Ingo Kindervater

Ingo Kindervater (born 1 January 1979) is a retired badminton player from Germany and now the Head of Performance for Badminton Scotland.

Career

Ingo was the men's doubles bronze medallist at the 2008 European Championships partnered with Kristof Hopp, and in 2010 with Michael Fuchs.

In 2012, he qualified for the London Olympics with Johannes Schöttler after gaining 43529.339 points during the qualifying period and reaching 18th in the BWF World Ranking. On 23 July the draw was conducted and Kindervater and Schöttler were placed in Group A alongside Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng, Fang Chieh Min/Lee Sheng Mu, and Ross Smith/Glenn Warfe.

He won the 2012 Bitburger Open in the men's doubles with his partner Johannes Schöttler after beating Chris Langridge and Peter Mills 21–15, 21–11.

After retiring in 2013, Kindervater finished his diploma in Economics before becoming National Doubles Coach for the German Badminton Association. Kindervater supported the German Badminton Olympic Team as a coach in the Rio 2016 Olympics.

After 6 years in this position, Ingo relocated to Edinburgh, Scotland, where he took the post of Head of Performance with Badminton Scotland.

Achievements

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England	Template:Flagicon Michael Fuchs	Template:Flagicon Lars Paaske Template:Flagicon Jonas Rasmussen	10–21, 12–21	Bronze Bronze
2008	Messecenter, Herning, Denmark	Template:Flagicon Kristof Hopp	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen Template:Flagicon Martin Lundgaard Hansen	23–21, 16–21, 8–21	Bronze Bronze

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	French Open	Template:Flagicon Johannes Schöttler	Template:Flagicon Mathias Boe Template:Flagicon Carsten Mogensen	15–21, 9–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Bitburger Open	Template:Flagicon Johannes Schöttler	Template:Flagicon Chris Langridge Template:Flagicon Peter Mills	21–15, 21–11	Winner
2011	Dutch Open	Template:Flagicon Johannes Schöttler	Template:Flagicon Adam Cwalina Template:Flagicon Michal Logosz	19–21, 21–19, 14–21	Runner-up
2010	Bitburger Open	Template:Flagicon Johannes Schöttler	Template:Flagicon Mathias Boe Template:Flagicon Carsten Mogensen	16–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2009	Dutch Open	Template:Flagicon Michael Fuchs	Template:Flagicon Kristof Hopp Template:Flagicon Johannes Schöttler	15–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2007	Russian Open	Template:Flagicon Kristof Hopp	Template:Flagicon Shintaro Ikeda Template:Flagicon Shuichi Sakamoto	21–16, 22–20	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Dutch Open	Template:Flagicon Kathrin Piotrowski	Template:Flagicon Robert Mateusiak Template:Flagicon Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	5–15, 5–15	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Morocco International	Template:Flagicon Johannes Schöttler	Template:Flagicon Michael Fuchs Template:Flagicon Oliver Roth	21–15, 21–19	Winner
2010	Norwegian International	Template:Flagicon Johannes Schöttler	Template:Flagicon Marcus Ellis Template:Flagicon Peter Mills	21–17, 23–21	Winner
2010	Belgian International	Template:Flagicon Johannes Schöttler	Template:Flagicon Michael Fuchs Template:Flagicon Oliver Roth	Walkover	Winner
2008	Norwegian International	Template:Flagicon Michael Fuchs	Template:Flagicon Ruud Bosch Template:Flagicon Koen Ridder	21–18, 19–21, 21–8	Winner
2008	European Circuit Finals	Template:Flagicon Kristof Hopp	Template:Flagicon Wouter Claes Template:Flagicon Frederic Mawet	16–21, 21–14, 21–16	Winner
2008	Dutch International	Template:Flagicon Kristof Hopp	Template:Flagicon Rasmus Bonde Template:Flagicon Kasper Faust Henriksen	13–21, 21–16, 21–18	Winner
2007	Belgian International	Template:Flagicon Kristof Hopp	Template:Flagicon Michael Fuchs Template:Flagicon Roman Spitko	25–27, 21–15, 21–7 Retired	Winner
2007	Turkey International	Template:Flagicon Kristof Hopp	Template:Flagicon Johannes Schöttler Template:Flagicon Tim Dettmann	12–21, 21–18, 22–20	Winner
2007	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Template:Flagicon Kristof Hopp	Template:Flagicon Mathias Boe Template:Flagicon Carsten Mogensen	24–22, 12–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2006	Dutch International	Template:Flagicon Kristof Hopp	Template:Flagicon Michael Fuchs Template:Flagicon Roman Spitko	21–10, 21–11	Winner
2006	Austrian International	Template:Flagicon Tim Dettmann	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Koch Template:Flagicon Peter Zauner	18–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2005	Norwegian International	Template:Flagicon Kristof Hopp	Template:Flagicon Vidre Wibowo Template:Flagicon Imam Sodikin	12–15, 7–15	Runner-up
2005	Belgian International	Template:Flagicon Kristof Hopp	Template:Flagicon Michael Fuchs Template:Flagicon Roman Spitko	15–6, 15–10	Winner
2005	Dutch International	Template:Flagicon Kristof Hopp	Template:Flagicon Michael Fuchs Template:Flagicon Roman Spitko	15–8, 15–6	Winner
2004	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Template:Flagicon Kristof Hopp	Template:Flagicon Rupesh Kumar Template:Flagicon Sanave Thomas	7–15, 13–15	Runner-up
2004	Norwegian International	Template:Flagicon Kristof Hopp	Template:Flagicon David Lindley Template:Flagicon Kristian Roebuck	15–14, 15–13	Winner
2003	Carebaco International	Template:Flagicon Björn Siegemund	Template:Flagicon Keishi Kawaguchi Template:Flagicon Tōru Matsumoto	10–15, 15–10, 17–15	Winner
2003	Mauritius International	Template:Flagicon Björn Siegemund	Template:Flagicon Shuichi Nakao Template:Flagicon Shuichi Sakamoto	9–15, 15–17	Runner-up
2001	Iceland International	Template:Flagicon Jochen Cassel	Template:Flagicon Helgi Jóhannesson Template:Flagicon Njörður Ludvigsson	0–7, 8–6, 7–4, 7–1	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Belgian International	Template:Flagicon Kathrin Piotrowski	Template:Flagicon Chris Langridge Template:Flagicon Joanne Nicholas	17–21, 21–15, 23–25	Runner-up
2007	Turkey International	Template:Flagicon Kathrin Piotrowski	Template:Flagicon Kristof Hopp Template:Flagicon Birgit Overzier	21–18, 21–15	Winner
2007	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Template:Flagicon Kathrin Piotrowski	Template:Flagicon Kristof Hopp Template:Flagicon Birgit Overzier	21–12, 16–21, 21–14	Winner
2007	Spanish International	Template:Flagicon Kathrin Piotrowski	Template:Flagicon Joachim Fischer Nielsen Template:Flagicon Britta Andersen	24–22, 20–22, 21–23	Runner-up
2006	Austrian International	Template:Flagicon Kathrin Piotrowski	Template:Flagicon Tim Dettmann Template:Flagicon Sandra Marinello	21–17, 22–20	Winner
2005	Dutch International	Template:Flagicon Kathrin Piotrowski	Template:Flagicon Fredrik Bergström Template:Flagicon Johanna Persson	4–15, 13–15	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

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