Roland Maywald (born 1948) is a former 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 who won numerous (West) German national and other European titles from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s.

Career

Though he won the German national singles title in 1974, Maywald was primarily a doubles specialist. He was particularly successful internationally in men's doubles with Willi Braun, whose fast forecourt racket complemented Maywald's steady all-court play. Braun and Maywald won the biennial

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consecutively in 1972 and 1974. They were thrice semifinalists at the prestigious

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(1971,1975 and 1976) and won the U.S. Open men's doubles in 1976."open championships", ''Badminton USA'', May 1976, 6. He also won two bronze medals at the

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when badminton was played as a demonstration sport. Maywald also shared a number of mixed doubles titles in Europe with various partners. In

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he reached the final of mixed doubles at the All-England with

Brigitte Steden Brigitte Gertrud Steden also known as Brigitte Potthoff and Brigitte Pickartz (16 March 1949 – 14 April 1999) was a badminton player from Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Euro ...

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* German male badminton players 1948 births Living people People from Emmerich am Rhein Badminton players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Düsseldorf (region) {{Germany-badminton-bio-stub