Jan Colin Völker (born 26 February 1998) is a German
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.
Career
In 2018, Völker triumphed with his victories at the
KaBal International and the
St. Petersburg White Nights, winning international competitions for the first time.
The next year, Völker was successful in men's doubles at the
Italian International
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, was included in the German national team's perspective squad, and became runner-up at
2019 European Men's Team Championships.
On the national level, Völker became the German champion in men's doubles in 2020 and 2021, after already standing on the podium in the two previous years. Alongside
Stine Küspert, he reached the finals of the
Ukraine Open and the
Portugal International
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the following year. Additionally, Völker defended the national men's doubles title with
Jones Ralfy Jansen and finished second in mixed doubles.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 7 runners-up)
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
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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
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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
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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
External links
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1998 births
Living people
German male badminton players
21st-century German sportsmen