Ivan Sozonov

Ivan Andreyevich Sozonov (Russian: Иван Андреевич Созонов; born 6 July 1989) is a Russian badminton player. He competed for Russia at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympics.^[1][2][3] His current partner is Vladimir Ivanov. The duo's victories at the 2014 European Championships and 2016 All England Open rendered them as the first Russians to win the men's doubles in each of those tournaments.^[4][5]

Ivan Sozonov Иван Созонов
Personal information
Birth name	Иван Андреевич Созонов (Ivan Andreyevich Sozonov)
Country	Russia
Born	(1989-07-06) 6 July 1989 (age 35) Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
Residence	Moscow, Russia[1]
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)[1]
Handedness	Left
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	7 (MD with Vladimir Ivanov 7 December 2017)
Current ranking	37 (MD with Vladimir Ivanov 8 November 2022)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Russia European Games 2015 Baku Men's doubles 2019 Minsk Men's doubles European Championships 2014 Kazan Men's doubles 2021 Kyiv Men's doubles 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Men's doubles 2018 Huelva Men's doubles European Mixed Team Championships 2017 Lubin Mixed team 2015 Leuven Mixed team 2021 Vantaa Mixed team European Men's Team Championships 2020 Liévin Men's team Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Men's doubles
BWF profile

Achievements

European Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan	Vladimir Ivanov	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	8–21, 13–21	Silver
2019	Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus	Vladimir Ivanov	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	17–21, 17–21	Bronze

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia	Vladimir Ivanov	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	21–13, 21–16	Gold
2016	Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Vladimir Ivanov	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	19–21, 21–15, 16–17 retired	Bronze
2018	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Vladimir Ivanov	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	11–21, 21–19, 19–21	Bronze
2021	Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine	Vladimir Ivanov	Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel	Walkover	Gold

Summer Universiade

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Tennis Academy, Kazan, Russia	Vladimir Ivanov	Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae	21–13, 13–21, 13–21	Silver

BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[7]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Dutch Open	Super 100	Vladimir Ivanov	Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Emil Seidel	21–19, 21–16	Winner
2020	Denmark Open	Super 750	Vladimir Ivanov	Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	22–20, 17–21, 18–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (1 title)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[8] 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.^[9] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	All England Open	Vladimir Ivanov	Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	21–23, 21–18, 21–16	Winner

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (8 titles, 8 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 doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Russian Open	Vladimir Ivanov	Vitalij Durkin Aleksandr Nikolaenko	11–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2009	Russian Open	Vladimir Ivanov	Vitalij Durkin Aleksandr Nikolaenko	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2010	Russian Open	Vladimir Ivanov	Vitalij Durkin Aleksandr Nikolaenko	21–17, 10–21, 21–18	Winner
2012	Russian Open	Vladimir Ivanov	Vitalij Durkin Aleksandr Nikolaenko	21–18, 21–15	Winner
2012	Macau Open	Vladimir Ivanov	Lee Sheng-mu Tsai Chia-hsin	21–14, 17–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2013	Thailand Open	Vladimir Ivanov	Shin Baek-choel Yoo Yeon-seong	21–18, 15–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2013	Russian Open	Vladimir Ivanov	Andrey Ashmarin Vitalij Durkin	21–16, 21–19	Winner
2015	Syed Modi International	Vladimir Ivanov	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	9–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2015	German Open	Vladimir Ivanov	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	20–22, 19–21	Runner-up
2015	Russian Open	Vladimir Ivanov	Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong	22–20, 21–19	Winner
2015	Bitburger Open	Vladimir Ivanov	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2015	U.S. Grand Prix	Vladimir Ivanov	Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong	14–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2016	Russian Open	Vladimir Ivanov	Konstantin Abramov Alexandr Zinchenko	21–15, 21–14	Winner
2017	Russian Open	Vladimir Ivanov	Chooi Kah Ming Low Juan Shen	11–6, 11–9, 11–5	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Russian Open	Tatjana Bibik	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	21–17, 24–22	Winner
2014	Russian Open	Olga Morozova	Ryota Taohata Misato Aratama	12–21, 10–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (14 titles, 7 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	White Nights	Przemysław Wacha	22–20, 21–14	Winner
2010	Kharkiv International	Przemysław Wacha	21–14, 22–20	Winner
2011	Guatemala International	Vladimir Ivanov	21–16, 9–21, 21–18	Winner

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Slovak International	Anton Ivanov	Zvonimir Đurkinjak Jakub Bitman	Walkover	Runner-up
2009	White Nights	Vladimir Ivanov	Vitalij Durkin Aleksandr Nikolaenko	17–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2009	Bulgarian International	Vladimir Ivanov	Kasper Faust Henriksen Anders Kristiansen	11–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2009	Hungarian International	Vladimir Ivanov	Adam Cwalina Wojciech Szkudlarczyk	17–21, 21–13, 26–28	Runner-up
2010	Polish International	Vladimir Ivanov	Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama Wong Wai Hong	21–17, 14–21, 21–14	Winner
2010	Kharkiv International	Vladimir Ivanov	Adam Cwalina Michał Łogosz	26–28, 15–21	Runner-up
2010	Italian International	Vladimir Ivanov	Anthony Clark Chris Langridge	14–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2010	Turkey International	Vladimir Ivanov	Adam Cwalina Michał Łogosz	21–12, 21–18	Winner
2011	Polish Open	Vladimir Ivanov	Adam Cwalina Michał Łogosz	23–21, 21–17	Winner
2011	Kharkiv International	Vladimir Ivanov	Adam Cwalina Michał Łogosz	19–21, 21–19, 21–16	Winner
2011	Guatemala International	Vladimir Ivanov	Adrian Liu Derrick Ng	21–13, 21–16	Winner
2011	Brazil International	Vladimir Ivanov	Adam Cwalina Michał Łogosz	16–21, 21–14, 24–22	Winner
2011	Scottish International	Vladimir Ivanov	Marcus Ellis Peter Mills	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2011	Italian International	Vladimir Ivanov	Vitalij Durkin Aleksandr Nikolaenko	21–16, 21–15	Winner
2012	Swedish Masters	Vladimir Ivanov	Jorrit de Ruiter Dave Khodabux	21–16, 21–9	Winner
2012	Polish Open	Vladimir Ivanov	Adam Cwalina Michał Łogosz	21–11, 21–13	Winner
2012	Finnish Open	Vladimir Ivanov	Nikolaj Nikolaenko Nikolai Ukk	21–10, 21–16	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Hungarian International	Anastasia Prokopenko	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	11–21, 19–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Созонов Иван Андреевич" (in Russian). Стадион. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
2. London 2012 Archived 31 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Badminton - SOZONOV Ivan". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
4. "Marin, Ivanov & Sozonov Make History at the European Championships". Yonex. 28 April 2014. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
5. "'Miracle' win writes new page for Russian badminton". All England Badminton. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
6. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
7. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
8. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
9. "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

• Ivan Sozonov at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Ivan Sozonov at BWFBadminton.com
• Ivan Sozonov at Olympedia
• Ivan Sozonov at Olympics.com