Tariq Farooq
Tariq Farooq (born December 5, 1954 in Pakistan ) is an Austrian badminton player . Before his sports career, he studied botany, chemistry, English and zoology at the University of Punjab , where he completed his sports training as a badminton trainer at the university in 1981.
Athletic career
Farooq celebrated his first international success in 1977 when he won the men's singles at Portugal International . After a long dry spell, he reported back in 1984 with a win at Malta International . In the same season he also won the International Championships in Belgium and qualified for the World Cup in Calgary. There he was eliminated from the later quarter-finalist Prakash Padukone in the first round. Two years later, at the age of 33, he became Austrian national champion. At the Czechoslovak International Championships, where he was a regular participant, he took third place in 1989. In 1992 he won the European Cup with BC Feibra Linz.
At the Senior European Championships in 1995, 1997 and 1999 he won silver behind Claus Andersen . Gold was the first time at the Senior World Championships in 2003.
After 2005 he worked as a national coach in Pakistan, Turkey and Qatar. After his return to Austria, he coached the Bundesliga team of BSC 70 Linz and the youth team of the same club. Later he headed the Lower Austrian national league team of the Badminton Union St. Peter / AU . He successfully led this from the Oberliga to the top of the Landesliga.
Sporting successes
| season | event | discipline | space | Surname |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Portugal International | Men's singles | 1 | Tariq Farooq |
| 1984 | Malta International | Men's singles | 1 | Tariq Farooq |
| 1984/1985 | Belgium International | Men's singles | 1 | Tariq Farooq |
| 1985 | Badminton world championship | Men's singles | 1 round | Tariq Farooq |
| 1987 | Austria: individual championship | Men's singles | 1 | Tariq Farooq |
| 1989 | Czechoslovakian International | Men's singles | 3 | Tariq Farooq |
| 1992 | European Cup | team | 1 | BC Feibra Linz |
| 1995 | Senior European Championship 40+ | Men's singles | 2 | Tariq Farooq |
| 1997 | Senior European Championship 40+ | Men's singles | 2 | Tariq Farooq |
| 1999 | Senior European Championship 40+ | Men's singles | 2 | Tariq Farooq |
| 2001 | Senior European Championship 45+ | Men's singles | 1 | Tariq Farooq |
| 2002 | Senior European Championship 45+ | Men's singles | 3 | Tariq Farooq |
| 2002 | World Masters Games 2002 of the IMGA 45+ | Men's singles | 1 | Tariq Farooq |
| 2003 | Senior World Championship 45+ | Men's singles | 1 | Tariq Farooq |
| 2004 | Senior European Championship 45+ | Men's singles | 3 | Tariq Farooq |
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=0-938-0-0-0&a=RESULTS&rP=2 Results of the World Masters Games 2002 (Melbourne) in Badminton
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Farooq, Tariq |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian badminton player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th December 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pakistan |