Zvonimir Hölbling
Personal information
Country Croatia
Born (1989-08-03) 3 August 1989
Zagreb, Croatia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Men's
Highest ranking301 (MS) 21 January 2010
52 (MD) 20 October 2011
255 (XD) 18 March 2010
Medal record
Men's Badminton
Representing  Croatia
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2013 MersinMen's doubles
BWF profile

Zvonimir Hölbling (born 3 August 1989) is a Croatian male badminton player who plays for the Medvedgrad 1998 badminton club and also BV Mülheim in Germany.[1][2]

Personal life

He was educated at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing.[3]

Career

Zvonimir started playing badminton at age 10 and competed in various junior international tournaments throughout his teenage years where he achieved a lot of great results that put him to the top of the European junior circuit ranking. Since his junior days, he has had a lot of great results and won tournaments in men's doubles on the international tour with his partner Zvonimir Đurkinjak.[3] He competed at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin,[4] where he won gold medal in men's doubles tournament making a historic success for Croatian badminton.[5] In 2015, he competed at the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.[3]

Achievements

Mediterranean Games

Men's Doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak Turkey Emre Arslan
Turkey Hüseyin Oruç
21-15, 21-9 Gold Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Croatian International Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak Croatia Igor Cimbur
Thailand Samatcha Tovannakasem
21–17, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Romanian International Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak Malaysia Ong Yew Sin
Malaysia Teo Ee Yi
13–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Slovenian International Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak Germany Johannes Pistorius
Germany Marvin Emil Seidel
21–14, 16–21, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Romanian International Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak Poland Milosz Bochat
Poland Pawel Pietryja
11–9, 11–8, 11–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Hungarian International Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak Denmark Andreas Berthelsen
Denmark Kasper Dinesen
10–11, 11–9, 10–11, 11–4, 11–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Slovenian International Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak Russia Nikita Khakimov
Russia Vasily Kuznetsov
21–15, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Romanian International Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak France Bastian Kersaudy
France Gaetan Mittelheisser
21–12, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Croatian International Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak Indonesia Christopher Rusdianto
Indonesia Trikusuma Wardhana
14–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Hungarian International Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak Netherlands Ruud Bosch
Netherlands Jim Middelburg
21-17, 19–21, 16-21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Slovenian International Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak Germany Andreas Heinz
Germany Jones Rafli Jansen
17-21, 21–17, 21-12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Croatian International Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak Netherlands Jacco Arends
Netherlands Jelle Maas
16–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Hungarian International Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak Poland Lukasz Moren
Poland Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
21-18, 21-18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Slovenian International Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak Netherlands Ruud Bosch
Netherlands Koen Ridder
17-21, 15-21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Portugal International Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak Denmark Martin Kragh
Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
18-21, 14-21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Croatian International Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak Wales Joe Morgan
Wales James Phillips
14-21, 21–19, 20-22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Turkiye International Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak Sweden Joel Johansson-Berg
Indonesia Imam Sodikin
Walkover 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

National championships

  • 2009 – men's doubles with Igor Čimbur
  • 2010 – men's doubles with Igor Čimbur
  • 2011 – men's doubles with Igor Čimbur
  • 2012 – men's doubles with Igor Čimbur
  • 2015 – mixed doubles with Matea Čiča
  • 2016 – mixed doubles with Matea Čiča

References

  1. "Players: Zvonimir Hoelbling". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. "Zvonimir Hölbling". www.1-bv-muelheim.de (in German). BV Mülheim. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Athletes: Zvonimir Hoelbling". www.baku2015.com. Baku 2015. Archived from the original on April 17, 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "Odluka izbornika Saveza – MI 2013" (in Croatian). Hrvatski Badmintonski Savez. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  5. "Hrvatski badminton do povijesnog uspjeha, Đurkinjak i Holbling uzeli zlato na MI" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
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