Pablo Abián


Pablo Abián Vicen is a badminton player from Spain. He was the men's singles gold medalists at the 2015 European Games and 2018 Mediterranean Games.

Olympic Games

2008 (Beijing, China)

He competed in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's singles and was defeated in the first round by Kęstutis Navickas, 23–21, 12–21, 21–9.

2012 (London, Great Britain)

He competed in badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's singles. He was the first Spanish man to win a match at an Olympic Games. He won in the first round against Petr Koukal, 21–17, 16–21, 21–16, then he lost in the next match, against gold medal Athens Olympics Taufik Hidayat, 20–22, 11–21 after having notable performance in first set earning set point but putting a relatively easy smash into the net.

2016 (Rio, Brasil)

In group stage won first match 21–12 and 21–10 against Jaspar Yu Woon Chai, and lost second encounter 18–21 and 19–21 to Hu Yun after having good lead in both sets.

World Championships

2006 (Madrid, Spain)

Pablo Abián played in the 2006 IBF World Championships in the men's singles, and he was defeated in first round by Andrew Smith of England, 21–15, 21–13.

2007 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

The following year he competed at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's singles again. In the first round he beat Luka Petrič 21–9, 29–27. In the second round he was beaten by Simon Santoso, of Indonesia, 21–18, 21–15.

2010 (Paris, France)

Pablo Abián competed at the 2010 BWF World Championships in men's singles. In the first round he won against Magnus Sahlberg by 21–15, 21–16. In the second round he was beaten by Marc Zwiebler by 21–17, 21–18.

2011 (London, England)

Pablo Abián played the 2011 BWF World Championships in men's singles. In the first round he beat Yuhan Tan by 16–21, 21–17, 21–15. In the second round he won against Marc Zwiebler in an exciting match by 21–17, 7–21, 24–22. In the last sixteen he lost against Kevin Cordón 19–21, 21–19, 17–21.

2013 (Guangzhou, China)

Pablo Abián played the 2013 BWF World Championships in men's singles. In the first round he won against Osleni Guerrero by 21–14, 23–21. In the second round he beat Ajay Jayaram by 21–9, 21–17. In the last sixteen he lost against Nguyễn Tiến Minh 21–15, 9–21, 10–21.

European Championships

In 2008 Pablo Abián was 5th in the European Championship. In the first round he beat Atli Jóhannesson by 21–12, 21–8. In the second round he beath Aamir Ghaffar by 22–20, 21–19. In the last sixteen he beat Steinar Klausen 21–8, 21–9. In the quarter-finals he lost against Przemysław Wacha 11–21, 17–21.
Pablo Abián played at the Master European Circuit Finals in 2010, he lost in the final against Rune Ulsing.
Pablo Abián finished first in the European Ranking in the season 2010/2011.

World University Championships, Universiade Games and Mediterranean Games

Pablo Abián reached 5th place in the 2010 World University Championship.
He achieved 5th place in the 2011 Summer Universiade. He lost in the quarter-final against Wen Kai by 12–21, 21–23.
Pablo Abián won the silver medal at the 2012 World University Championship. He lost the final against Wen Kai by 16–21, 8–21.
He won the silver medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games played in Mersin.

Achievements

European Games

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2015Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan Emil Holst21–12, 23–21 Gold

Mediterranean Games

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2018El Morell Pavilion, Tarragona, Spain Lucas Corvée21–23, 21–15, 21–17 Gold
2013Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey Brice Leverdez17–21, 21–23 Silver

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2015Brasil Open Lin Dan13–21, 17–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (27 titles, 14 runners-up)

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2020Austrian Open Max Weißkirchen20–22, 15–21 Runner-up
2019Irish Open Toma Junior Popov10–21, 22–24 Runner-up
2019Hungarian International Victor Svendsen17–21, 21–15, 21–12 Winner
2019Algeria International Ade Resky Dwicahyo21–8, 21–6 Winner
2018White Nights Ajay Jayaram11–21, 21–16, 21–17 Winner
2018Slovenian International Toby Penty18–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2017Italian International Lars Schaenzler18–21, 21–16, 21–14 Winner
2017Hungarian International Victor Svendsen13–21, 21–15, 12–21 Runner-up
2017White Nights Thomas Rouxel15–21, 21–15, 21–18 Winner
2017Austrian Open Kanta Tsuneyama10–21, 21–12, 11–21 Runner-up
2016Welsh International Kieran Merrilees21–16, 21–16 Winner
2016Czech International Fabian Roth10–21, 21–17, 21–15 Winner
2016Dutch International Kieran Merrilees21–16, 21–15 Winner
2015Chile International Challenge Ernesto Velázquez21–14, 21–17 Winner
2015Bulgarian International Gurusai Dutt21–17, 16–21, 21–19 Winner
2015Spanish International Rasmus Fladberg21–16, 13–21, 21–10 Winner
2015Swedish Masters Rajiv Ouseph15–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2014Guatemala International Kevin Cordón4–11, 11–8, 11–5, 11–10 Winner
2014Orleans International Vladimir Malkov21–16, 19–21, 22–20 Winner
2013Welsh International Flemming Quach21–12, 21–13 Winner
2013Portugal International Misbun Ramdan Mohmed Misbun8–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2011Italian International Ville Lang13–21, 21–14, 21–13 Winner
2011Maldives International Chetan Anand21–15, 21–16 Winner
2015Spanish Open Viktor Axelsen11–21, 21–7, 9–21 Runner-up
2011Morocco International Joachim Persson21–19, 17–21, 21–19 Winner
2011Polish Open Vladimir Ivanov21–14, 21–12 Winner
2011Swedish Masters Viktor Axelsen21–19, 21–6 Winner
2010Italian International Przemyslaw Wacha13–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2010Irish International Hans-Kristian Vittinghus13–21, 21–14, 21–23 Runner-up
2010Welsh International Sven-Eric Kastens14–21, 21–17, 21–14 Winner
2010Slovenian International Wisnu Haryo Putro21–14, 21–4 Winner
2010Polish International Hiroyuki Saeki21–12, 21–10 Winner
2007Waikato International Ashton Chen Yong Zhao17–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2007Ballarat International Carlos Longo21–18, 21–12 Winner
2007Nouméa International Arvind Bhat16–21, 21–17, 19–21 Runner-up
2007Giraldilla International Ernesto Velázquez20–22, 21–15, 21–9 Winner
2007Bahrain Satellite Sho Sasaki10–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2006Latvia Riga International Vladislav Druzchenko Winner
2006Lithuanian International Kęstutis Navickas15–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2006Giraldilla International Ilian Perez Winner
2005Brazil International Janek Roos15–1, 15–6 Winner

Spanish National Championship