Erwin Kehlhoffner (born 6 December 1983 in Strasbourg) is a

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player from

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affiliated with ASL Robertsau club.

Career

In the junior event, he won the national singles title in 2002, and also the doubles titles in 2001 and 2002. Kehlhoffner competed at the 2005 World Championships in the men's singles and doubles event, but was defeated in the first round both in singles and doubles event. He also qualified to play at the 2006 World Championships in the men's doubles event with his partner Thomas Quéré, but the duo defeated by the German players in the first round. In

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he competed in the men's singles event, and was defeated in the first round by Richard Vaughan of Wales, 21–9, 22–20. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Championships in the men's doubles with

Svetoslav Stoyanov Svetoslav Stoyanov ( bg, Светослав Стоянов) (born 10 July 1976) is a male badminton player originally from Bulgaria, but later competed for France. Stoyanov competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles ...

. At the same year, he was qualified to participate in the men's singles event at the

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in Beijing, China. He reach in to the third round after beating

Stuart Gomez Stuart Gomez(born 15 November 1982 in Sydney) is a male badminton player from Australia. Gomez played the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's singles, and was defeated in the first round by Muhammad Hafiz Hashim, of Malaysia, 21–8, 21–7 ...

of Australia and

Eli Mambwe Eli Mambwe (born July 18, 1982, in Kalulushi) is a Zambian badminton player. He won a silver medal for the men's singles at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria, losing out to the host nation's Nabil Lasmari. At the 2006 Commonwealt ...

of Zambia in the first and second rounds, but was defeated by Chen Jin of China in the third round.

Achievements

European Championships

''Men's doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament

References

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* * 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Strasbourg French male badminton players Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for France 21st-century French people {{France-badminton-bio-stub