Henri Mikael Hurskainen (born 13 September 1986) is a
Swedish 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 who competed for Sweden at the
2012
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and
2016 Summer Olympics
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.
Hurskainen has won several gold and silver medals in badminton championships. Hurskainen was born in
Emmaboda
Emmaboda () is a locality and the seat of Emmaboda Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden. It had 4,824 inhabitants in 2010.
History
Until 1875, Emmaboda was called Gantesbo. Back then there were only two houses in Gantesbo, which both remain to thi ...
,
Sweden
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,
to
Finnish parents who had moved to Sweden in the 1980s.
Achievements
European Championships
''Men's Singles''
BWF Grand Prix
The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as
Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by
Badminton World Federation
The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member ...
(BWF) since 2007.
''Men's Singles''
:
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
:
BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Men's singles''
:
BWF International Challenge
The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
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tournament
:
BWF International Series
The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
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tournament
:
BWF Future Series
The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...
tournament
References
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Swedish male badminton players
Olympic badminton players for Sweden
Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
People from Emmaboda Municipality
1986 births
Living people
Swedish people of Finnish descent
Sportspeople from Kalmar County
21st-century Swedish sportsmen
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