Przemysław Wacha

Przemysław Wacha
Personal information
CountryPoland
Born (1981-01-31) 31 January 1981
Głubczyce, Poland
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking14 (MS 19 July 2007)[1]
19 (MD 26 February 2015)
Medal record
Badminton
Representing  Poland
European Championships
2008 Herning Men's singles
European Mixed Team Championships
2008 Herning Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
2010 Warsaw Men's team
European Junior Championships
1999 Glasgow Boys' doubles
1999 Glasgow Boys' singles
BWF profile

Przemysław Wacha (Polish pronunciation: [pʂɛˈmɨswaf ˈvaxa]; born 31 January 1981) is a Polish badminton player.

Career

Wacha played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the first round to Wong Choong Hann of Malaysia. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships.[2] Wacha also played badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 16 to Bao Chunlai of China. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he didn't qualify from the pool stages.[3] From 2004 to 2010 Wacha won seven consecutive titles at the Polish National Badminton Championships. At the 2016 Rio Olympics Wacha played men's doubles with compatriot Adam Cwalina, but they didn't advance from the group stage.

Achievements

European Championships

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2008 Messecenter, Herning, Denmark Joachim Persson 21–17, 9–21, 10–21 Bronze

European Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1999 Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland Björn Joppien 3–15, 16–17 Bronze

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1999 Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland Piotr Żołądek Mathias Boe
Kasper Kiim Jensen 		3–15, 8–15 Silver

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.

