Alen Roj (born 10 November 1992) is a Slovenian badminton player.[1] In 2015, he became the runner-up of Egypt International tournament in the men's singles event.[2] In 2020, he was appointed as a coach in Luxembourg national team.[3] He is married German badminton player, Olga Konon in 2018.[4]

Alen Roj
Personal information
CountrySlovenia
Born (1992-11-10) 10 November 1992 (age 31)
Maribor, Slovenia
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking133 (MS 29 October 2015)
112 (MD 20 February 2014)
BWF profile

Achievements edit

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 runners-up) edit

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2013 Botswana International   Jacob Maliekal 20–22, 15–21   Runner-up
2013 South Africa International   Jacob Maliekal 22–20, 15–21, 10–21   Runner-up
2014 Zambia International   Edwin Ekiring 18–21, 8–21   Runner-up
2014 Botswana International   Luka Wraber 5–21, 8–21   Runner-up
2015 Egypt International   Edwin Ekiring 23–21, 23–25, 18–21   Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Irish International   Kek Jamnik   Jonathan Dolan
  Sam Magee
12–21, 9–21   Runner-up
2013 Botswana International   Kek Jamnik   Andries Malan
  Jovica Rujević
14–21, 21–15, 21–14   Winner
2013 South Africa International   Kek Jamnik   Aatish Lubah
  Julien Paul
20–22, 22–20, 20–22   Runner-up
2014 South Africa International   Luka Wraber   Farzin Khanjani
  Mohamad Reza Khanjani
15–21, 11–21   Runner-up
2014 Botswana International   Luka Wraber   Andries Malan
  Willem Viljoen
21–14, 10–21, 19–21   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ "Players: Alen Roj". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Badminton: Slovenian, Roj Reveals Ekiring's Egypt Championship Secret". ChimpReports. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  3. ^ Schmidt, Luc (7 September 2020). "Badminton / Ambitioniert und Olympia im Fokus: Slowene Alen Roj übernimmt den Trainerstab". Tageblatt.lu (in German). Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  4. ^ Bech, Rasmus (30 August 2018). "German profiles call it a day". Badminton Europe. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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