Koen Ridder

Koen Ridder (born 14 March 1985) is a Dutch badminton player.^[1] The left handler Ridder, was a part of the Duinwijck badminton club.^[2] He won the men's doubles title at the National championships in 2009, 2011, and 2013 partnered with Ruud Bosch.^[3] Together with Bosch, they won some international tournaments in Portugal, Belgium, Canada, Slovenia, Norway, Peru and Tahiti. He also played for the Düren 57 club in Germany.^[4] His parents, Rob and Marjan Ridder were also professional badminton players and current top veterans.^[5]

Koen Ridder
Personal information
Country	Netherlands
Born	(1985-03-14) 14 March 1985 (age 39) Haarlem, Netherlands
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Handedness	Left
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	22 (14 November 2013)
BWF profile

Koen Ridder was elected vice-chair of the athlete commission of the BWF for a 4-year term in May 2015. In 2017 Ridder was chosen as Chair by his fellow commission members.^[6] He achieved his personal best world ranking of 22 in 2013. Koen retired as a professional player in 2014 after representing The Netherlands for more than 10 years at international badminton level.^[7]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Portugal International	Ruud Bosch	Rupesh Kumar Sanave Thomas	21–19, 22–20	Winner
2008	Norwegian International	Ruud Bosch	Michael Fuchs Ingo Kindervater	18–21, 21–19, 8–21	Runner-up
2009	Dutch International	Ruud Bosch	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	14–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2009	Belgian International	Ruud Bosch	Marcus Ellis Peter Mills	30–28, 21–12	Winner
2010	Canadian International	Ruud Bosch	Phillip Chew Halim Haryanto	21–13, 21–10	Winner
2010	Slovenian International	Ruud Bosch	Zvonimir Đurkinjak Zvonimir Hölbling	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2010	Spanish International	Ruud Bosch	Peter Käsbauer Oliver Roth	13–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2012	Belgian International	Adam Cwalina	Marcus Ellis Paul van Rietvelde	21–18, 21–17	Winner
2012	Norwegian International	Ruud Bosch	Jacco Arends Jelle Maas	21–18, 20–22, 21–17	Winner
2013	Swedish International	Ruud Bosch	Jacco Arends Jelle Maas	21–16, 16–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2013	Peru International	Ruud Bosch	Phillip Chew Sattawat Pongnairat	21–18, 21–11	Winner
2013	Tahiti International	Ruud Bosch	Laurent Constantin Matthieu Lo Ying Ping	21–13, 21–10	Winner
2014	Norwegian International	Anton Kaisti	Miłosz Bochat Maciej Dąbrowski	21–13, 21–14	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Koen Ridder". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
2. "Koen Ridder". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
3. "Badzine: 'Bosch takes two... again'". Badminton Nederland. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
4. "Koen Ridder" (in German). 1.Badminton-Club Düren 57 e.V. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
5. "Marjan Ridder in eregalerij helden van Haarlem" (in Dutch). Rodi. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
6. "Dutchman Koen Ridder to head Athletes Commission of the BWF". 22 June 2017.
7. "Athletes' Commission | BWF Corporate".

External links

• Koen Ridder at BWFBadminton.com
• Koen Ridder at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)