Ingo Kindervater


Ingo Kindervater is a retired badminton player from Germany and now the Head of Performance for Badminton Scotland.

Career

Ingo was the men's doubles bronze medallist at the 2008 European Championships partnered with Kristof Hopp, and in 2010 with Michael Fuchs.
In 2012, he qualified for the London Olympics with Johannes Schöttler after gaining 43529.339 points during the qualifying period and reaching 18th in the BWF World Ranking. On July 23, the draw was conducted and Kindervater and Schöttler were placed in Group A alongside Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng, Fang Chieh Min/Lee Sheng Mu, and Ross Smith/Glenn Warfe.
He won the 2012 Bitburger Open in the men's doubles with his partner Johannes Schöttler after beating Chris Langridge and Peter Mills 21–15, 21–11.
After retiring in 2013, Kindervater finished his diploma in Economics before becoming National Doubles Coach for the German Badminton Association. Kindervater supported the German Badminton Olympic Team as a coach in the Rio 2016 Olympics.
After 6 years in this position, Ingo relocated to Edinburgh, Scotland, where he took the post of Head of Performance with Badminton Scotland.

Achievements

European Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Manchester Evening News Arena,
Manchester, England
Michael Fuchs Lars Paaske
Jonas Rasmussen
10–21, 12–21 Bronze
2008Messecenter,
Herning, Denmark
Kristof Hopp Jens Eriksen
Martin Lundgaard Hansen
23–21, 16–21, 8–21 Bronze

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010French Open Johannes Schöttler Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
15–21, 9–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012Bitburger Open Johannes Schöttler Chris Langridge
Peter Mills
21–15, 21–11 Winner
2011Dutch Open Johannes Schöttler Adam Cwalina
Michal Logosz
19–21, 21–19, 14–21 Runner-up
2010Bitburger Open Johannes Schöttler Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
16–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2009Dutch Open Michael Fuchs Kristof Hopp
Johannes Schöttler
15–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2007Russian Open Kristof Hopp Shuichi Sakamato
Shintaro Ikeda
21–16, 22–20 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005Dutch Open Kathrin Piotrowski Robert Mateusiak
Nadieżda Kostiuczyk
5–15, 5–15 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011Morocco International Johannes Schöttler Michael Fuchs
Oliver Roth
21–15, 21–19 Winner
2010Norwegian International Johannes Schöttler Marcus Ellis
Peter Mills
21–17, 23–21 Winner
2010Belgian International Johannes Schöttler Michael Fuchs
Oliver Roth
Walkover Winner
2008Norwegian International Michael Fuchs Ruud Bosch
Koen Ridder
21–18, 19–21, 21–8 Winner
2008European Circuit Finals Kristof Hopp Wouter Claes
Frederic Mawet
16–21, 21–14, 21–16 Winner
2008Dutch International Kristof Hopp Rasmus Bonde
Kasper Faust Henriksen
13–21, 21–16, 21–18 Winner
2007Belgian International Kristof Hopp Michael Fuchs
Roman Spitko
25–27, 21–15, 21–7 Retired Winner
2007Turkey International Kristof Hopp Johannes Schöttler
Tim Dettmann
12–21, 21–18, 22–20 Winner
2007Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Kristof Hopp Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
24–22, 12–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2006Dutch International Kristof Hopp Michael Fuchs
Roman Spitko
21–10, 21–11 Winner
2006Austrian International Tim Dettmann Jürgen Koch
Peter Zauner
18–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2005Norwegian International Kristof Hopp Vidre Wibowo
Imam Sodikin
12–15, 7–15 Runner-up
2005Belgian International Kristof Hopp Michael Fuchs
Roman Spitko
15–6, 15–10 Winner
2005Dutch International Kristof Hopp Michael Fuchs
Roman Spitko
15–8, 15–6 Winner
2004Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Kristof Hopp Rupesh Kumar
Sanave Thomas
7–15, 13–15 Runner-up
2004Norwegian International Kristof Hopp David Lindley
Kristian Roebuck
15–14, 15–13 Winner
2003Carebaco International Björn Siegemund Keishi Kawaguchi
Toru Matsumoto
10–15, 15–10, 17–15 Winner
2003Mauritius International Björn Siegemund Shuichi Nakao
Shuichi Sakamoto
9–15, 15–17 Runner-up
2001Iceland International Jochen Cassel Helgi Jóhannesson
Njörður Ludvigsson
0–7, 8–6, 7–4, 7–1 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Belgian International Kathrin Piotrowski Chris Langridge
Joanne Nicholas
17–21, 21–15, 23–25 Runner-up
2007Turkey International Kathrin Piotrowski Kristof Hopp
Birgit Overzier
21–18, 21–15 Winner
2007Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Kathrin Piotrowski Kristof Hopp
Birgit Overzier
21–12, 16–21, 21–14 Winner
2007Spanish International Kathrin Piotrowski Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Britta Andersen
24–22, 20–22, 21–23 Runner-up
2006Austrian International Kathrin Piotrowski Tim Dettmann
Sandra Marinello
21–17, 22–20 Winner
2005Dutch International Kathrin Piotrowski Fredrik Bergström
Johanna Persson
4–15, 13–15 Runner-up