Birgit Michels

Birgit Overzier
Birgit Michels 2012
Birth Name:	Birgit Overzier
Country:	Germany
Date of birth:	September 28, 1984
Place of birth:	Cologne
Size:	178 cm
Playing hand:	Right
BWF ID:	50851
BWF profile

Birgit Overzier , divorced Michels (born September 28, 1984 in Cologne ) is a German badminton player . She is a state-certified nanny, currently works for the Bundeswehr in the office of the Bundeswehr Sports Promotion Group in Cologne .

Career

Michels has been playing badminton since she was four. At 11 she won a German championship in the U14 women's doubles for the first time, and at 13 she was nominated for the DI squad. In 2005 she moved to Mülheim and trained there at the base of the German women's team. In 2008 she qualified for the roster of German Olympic participants together with Kristof Hopp in mixed and was also nominated for participation in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Here they lost in the first round against the Indonesians Flandy Limpele and Vita Marissa, who were in third place, in two sets.

She plays in women's doubles and mixed. In the first years of her career she was successful in mixed with Kristof Hopp. After the Olympic Games in 2008, however, they no longer competed together. In women's doubles she usually played with Sandra Marinello at national level and in mixed doubles she was first with Johannes Schöttler and then mostly with Ingo Kindervater (both currently playing for 1. BC Beuel ). In 2012 she qualified with Michael Fuchs in mixed for the Olympic Games 2012 in London in mixed, where she finished fifth.

In 2012 she won the gold medal at the European team championships with the German women's national team. After the resignation of her doubles partner Sandra Marinello after the unsuccessful qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Birgit Michels competed in the first European SuperSeries tournament, the Denmark Open 2012, in women's doubles with Johanna Goliszewski . At the end Birgit played internationally with Isabel Herttrich .

With Michael Fuchs, she also qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro .

The last appearances in women's doubles then took place with Karin Schnaase . Birgit Michels was bid farewell to DBV at the German Open 2017 .

Trivia

Her older sister Petra Reichel was also a successful badminton player.

Michels was in a relationship with the Dutch badminton player Erik Meijs until his death , from whom she also has a child. Meijs suffered a serious car accident on November 16, 2017 and died of serious injuries on the same day.

societies

• TuS Blau-Weiß Königsdorf 1900 e. V.
• TTC Brauweiler
• TuS Gildehaus
• 1. BC Beuel

Birgit Michels (GER)

partner

Birgit Michels and Michael Fuchs , French Super Series 2013 .

Birgit Michels has played in the double disciplines at international events with the following partners.

mixed double

Surname	nationality	Year (s)
Jochen Cassel	Germany	2004-2005
Kristof Hopp	Germany	2005-2010
Johannes Schöttler	Germany	2010
Ingo child father	Germany	2010-2011
Michael Fuchs	Germany	2011-2017
Marvin Seidel	Germany	2016-2017

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Ladies doubles

Surname	nationality	Year (s)
Michaela Peiffer	Germany	2005-2006
Annekatrin Lillie	Germany	2009
Carina Mette	Germany	2008-2009
Sandra Marinello	Germany	2011–2012
Juliane Schenk	Germany	2012
Johanna Goliszewski	Germany	2012-2014
Annika Dörr	Germany	2014-2015
Isabel Herttrich	Germany	2014-2016
Linda Effler	Germany	2016-2017
Karin Schnaase	Germany	2016-2017

