament competition series BWF World Superseries, Zwiebler is considered as Germany's top badminton player of all time.

Badminton career

Zwiebler started at the age of six years to play badminton. Soon, he was regarded as the biggest German talent. He was 19 times German youth and junior champion in 2003 he became European junior champion and won his first international title at the senior.

In 2005, he was plagued by pain in the back, he thought was ordinary sore muscles until the pain had worsened significantly and he could no longer play just before Christmas 2005. With the diagnosis of herniated disc, his career was in jeopardy and thus moved his dream of participating at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing in further distance. After an operation in late 2006 and six months of rehabilitation and fitness training with a total of one and a half year absence, he started to chase after the Olympic qualification. After the enforced break, he was given no more in the world ranking, but within eight months he fought his way, including six European Badminton Circuit titles in 27th place in the world ranking and gave themselves enough to make participation in the Olympics.

At the 2008 Olympics, Zwiebler beat Ireland's Scott Evans in the first round and England's Andrew Smith in the second round, each in three sets. As the first German player ever he went there one last sixteen, but lost to South Korea's Lee Hyun-il 13–21, 23–25.

At 2009 World Championships in Hyderabad, he lost to Kenichi Tago in the second round 15–21, 10–21.

At 2009 Denmark Open, Zwiebler defeated the number four seeded Malaysia's Wong Choong Hann in the first round in three sets. It was followed by a victory over his unseeded compatriot Muhammad Hafiz Hashim in three sets before he won against the number eight seeded China's Chen Long in two sets. In the semifinals, he finally won over the reigning World Cup bronze medalist and runner-up of 2007 Indonesia's Sony Dwi Kuncoro in three sets. He became the first ever German to reach the final of a Super Series tournament in Denmark, but lost to Indonesia's Simon Santoso 14–21, 6–21.

At prestigious 2011 All England, Zwiebler beat the reigning world champion China's Chen Jin 21–18, 22–20 in the second round, but was defeated in the semifinals by the 2008 Olympic champion and four-time world champion, China's Lin Dan 9–21, 21–16, 11–21.

He also steered Germany into the semi-finals of the 2010 European Men's Team Championships, where they lost to eventual champions Denmark. Later that year, he gained a bronze medal at the European Championships after losing to Peter Gade in the semifinals in a thrilling match 21–18, 12–21, 17–21.

In July 2011, Zwiebler won the Canada Open and thus his first BWF Grand Prix title. In the final he beat the 2004 Olympic champion and 2005 world champion Taufik Hidayat 21–13, 25–23.

In April 2017, Zwiebler announced his retirement on his personal Facebook page. He stated that the European Championships, Sudirman Cup, Thailand Open, Indonesia Open, and 2017 BWF World Championships will be his last tournaments.

