Nico Ruponen
Birth nameNico Mikael Ruponen
CountrySweden
Birth date3 February 1989 (age 37)
Birth placeTäby, Stockholms län, Sweden
Height1.85 m[1]
HandednessLeft
EventMen's singles & doubles
Highest ranking248 (MS 22 October 2009)
47 (MD 19 January 2017)
21 (XD 15 December 2016)
Bwfbadminton id90714
Bwf id44348EE2-BFEA-4730-B1D7-DF1681973A9B

Nico Mikael Ruponen (born 3 February 1989) is a Swedish badminton player.[2][3] In 2012, he won the Kharkiv International in the mixed doubles event partnered with Amanda Högström.[4] In 2016, he and Richard Eidestedt had to battle through the qualification round at the Orleans International tournament before reach the finals, finally they won the men's doubles title after beat Hardianto and Haryanto of Indonesia.[5] He also became the runner-up at the 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix tournament in the mixed doubles event with Högström.[6]

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Canada OpenAmanda HögströmĐỗ Tuấn Đức
Phạm Như Thảo		9–21, 21–10, 13–21Runner-up
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Orleans InternationalRichard EidestedtHardianto
Kenas Adi Haryanto		13–21, 21–12, 21–19Winner
2016Italian InternationalRichard EidestedtJones Ralfy Jansen
Josche Zurwonne		17–21, 18–21Runner-up
2017Swedish InternationalRichard EidestedtKonstantin Abramov
Alexandr Zinchenko		17–21, 20–22Runner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012Kharkiv InternationalAmanda HögströmGaëtan Mittelheisser
Émilie Lefel		23-21, 10-21, 21-16Winner
2014Finnish OpenAmanda HögströmAnders Skaarup Rasmussen
Lena Grebak		24-22, 19-21, 13-21Runner-up
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Nico Ruponen (SWE)". National Badminton League. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Players: Nico Ruponen". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Nico Ruponen" (in Swedish). Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Nico Ruponen och Amanda Högström vann i Kharkov" (in Swedish). Täby BM - Badminton. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Maiden title for Eidestedt & Ruponen in Orleans". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Vietnamese pair clinch Canada Open badminton title". VietnamBreakingNews. Retrieved 23 January 2017.