Birgit Michels

Birgit Michels (née Overzier; born 28 September 1984) is a German badminton player. She competed for Germany at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the mixed doubles.^[2][3] In 2008, she competed with Kristof Hopp, and in 2012 she competed with Michael Fuchs, reaching the quarter-finals.^[3]

Birgit Michels
Personal information
Birth name	Birgit Overzier
Country	Germany
Born	(1984-09-28) 28 September 1984 (age 40)[1] Köln, West Germany
Residence	Bonn, Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Handedness	Right
Highest ranking	13 (WD), 6 (XD)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Germany Uber Cup 2008 Jakarta Women's team European Championships 2012 Karlskrona Women's doubles European Mixed Team Championships 2013 Moscow Mixed team 2011 Amsterdam Mixed team 2015 Leuven Mixed team European Women's Team Championships 2012 Amsterdam Women's team 2006 Thessalonica Women's team 2008 Almere Women's team 2010 Warsaw Women's team 2014 Basel Women's team 2016 Kazan Women's team European Junior Championships 2001 Spała Mixed team 2003 Esbjerg Mixed doubles 2003 Esbjerg Mixed team 2003 Esbjerg Girls' doubles 2001 Spała Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Achievements

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Telenor Arena, Karlskrona, Sweden	Sandra Marinello	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	11–21, 11–21	Bronze

European Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Esbjerg Badminton Center, Esbjerg, Denmark	Therésè Nawrath	Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova	11–5, 5–11, 0–11	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Spała Olympic Center, Spała, Poland	Marc Zwiebler	Carsten Mogensen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	6–15, 15–12, 6–15	Bronze
2003	Esbjerg Badminton Center, Esbjerg, Denmark	Marc Zwiebler	Dmitri Pankov Nina Vislova	11–7, 11–1	Gold

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[4] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.^[5] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	French Open	Michael Fuchs	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	15–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2014	Japan Open	Michael Fuchs	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	12–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2014	Australian Open	Michael Fuchs	Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na	16–21, 17–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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.

Michels at 2010 Dutch Open

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Dutch Open	Sandra Marinello	Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova	13–21, 17–21	Runner up
2010	Canada Open	Sandra Marinello	Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin	16–21, 21–18, 17–21	Runner up
2012	Bitburger Open	Johanna Goliszewski	Wang Rong Zhang Zhibo	15–21, 13–21	Runner up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Bitburger Open	Kristof Hopp	Robert Blair Imogen Bankier	21–17, 21–17	Winner
2008	India Open	Kristof Hopp	He Hanbin Yu Yang	18–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2010	U.S. Open	Michael Fuchs	Lee Sheng-mu Chien Yu-chin	21–19, 21–14	Winner
2010	Bitburger Open	Michael Fuchs	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	20–22, 9–21	Runner-up
2011	Canada Open	Michael Fuchs	Chen Hung-ling Cheng Wen-hsing	21–10, 23–21	Winner
2013	London Grand Prix Gold	Michael Fuchs	Chris Langridge Heather Olver	21–19, 21–14	Winner
2013	Bitburger Open	Michael Fuchs	Chris Adcock Gabrielle White	21–19, 21–15	Winner
2015	U.S. Grand Prix	Michael Fuchs	Choi Sol-gyu Eom Hye-won	12–21, 14–21	Runner up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Belgian International	Michaela Peiffer	Juliane Schenk Nicole Grether	6–15, 1–15	Runner-up
2005	Polish International	Michaela Peiffer	Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	13–15, 6–15	Runner-up
2006	Spanish International	Carina Mette	Julie Houmann Mette Nielsen	21–17, 12–21, 26–24	Winner
2009	Finnish International	Sandra Marinello	Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova	21–16, 12–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2009	Dutch International	Sandra Marinello	Line Damkjær Kruse Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen	19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2010	Belgian International	Sandra Marinello	Lotte Jonathans Paulien van Dooremalen	21–19, 18–21, 21–12	Winner
2010	Norwegian International	Sandra Marinello	Lotte Jonathans Paulien van Dooremalen	14–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2011	Morocco International	Sandra Marinello	Emelie Lennartsson Emma Wengberg	21–16, 21–16	Winner
2011	Kharkiv International	Sandra Marinello	Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei	17–21, 21–18, 15–21	Runner-up
2011	Italian International	Sandra Marinello	Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova	14–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2011	Turkey International	Sandra Marinello	Choi A-reum Yoo Hyun-young	21–13, 21–9	Winner
2015	Czech Open	Isabel Herttrich	Marie Batomene Émilie Lefel	21–13, 21–9	Winner
2017	Dutch International	Cisita Joity Jansen	Debora Jille Imke van der Aar	21–18, 21–18	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Scottish International	Jochen Cassel	Fredrik Bergström Johanna Persson	3–15, 13–15	Runner-up
2005	Norwegian International	Kristof Hopp	Søren Frandsen Line Reimers	15–13, 15–7	Winner
2005	Belgian International	Kristof Hopp	Tim Dettmann Annekatrin Lillie	15–4, 17–14	Winner
2005	Finnish International	Jochen Cassel	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	4–15, 5–15	Runner-up
2007	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Kristof Hopp	Ingo Kindervater Kathrin Piotrowski	12–21, 21–16, 14–21	Runner-up
2007	Turkey International	Kristof Hopp	Ingo Kindervater Kathrin Piotrowski	18–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2007	Norwegian International	Kristof Hopp	Vitalij Durkin Valeria Sorokina	21–15, 13–21, 21–15	Winner
2008	Italian International	Johannes Schöttler	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	22–20, 19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2009	Dutch International	Johannes Schöttler	Christian John Skovgaard Anne Skelbæk	21–16, 21–10	Winner
2010	Belgian International	Michael Fuchs	Johannes Schöttler Sandra Marinello	22–20, 21–19	Winner
2010	Norwegian International	Michael Fuchs	Evgenij Dremin Anastasia Russkikh	22–20, 21–10	Winner
2011	Morocco International	Michael Fuchs	Toby Ng Grace Gao	21–15, 21–16	Winner
2011	Kharkiv International	Michael Fuchs	Chayut Triyachart Yao Lei	21–18, 21–14	Winner
2012	Bulgarian International	Michael Fuchs	Peter Käsbauer Isabel Herttrich	21–9, 21–13	Winner
2012	Norwegian International	Michael Fuchs	Jorrit de Ruiter Samantha Barning	21–16, 21–23, 19–21	Runner-up
2013	Dutch International	Michael Fuchs	Sam Magee Chloe Magee	21–14, 18–21, 21–17	Winner
2015	Guatemala International	Michael Fuchs	Ronan Labar Émilie Lefel	21–15, 21–16	Winner
2015	Czech International	Michael Fuchs	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	18–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2015	USA International	Michael Fuchs	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Vanessa Neo	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2016	White Nights	Michael Fuchs	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	21–9, 21–12	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Birgit Michels Player Profile". BWF-Tournament Software. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
2. "Birgit Michels". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Birgit Overzier-Michels". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
4. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
5. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

External links

• Birgit Overzier at BWFBadminton.com
• Birgit Overzier at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Birgit Overzier at Olympics.com
• Birgit Michels at Team Deutschland (in German)
• Birgit Overzier-Michels at Olympedia