Erwin Kehlhoffner (born 6 December 1983 in Strasbourg) is a badminton player from France affiliated with ASL Robertsau club.

Career

In the junior event, he won the national singles title in 2002, and also the doubles titles in 2001 and 2002. Kehlhoffner competed at the 2005 World Championships in the men's singles and doubles event, but was defeated in the first round both in singles and doubles event. He also qualified to play at the 2006 World Championships in the men's doubles event with his partner Thomas Quéré, but the duo defeated by the German players in the first round. In 2007 he competed in the men's singles event, and was defeated in the first round by Richard Vaughan of Wales, 21–9, 22–20. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Championships in the men's doubles with Svetoslav Stoyanov. At the same year, he was qualified to participate in the men's singles event at the Olympic Games in Beijing, China. He reach in to the third round after beating Stuart Gomez of Australia and Eli Mambwe of Zambia in the first and second rounds, but was defeated by Chen Jin of China in the third round.

Achievements

European Championships

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Messecenter, Herning, DenmarkFrance Svetoslav StoyanovDenmark Lars Paaske Denmark Jonas Rasmussen20–22, 13–21Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2008Croatian InternationalFinland Ville Lång17–21, 6–21Runner-up
2007North Shore City InternationalNew Zealand John Moody21–16, 21–18Winner

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Bulgarian InternationalFrance Svetoslav StoyanovPoland Robert Mateusiak Poland Michal LogoszWalkoverRunner-up
2005Croatian InternationalFrance Thomas QuéréDenmark Simon Mollyhus Denmark Anders Kristiansen10–15, 15–6, 6–15Runner-up
2003Athens InternationalFrance Thomas QuéréBulgaria Konstantin Dobrev Bulgaria Georgi Petrov10–15, 6–15Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

External links

  • at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
  • at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)