Stanislav Yevgenyevich Pukhov (; born 28 June 1977 in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

) is a Russian badminton player. He is a five-time national champion in the men's singles (1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2007), and also, defeated France's Arif Rasidi for the championship title and a consolation prize of $10,000 in the same division at the 2005 French Open in

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. Pukhov qualified for the men's singles at the

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, after he was ranked sixtieth in the world by the

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. He received a bye for the second preliminary round before losing out to Lithuania's

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, with a score of 12–21 and 17–21.

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by

(BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. ''Men's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament :

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& IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (13 titles, 7 runners-up)

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

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. ...

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. ...

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

External links

NBC 2008 Olympics profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pukhov, Stanislav 1977 births Living people Badminton players from Moscow Russian male badminton players Olympic badminton players for Russia Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics