Tomasz Mendrek

Tomasz Mendrek (born August 9, 1968 in Český Těšín , also written Tomáš Mendrek) is a former Czech badminton player . Along with Michal Malý and Jan Fröhlich, Mendrek is one of the greatest talents that the Czech badminton sport has produced so far.

Athletic career

In 1985 he won his first national junior title in the ČSSR . He was successful in all three individual disciplines. A year later he repeated this triple success. In the same year he won his first adult title alongside veteran Miroslav Šrámek. In 1988 he won the Czech championships in both mixed and men's doubles. The following year he fought for his first title in men's singles, where he subsequently remained unbeaten until 1997 at the championships in men's singles. He recorded international successes at the open championships in Malta, Cyprus, the ČSFR and the Werner Seelenbinder memorial tournament in the GDR. In 1991 he was third in the final ranking of the European Badminton Circuit . He took part in the European Badminton Championships in 1992 and 1994, and was 9th in the last-named championships. Between these two tournaments, he achieved his best position in the world rankings in 1993 with 36th place. In 1994 he took third place in mixed with Jitka Lacinová at the World University Championship .

After the end of his active career, he began a career as a coach in badminton. He was the trainer of the Austrian junior team, is a member of the "Development Technicians" section, which runs under the direction of the Badminton World Federation and took part in various international trainer activities (IBF World Academy 1998, 1999 and 2002, World Coaches Conference 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003).

successes

season	event	discipline	winner
1985	Czechoslovak Individual Championships for Juniors	Mixed	Tomasz Mendrek / Radka Viktorinová
1985	Czechoslovak Individual Championships for Juniors	Men's doubles	Pavel Brazda / Tomasz Mendrek
1985	Czechoslovak Individual Championships for Juniors	Men's singles	Tomasz Mendrek
1986	Czechoslovak Individual Championships	Men's doubles	Miroslav Šrámek / Tomasz Mendrek
1986	Czechoslovak Individual Championships for Juniors	Mixed	Tomasz Mendrek / Jitka Lacinová
1986	Czechoslovak Individual Championships for Juniors	Men's doubles	Radek Svoboda / Tomasz Mendrek
1986	Czechoslovak Individual Championships for Juniors	Men's singles	Tomasz Mendrek
1988	Czechoslovak Individual Championships	Men's doubles	Tomasz Mendrek / Jiří Dufek
1988	Czechoslovak Individual Championships	Mixed	Tomasz Mendrek / Jitka Lacinová
1989	Czechoslovak Individual Championships	Men's doubles	Tomasz Mendrek / Jiří Dufek
1989	Czechoslovak International Championships	Men's singles	Tomasz Mendrek
1989/1990	GDR: International Werner Seelenbinder Memorial Tournament	Men's singles	Tomasz Mendrek
1990	Czechoslovak Individual Championships	Men's singles	Tomasz Mendrek
1990	Czechoslovak Individual Championships	Men's doubles	Tomasz Mendrek / Jiří Dufek
1991	Cyprus: International Championships	Men's singles	Thomasz Mendrek
1991	Czechoslovak Individual Championships	Men's singles	Tomasz Mendrek
1991	Czechoslovak Individual Championships	Men's doubles	Tomasz Mendrek / Jiří Dufek
1992	Czechoslovak International Championships	Men's singles	Tomasz Mendrek
1992	Malta: International Championships	Men's singles	Tomasz Mendrek
1992	Czechoslovak Individual Championships	Men's singles	Tomasz Mendrek
1993	Czech individual championships	Men's singles	Tomasz Mendrek
1994	Czech individual championships	Men's doubles	Tomasz Mendrek / Richard Hobzik
1994	Czech individual championships	Men's singles	Tomasz Mendrek
1995	Czech individual championships	Men's doubles	Tomasz Mendrek / Ondřej Lubas
1995	Czech individual championships	Men's singles	Tomasz Mendrek
1996	Czech individual championships	Men's singles	Tomasz Mendrek
1997	Czech individual championships	Men's doubles	Tomasz Mendrek / Petr Báša
1997	Czech individual championships	Men's singles	Tomasz Mendrek

credentials

• Portrait of Tomasz Mendrek
• Tomasz Mendrek in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )