Björn Joppien (born 30 January 1981) is a male

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player from

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

Career

Joppien played

badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Goudi Olympic Hall at the Goudi Olympic Complex from 14 August through 21 August. Both men and women competed in their own singles and doubles events and together they competed in a mixed do ...

in men's singles, defeating Kasperi Salo of

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

in the first round. In the round of 16, Joppien was defeated by

Ronald Susilo Ronald Susilo (; born 6 June 1979) is a Singaporean former badminton player. Susilo was ranked sixth, his highest ranking, in 2004. Susilo started his badminton career at age 19 and had represented Singapore since 2002. He represented Singapor ...

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

. In 2007 Joppien won the Men's Singles at the

German National Badminton Championships The German National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in Germany. The tournament started in 1953 in West Germany, and in 1961 in East Germany. Past winners West Germany East Germany Germany ...

. In 2010 Joppien retired from professional Badminton because he had recurrent back problems.

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* * * * 1981 births Living people German male badminton players Olympic badminton players for Germany Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-badminton-bio-stub