successes

year	Event	Result	discipline	partner
November 2004	Scottish International	Finalist	Mixed	Jochen Cassel
February 2005	German championship	Finalist	Mixed	Jochen Cassel
March / April 2005	Finnish International	Finalist	Mixed	Jochen Cassel
March / April 2005	Finnish International	Quarter finalist	Ladies doubles
April 2005	Polish Open	Finalist	Ladies doubles	Michaela Peiffer
April 2005	Dutch International	Semi-finalist	Ladies doubles	Michaela Peiffer
May 2005	Sudirman Cup , Beijing , People's Republic of China	13th place	team
September 2005	Belgian International	winner	Mixed	Kristof Hopp
September 2005	Belgian International	Finalist	Ladies doubles	Michaela Peiffer
November 2005	Norwegian International	winner	Mixed	Kristof Hopp
November 2005	Scottish International	Semi-finalist	Ladies doubles	Michaela Peiffer
November 2005	Scottish International	Quarter finalist	Mixed	Kristof Hopp
December 2005	Italian International	Semi-finalist	Mixed
February 2006	German championship	Finalist	Mixed	Kristof Hopp
February 2006	German championship	Semi-finalist	Ladies doubles	Michaela Peiffer
February 2006	European Team Championship , Thessaloniki , Greece	3rd place	Women's team
March 2006	Dutch International	winner	Mixed	Kristof Hopp
March 2006	Swedish International Stockholm	Finalist	Ladies doubles	Carina Mette
April / May 2006	Uber Cup , Japan	Bronze medal	Women's team
April 2006	Individual European Championship , Den Bosch , Netherlands	Quarter finalist	Mixed	Kristof Hopp
April 2006	Individual European Championship, Den Bosch, Netherlands	4th Place	team
May 2006	Spanish Open	winner	Ladies doubles	Carina Mette
September 2006	Individual World Cup , Madrid , Spain	Round of 16	Mixed	Kristof Hopp
October 2006	Badminton Open Saarbrücken	Semi-finalist	Ladies doubles	Carina Mette
October 2006	Badminton Open Saarbrücken	Winner	Mixed	Kristof Hopp
February 2007	German championship	Finalist	Mixed	Kristof Hopp
February 2007	German championship	Finalist	Ladies doubles	Carina Mette
May 2007	Spanish Open	Semi-finalist	Mixed	Kristof Hopp
May 2007	Spanish Open	Semi-finalist	Ladies doubles	Carina Mette
May / June 2007	Toulouse Open	Finalist	Mixed	Kristof Hopp
June 2007	Sudirman Cup, Glasgow , Scotland	13th place	team
November 2007	Norwegian International	winner	Mixed	Kristof Hopp
February 2008	German championship	Finalist	Mixed	Kristof Hopp
February 2008	German championship	Winner	Ladies doubles	Carina Mette
February 2008	European Team Championship, Almere , Netherlands	3rd place	Women's team
April 2008	India Open	Finalist	Mixed	Kristof Hopp
April 2008	Individual European Championship, Herning , Denmark	5th place	team
April / May 2008	Uber Cup , Jakarta, Indonesia	Bronze medal	Women's team
August 2008	2008 Olympic Games , Beijing, China	1 round	Mixed
February 2009	German championship	Winner	Ladies doubles	Sandra Marinello
February 2010	German championship	Winner	Ladies doubles	Sandra Marinello
December 2010	US Open	Winner	mixed double	Michael Fuchs
February 2011	German championship	Winner	Ladies doubles	Sandra Marinello
February 2012	German championship	Winner	Ladies doubles	Sandra Marinello
February 2012	German championship	Winner	mixed double	Michael Fuchs
February 2012	European Team Championship, Amsterdam , Netherlands	1st place	Women's team
August 2012	Olympic Games 2012 , London, United Kingdom	5th place	Mixed	Michael Fuchs
November 2012	Badminton Open Saarbrücken	3rd place	Mixed	Michael Fuchs
November 2012	Badminton Open Saarbrücken	Finalist	Ladies doubles	Johanna Goliszewski
November 2012	Norwegian International	Finalist	Mixed	Michael Fuchs / Birgit Michels
February 2013	German championship	Winner	Ladies doubles	Johanna Goliszewski
February 2013	German championship	Winner	mixed double	Michael Fuchs
February 2013	European Team Championship, Ramenskoe , Russia	1st place	mixed team

Web links

Commons : Birgit Michels  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Birgit Michels at the World Badminton Federation
• Homepage of the 1st BC Beuel

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Andreas Kruse: Birgit Michels ends her international career . 1. Badminton Club Beuel 1955 eV. August 29, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
2. ↑ Badminton professional leaves pregnant partner behind. In: faz.net. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , November 17, 2017, accessed on January 11, 2018 .