Zvonimir Hölbling Explained

Zvonimir Hölbling (born 3 August 1989) is a Croatian male badminton player who plays for the Medvedgrad 1998 badminton club and also BV Mülheim in Germany.^{[1] [2]}

Personal life

He was educated at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing.^[3]

Career

Zvonimir started playing badminton at age 10 and competed in various junior international tournaments throughout his teenage years where he achieved a lot of great results that put him to the top of the European junior circuit ranking. Since his junior days, he has had a lot of great results and won tournaments in men's doubles on the international tour with his partner Zvonimir Đurkinjak.^[3] He competed at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin,^[4] where he won gold medal in men's doubles tournament making a historic success for Croatian badminton.^[5] In 2015, he competed at the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[3]

Achievements

Mediterranean Games

Men's Doubles

	Year		Venue		Partner		Opponent		Score		Result
2013	Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey	Zvonimir Đurkinjak	Emre Arslan Hüseyin Oruç	21-15, 21-9	Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Croatian International	Zvonimir Đurkinjak	Igor Cimbur Samatcha Tovannakasem	21–17, 21–18	Winner
2016	Romanian International	Zvonimir Đurkinjak	Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi	13–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2015	Slovenian International	Zvonimir Đurkinjak	Johannes Pistorius Marvin Emil Seidel	21–14, 16–21, 21–10	Winner
2015	Romanian International	Zvonimir Đurkinjak	Milosz Bochat Pawel Pietryja	11–9, 11–8, 11–7	Winner
2014	Hungarian International	Zvonimir Đurkinjak	Andreas Berthelsen Kasper Dinesen	10–11, 11–9, 10–11, 11–4, 11–5	Winner
2014	Slovenian International	Zvonimir Đurkinjak	Nikita Khakimov Vasily Kuznetsov	21–15, 21–18	Winner
2014	Romanian International	Zvonimir Đurkinjak	Bastian Kersaudy Gaetan Mittelheisser	21–12, 21–13	Winner
2013	Croatian International	Zvonimir Đurkinjak	Christopher Rusdianto Trikusuma Wardhana	14–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2012	Hungarian International	Zvonimir Đurkinjak	Ruud Bosch Jim Middelburg	21-17, 19–21, 16-21	Runner-up
2012	Slovenian International	Zvonimir Đurkinjak	Andreas Heinz Jones Rafli Jansen	17-21, 21–17, 21-12	Winner
2012	Croatian International	Zvonimir Đurkinjak	Jacco Arends Jelle Maas	16–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2011	Hungarian International	Zvonimir Đurkinjak	Lukasz Moren Wojciech Szkudlarczyk	21-18, 21-18	Winner
2010	Slovenian International	Zvonimir Đurkinjak	Ruud Bosch Koen Ridder	17-21, 15-21	Runner-up
2010	Portugal International	Zvonimir Đurkinjak	Martin Kragh Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	18-21, 14-21	Runner-up
2010	Croatian International	Zvonimir Đurkinjak	Joe Morgan James Phillips	14-21, 21–19, 20-22	Runner-up
2009	Turkiye International	Zvonimir Đurkinjak	Joel Johansson-Berg Imam Sodikin	Walkover	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

National championships

• 2009 – men's doubles with Igor Čimbur
• 2010 – men's doubles with Igor Čimbur
• 2011 – men's doubles with Igor Čimbur
• 2012 – men's doubles with Igor Čimbur
• 2015 – mixed doubles with Matea Čiča
• 2016 – mixed doubles with Matea Čiča

Notes and References

1. Web site: Players: Zvonimir Hoelbling . bwfbadminton.com . Badminton World Federation. 17 April 2017.
2. Web site: Zvonimir Hölbling . www.1-bv-muelheim.de . BV Mülheim. 17 April 2017 . de.
3. Web site: Athletes: Zvonimir Hoelbling . https://web.archive.org/web/20170417155618/http://www.baku2015.com/athletes/athlete=hoelbling-zvonimir-1006101/index.html?intcmp=athletes-hub . usurped . April 17, 2017 . www.baku2015.com . Baku 2015 . 17 April 2017.
4. Web site: Odluka izbornika Saveza – MI 2013.. Hrvatski Badmintonski Savez. hr. 14 March 2013.
5. Web site: Hrvatski badminton do povijesnog uspjeha, Đurkinjak i Holbling uzeli zlato na MI. Sportnet.hr. hr. 29 June 2013.