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2007 Dutch Open Kendrick Lee 22–20, 11–21, 18–21 Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 U.S. Grand Prix Adam Cwalina Taiki Shimada
Yoshinori Takeuchi 		21–13, 21–6 Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2000 Slovak International Jacek Niedźwiedzki 15–11, 14–17, 15–10 Winner
2000 Hungarian International Arturo Ruiz 15–11, 15–11 Winner
2002 Polish International Aamir Ghaffar 7–5, 8–7, 7–2 Winner
2002 Croatian International Zhiyuan Liu 7–2, 7–3, 7–3 Winner
2002 Czech International Mark Burgess 9–15, 15–12, 15–7 Winner
2003 Austrian International Aamir Ghaffar 15–10, 15–13 Winner
2004 Austrian International Chien Yu-hsiu 15–13, 11–15, 15–8 Winner
2005 Slovak International Ville Lång 12–15, 15–9, 15–9 Winner
2005 Polish International Arvind Bhat 15–8, 15–7 Winner
2005 Czech International Martin Bille Larsen 13–15, 15–1, 15–4 Winner
2005 Scottish International Kasper Ødum 9–15, 15–8, 15–2 Winner
2006 Polish International Chetan Anand 21–18, 21–12 Winner
2007 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Petr Koukal 21–13, 21–17 Winner
2010 White Nights Ivan Sozonov 20–22, 14–21 Runner-up
2010 Kharkiv International Ivan Sozonov 14–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2010 Bulgarian International Kęstutis Navickas 21–14, 11–21, 21–13 Winner
2010 Italian International Pablo Abián 21–13, 21–16 Winner
2010 Turkey International Eric Pang 21–18, 21–17 Winner
2011 Brazil International Yuhan Tan 21–14, 21–19 Winner
2011 Czech International Petr Koukal 21–19, 21–16 Winner
2011 Bulgarian International Tan Chun Seang 21–11, 11–21, 21–11 Winner
2011 Irish International Rajiv Ouseph 15–21, 5–11 retired Runner-up
2012 Austrian International Yuhan Tan 14–21, 21–15, 21–16 Winner
2012 White Nights Dmytro Zavadsky 21–16, 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2000 Slovak International Piotr Żołądek Per-Henrik Croona
Marcus Janssen 		15–12, 15–6 Winner
2012 Swiss International Adam Cwalina Chris Coles
Matthew Nottingham 		23–21, 21–14 Winner
2013 Polish Open Adam Cwalina Yuya Komatsuzaki
Hiroki Takeuchi 		21–19, 22–24, 21–17 Winner
2013 French International Adam Cwalina Baptiste Carême
Gaëtan Mittelheisser 		21–18, 21–16 Winner
2013 Spanish Open Adam Cwalina Michał Łogosz
Łukasz Moreń 		21–10, 18–21, 21–19 Winner
2013 Kharkiv International Adam Cwalina Kim Astrup
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 		22–20, 15–21, 21–12 Winner
2013 Czech International Adam Cwalina Chen Chung-jen
Wang Chi-lin 		20–22, 22–20, 21–12 Winner
2013 Bulgarian International Adam Cwalina Łukasz Moreń
Wojciech Szkudlarczyk 		16–21, 21–13, 22–24 Runner-up
2013 Irish Open Adam Cwalina Jacco Arends
Jelle Maas 		21–9, 21–6 Winner
2013 Italian International Adam Cwalina Łukasz Moreń
Wojciech Szkudlarczyk 		23–21, 21–17 Winner
2014 Swedish Masters Adam Cwalina Łukasz Moreń
Wojciech Szkudlarczyk 		21–18, 20–22, 21–15 Winner
2014 Polish Open Adam Cwalina Nikita Khakimov
Vasily Kuznetsov 		21–10, 21–11 Winner
2014 Orléans International Adam Cwalina Bastian Kersaudy
Gaëtan Mittelheisser 		13–21, 21–17, 21–18 Winner
2014 Spanish Open Adam Cwalina Łukasz Moreń
Wojciech Szkudlarczyk 		21–9, 15–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2014 Polish International Adam Cwalina Daniel Benz
Jones Ralfy Jansen 		11–8, 6–11, 11–5, 8–11, 11–9 Winner
2014 Czech International Adam Cwalina Łukasz Moreń
Wojciech Szkudlarczyk 		21–15, 21–15 Winner
2014 Irish Open Adam Cwalina Max Schwenger
Josche Zurwonne 		12–21, 21–10, 21–18 Winner
2015 Swedish Masters Adam Cwalina Kim Astrup
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 		15–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2015 Polish Open Adam Cwalina Kenta Kazuno
Kazushi Yamada 		19–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2015 Orléans International Adam Cwalina Matthew Nottingham
Harley Towler 		12–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2015 Peru International Adam Cwalina Lucas Claerbout
Lucas Corvée 		21–18, 21–11 Winner
2015 Spanish International Adam Cwalina Kasper Antonsen
Oliver Babic 		21–17, 21–14 Winner
2015 Lagos International Adam Cwalina Manu Attri
B. Sumeeth Reddy 		17–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2015 Kharkiv International Adam Cwalina Bodin Isara
Nipitphon Phuangphuapet 		18–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2015 Belgian International Adam Cwalina Manu Attri
B. Sumeeth Reddy 		20–22, 21–19, 20–22 Runner-up
2015 Czech Open Adam Cwalina Manu Attri
B. Sumeeth Reddy 		19–21, 22–20, 21–14 Winner
2015 Welsh International Adam Cwalina Marcus Ellis
Chris Langridge 		16–21, 21–16, 16–21 Runner-up
2015 Irish Open Adam Cwalina Raphael Beck
Peter Käsbauer 		16–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2015 Mersin Turkey International Adam Cwalina Kasper Antonsen
Niclas Nøhr 		16–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2016 Brazil International Adam Cwalina Alwin Francis
Tarun Kona 		21–15, 21–16 Winner
2016 Finnish Open Adam Cwalina Mathias Christiansen
David Daugaard 		23–21, 12–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2016 Peru International Adam Cwalina Manu Attri
B. Sumeeth Reddy 		21–19, 18–21, 30–28 Winner
2016 Tahiti International Adam Cwalina Phillip Chew
Sattawat Pongnairat 		9–5 retired Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ IBF Historical Ranking - MENS SINGLES
  2. ^ "2008 European Championships winners". tournamentsoftware.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2008.
  3. ^ "Przemysław Wacha at sports-reference.com". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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