Results

Men's singles

Marc Zwiebler at 2011 U.S. Open in Orange, California

Outcome	Year	Venue / Tournament	Last opponent	Score
Olympic Games
9/16	2008	Beijing	Lee Hyun-il	13–21, 11–21
9/16	2012	London	Chen Jin	21–19, 12–21, 9–21
IBF/BWF World Championships
9/16	2010	Paris	Peter Gade	14–21, 15–21
9/16	2013	Guangzhou	Tommy Sugiarto	19–21, 14–21
17/32	2009	Hyderabad	Kenichi Tago	15–21, 10–21
17/32	2011	London	Pablo Abián	17–21, 21–7, 22–24
17/32	2014	Copenhagen	Chen Long	11–21, 10–21
17/32	2015	Jakarta	Lee Chong Wei	14–21, 21–17, 8–21
33/64	2005	Anaheim	Tiến Minh Nguyễn	13–15, 16–17
EBU/BE European Championships
Gold	2012	Karlskrona	Henri Hurskainen	21–15, 21–13
Bronze	2010	Manchester	Peter Gade	21–18, 12–21, 17–21
Bronze	2016	La Roche-sur-Yon	Viktor Axelsen	10–21, 21–23
17/32	2008	Herning	Dieter Domke	15–21, 13–21
17/32	2014	Kazan	Vladimir Ivanov	14–21, 22–24
33/64	2004	Geneva	Eric Pang	12–15, 3–15
German National Championships (DBV)
Gold	2005	Bielefeld	Björn Joppien	15–6, 10–15, 15–13
Gold	2008	Bielefeld	Björn Joppien	21–19, 21–14
Gold	2009	Bielefeld	Björn Joppien	22–20, 22–20
Gold	2010	Bielefeld	Dieter Domke	21–11, 21–13
Gold	2011	Bielefeld	Lukas Schmidt	21–18, 21–12
Gold	2012	Bielefeld	Dieter Domke	21–12, 21–23, 21–15
Gold	2013	Bielefeld	Lukas Schmidt	21–18, 21–12
Gold	2015	Bielefeld	Fabian Roth	21–13, 23–21
Bronze	2003	Bielefeld
International tournaments
1	2003	French Open	Joachim Fischer Nielsen	15–3, 8–15, 15–12
3/4	2004	Dutch Open	Kenneth Jonassen	9–15, 7–15
2	2004	Norwegian International	Björn Joppien	4–15, 5–15
3/4	2004	Iceland International	Bobby Milroy	13–15, 15–2, 11–15
3/4	2004	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Kasper Ødum	15–11, 2–15, 13–15
2	2004	Scottish International	Arvind Bhat	8–15, 7–15
3/4	2005	Portuguese International	Arif Rasidi	12–15, 0–15
3/4	2005	Bitburger Open	Kasper Ødum	15–13, 3–15, 4–15
1	2007	Belgian International	Wu Yunyong	21–16, 14–21, 21–19
3/4	2007	Bitburger Open	Lee Tsuen Seng	10–21, 23–21, 15–21
1	2007	Norwegian International	Kasper Ødum	21–15, 11–21, 23–21
1	2007	Welsh International	Irwansyah	21–16, 21–13
2	2007	Irish International	Peter Mikkelsen	19–21, 18–21
1	2007	Hellas International	Raju Rai	21–14, 21–16
1	2008	Swedish International Stockholm	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	21–13, 23–21
1	2008	Polish International	Ville Lång	21–15, 21–13
1	2008	European Badminton Circuit Finals	Ville Lång	21–14, 19–21, 21–19
2	2009	Finnish International	Peter Mikkelsen	14–21, 21–16, 20–22
1	2009	Belgian International	Christian Lind Thomsen	21–13, 16–21, 21–15
2	2009	Denmark Open	Simon Santoso	14–21, 6–21
2	2009	Norwegian International	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	21–15, 18–21, 19–21
1	2009	Scottish International	Peter Mikkelsen	21–15, 15–21, 21–16
1	2010	Belgian International	Eric Pang	21–15, 21–17
3/4	2011	All England	Lin Dan	9–21, 21–16, 11–21
3/4	2011	Morocco International	Joachim Persson	12–21, 15–21
3/4	2011	U.S. Open	Tiến Minh Nguyễn	22–20, 13–21, 18–21
1	2011	Canada Open	Taufik Hidayat	21–13, 25–23
3/4	2011	Bitburger Open	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	21–17, 17–21, 16–21
2	2012	Bitburger Open	Chou Tien-chen	19–21, 12–21
2	2013	Indonesia Open	Lee Chong Wei	15–21, 14–21
2	2013	Bitburger Open	Chou Tien-Chen	21–13, 18–21, 15–21
3/4	2014	German Open	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	16–21, 13–21
2	2014	Belgian International	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	8–11, 11–10, 9–11, 9–11
1	2014	Czech International	Joachim Persson	21–13, 21–18
1	2014	Bulgarian International	Scott Evans	21–15, 21–8
3/4	2014	China Open	Srikanth Kidambi	11–21, 7–13 Retired
3/4	2015	Indonesia Open	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	17–21, 5–11 Retired
3/4	2015	Canada Open	Ng Ka Long Angus	17–21, 15–21
1	2015	Prague Open	Zvonimir Đurkinjak	26–24, 21–11
3/4	2015	Bitburger Open	Wong Wing Ki Vincent	21–18, 12–21, 11-21
2	2015	Italian International	Brice Leverdez	17–21, 21–14, 24–26
1	2015	Turkey International	Harsheel Dani	21–8, 15–21, 21–7
2	2016	Swiss Open	H. S. Prannoy	18–21, 15–21

