Felix Burestedt

Felix Jacob Burestedt (born 26 February 1995) is a Swedish badminton player. Trained at the Halmstad BMK, Burestedt made his international debut in 2013, and entered the Badminton Europe Centre of Excellence (CoE) in 2017.[3] He won his first international title at the 2018 Lithuanian International in the men's singles event.[4] He competed at the 2019 European Games,[2] and also at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]

Felix Burestedt
Personal information
Birth nameFelix Jacob Burestedt
CountrySweden
Born (1995-02-26) 26 February 1995
Ängelholm, Sweden
ResidenceVellinge, Sweden[1]
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Weight80 kg (176 lb)[2]
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Highest ranking56 (21 January 2020)
Current ranking72 (31 January 2023)
BWF profile

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 Portuguese International Denmark Rasmus Messerschmidt 18–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Lithuanian International Poland Michał Rogalski 21–12, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Portuguese International Malaysia Soo Teck Zhi 21–23, 21–8, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Azerbaijan International Denmark Rasmus Gemke 13–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2020 Swedish Open Denmark Victor Svendsen 8–18 Retired 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References
  1. "Felix Jacob Burestedt" (in Swedish). Mrkoll.se. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. "Burestedt Felix". Minsk 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  3. "Felix Burestedt". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  4. Raftery, Alan (10 June 2018). "Felix Burestedt victorious. One for the BEC Centre of Excellence". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  5. Appelqvist, Viktor (25 July 2021). "Felix föll mot världsfyran i OS-premiären" (in Swedish). Badminton Sweden. Retrieved 7 April 2022.


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