Kęstutis Navickas (born January 13, 1984) is a
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
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
. He competed at the
2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Navickas was the bronze medalist at the
2015 Baku European Games in the men's singles event. Currently Navickas serves as Head of Coaches Council in
Lithuanian Badminton Federation. His is as of March 2022 the Singles Head Coach for the French Badminton.
Navickas played in the German club TV Refrath from 2005-2006 after that he change to the team of Gifhon.
He won the
Lithuanian National Badminton Championships in 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008. He competed at the
2006 IBF World Championships
The 2006 IBF World Championships, the 15th tournament of the World Badminton Championships, was held in Madrid, Spain, Madrid, the capital of Spain, from September 18 to 24, 2006.
Host city selection
Aarhus (Denmark) and Madrid (Spain) were the ...
and lost in the second round against
Taufik Hidayat.
In 2025 Kęstutis Navickas won
BEC Award for Coach of the Year.
Kęstutis Navickas pripažintas Europos metų badmintono treneriu
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Achievements
European Games
''Men's singles''
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Men's singles''
''Mixed doubles''
: BWF International Challenge tournament
: BWF International Series tournament
: BWF Future Series tournament
References
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1984 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kaunas
Lithuanian male badminton players
Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players for Lithuania
Badminton players at the 2015 European Games
European Games bronze medalists for Lithuania
European Games medalists in badminton
Lithuanian badminton coaches
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