Legend

BWF World Superseries Finals

BWF World Superseries Premier

BWF World Superseries

BWF Grand Prix Gold

BWF Grand Prix (until 2006 IBF World Grand Prix)

BE Circuit Finals

BE Circuit / International Challenge

BWF Super Series (Premier)

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	SSF	Ranking
2007														83
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Q	–	–
2008														44
	–	–	–	Q	–	–	–	–	1R	1R	1R	2R	–
2009														30
	–	–	2R	1R	1R	1R	–	–	F	1R	–	–	–
2010														13
	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	–	–	QF	QF	1R	1R	–
2011														13
	2R	2R	SF	–	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	–
2012														25
	QF	1R	2R	–	–	–	–	–	2R	1R	1R	QF	–
2013														14
	2R	1R	1R	–	F	QF	–	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	–
2014														19
	2R	1R	1R	–	–	2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	SF	1R	–
2015														14
	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	SF	1R	1R	-	-	1R	2R

Germany national team

Outcome	Year	Venue	Last opponent	Score
Thomas Cup
5/8	2010	Kuala Lumpur	Japan (Kenichi Tago)	1–3 (21–15, 18–21, 18–21)
5/8	2012	Wuhan	South Korea (Lee Hyun-il)	0–3 (16–21, 21–18, 14–21)
9/12	2008	Jakarta	Japan (Shōji Satō)	2–3 (21–19, 17–21, 5–21)
13/16	2014	New Delhi	India (Srikanth Kidambi)	2–3 (18–21, 21–18, 18–21)
Sudirman Cup
5/8	2015	Dongguan	China (Lin Dan)	0–3 (12–21, 15–21)
9/12	2011	Qingdao	Japan (Kenichi Tago)	1–4 (11–21, 18–21)
13	2007	Glasgow	Netherlands (Eric Pang)	3–0 (21–18, 19–21, 21–17)
13	2009	Guangzhou	Netherlands (Eric Pang)	3–0 (21–19, 19–21, 21–14)
European Mixed Team Championships (BE)
Gold	2013	Ramenskoye	Denmark (Hans-Kristian Vittinghus)	3–0 (21–17, 7–21, 21–8)
Silver	2011	Amsterdam	Denmark (Jan Ø. Jørgensen)	1–3 (18–21, 15–21)
5	2008	Herning	Russia (without participation)	3–2
5/8	2009	Liverpool	Russia (Vladimir Malkov)	2–3 (21–9, 21–13)
European Men's Team Championships (BE)
Silver	2012	Amsterdam	Denmark (Jan Ø. Jørgensen)	0–3 (11–21, 14–21)
Bronze	2008	Almere	Poland (Łukasz Moreń)	3–1 (21–12, 21–18)
Bronze	2010	Warsaw	Ukraine (Dmytro Zavadsky)	3–1 (21–16, 27–25)
Bronze	2014	Basel	England (Rajiv Ouseph)	1–3 (13–21, 21–17, 16–21)

External links

• Marc Zwiebler at BWFBadminton.com
• Marc Zwiebler at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Marc Zwiebler at Olympics.com
• Marc Zwiebler at Olympedia (archive)
• Marc Zwiebler at Team Deutschland (in German)
• Match overview at highest professional Badminton league in Germany