Badminton player
| Zvonimir Đurkinjak | |||||||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Country |  Croatia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1988-06-02) 2 June 1988 (age 36) Zagreb, Croatia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||
| Men's singles & doubles | |||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 74 (MS 25 January 2019) 52 (MD 20 October 2011) 41 (XD 26 May 2011) | ||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 116 (MS 13 August 2019) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zvonimir Đurkinjak (born 2 June 1988) is a Croatian badminton player who plays for the Medvedgrad 1998 badminton club.
Career
Đurkinjak started playing badminton when he was 10. At the Croatian National Badminton Championships he won the men's singles and mixed doubles title nine times from 2005, and eight times in the men's doubles event from 2004. He won gold medal at the Mersin 2013 Mediterranean Games in the men's doubles event partnered with Zvonimir Hölbling. In 2015, he competed at the European Games in the men's singles and doubles event.
Achievements
Mediterranean Games
Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey | Zvonimir Hölbling
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 Emre Arslan Hüseyin Oruç
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21–15, 21–9 |  Gold
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BWF International Challenge/Series
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Bulgarian Open |  Lakshya Sen
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21–18, 12–21, 17–21 |  Runner-up
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| 2017 | Croatian International |  Kasper Lehikoinen
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14–21, 16–21 | Runner-up
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| 2015 | Czech Open |  Marc Zwiebler
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24–26, 11–21 | Runner-up
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| 2014 | Hungarian International |  Kasper Dinesen
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11–9, 9–11, 3–11, 4–11 | Runner-up
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Men's doubles
Winner
Mixed doubles
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
National championships
- 2004 – men's doubles with Luka Zdenjak
- 2005 – mixed doubles with Andrea Žvorc
- 2006 – men's doubles with Luka Zdenjak & mixed doubles with Staša Poznanović
- 2007 – men's singles, men's doubles with Luka Zdenjak & mixed doubles with Staša Poznanović
- 2008 – men's doubles with Luka Zdenjak & mixed doubles with Staša Poznanović
- 2009 – men's singles
- 2010 – men's singles & mixed doubles with Staša Poznanović
- 2011 – men's singles & mixed doubles with Staša Poznanović
- 2012 – men's singles & mixed doubles with Staša Poznanović
- 2013 – men's singles, men's doubles with Filip Špoljarec & mixed doubles with Staša Poznanović
- 2014 – men's singles, men's doubles with Filip Špoljarec & mixed doubles with Matea Čiča
- 2015 – men's singles & men's doubles with Filip Špoljarec
- 2016 – men's singles & men's doubles with Filip Špoljarec
References
- "Players: Zvonimir Durkinjak". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 15 May 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ^ "Athletes: Zvonimir Durkinjak". baku2015.com. Baku 2015. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - "Zvonimir Đurkinjak". badminton-zagreb.hr (in Croatian). Badminton Zagreb. Archived from the original on 20 January 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- "Đurkinjak i Holbling osvojili zlato" [Đurkinjak and Holbling won gold]. hoo.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
External links
- Zvonimir Đurkinjak at BWFBadminton.com
- Zvonimir Đurkinjak at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
- Zvonimir Đurkinjak at the Baku 2015 European Games (archived)
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Croatian male badminton players
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia
- Mediterranean Games medalists in badminton
- Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- European Games competitors for Croatia
- Badminton players at the 2015 European Games
- Badminton players at the 2019 European Games
- Sportspeople from Zagreb
- 21st-century Croatian people