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 |
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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 )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mendrek, Tomasz |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mendrek, Tomáš |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech badminton player |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1968 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Český Těšín |