Nico Ruponen

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Nico Ruponen
Personal information
Birth nameNico Mikael Ruponen
CountrySweden
Born (1989-02-03) 3 February 1989 (age 35)
Täby, Stockholms län, Sweden
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
HandednessLeft
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking248 (MS 22 October 2009)
47 (MD 19 January 2017)
21 (XD 15 December 2016)
BWF profile

Nico Mikael Ruponen (born 3 February 1989) is a Swedish badminton player.[2][3] In 2012, he won the Kharkiv International in the mixed doubles event partnered with Amanda Högström.[4] In 2016, he and Richard Eidestedt had to battle through the qualification round at the Orleans International tournament before reach the finals, finally they won the men's doubles title after beat Hardianto and Haryanto of Indonesia.[5] He also became the runner-up at the 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix tournament in the mixed doubles event with Högström.[6]

Achievements[edit]

BWF Grand Prix[edit]

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.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Canada Open Sweden Amanda Högström Vietnam Đỗ Tuấn Đức
Vietnam Phạm Như Thảo
9–21, 21–10, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series[edit]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Orleans International Sweden Richard Eidestedt Indonesia Hardianto
Indonesia Kenas Adi Haryanto
13–21, 21–12, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Italian International Sweden Richard Eidestedt Germany Jones Ralfy Jansen
Germany Josche Zurwonne
17–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Swedish International Sweden Richard Eidestedt Russia Konstantin Abramov
Russia Alexandr Zinchenko
17–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Kharkiv International Sweden Amanda Högström France Gaëtan Mittelheisser
France Émilie Lefel
23-21, 10-21, 21-16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Finnish Open Sweden Amanda Högström Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Denmark Lena Grebak
24-22, 19-21, 13-21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nico Ruponen (SWE)". National Badminton League. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Players: Nico Ruponen". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Nico Ruponen" (in Swedish). Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Nico Ruponen och Amanda Högström vann i Kharkov" (in Swedish). Täby BM - Badminton. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Maiden title for Eidestedt & Ruponen in Orleans". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Vietnamese pair clinch Canada Open badminton title". VietnamBreakingNews. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

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