Wouter Claes


Wouter Claes is a male left-handed Belgian badminton player. He won 20 Belgian titles, 10 in men's doubles with Fréderic Mawet and Ruud Kuijten, 10 in 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. He won a bronze medal in mixed doubles 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.

Achievements

European Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Manchester Evening News Arena,
Manchester, England
Nathalie Descamps Thomas Laybourn
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
8–21, 14–21 Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

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

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