Andraž Krapež (born 12 January 1997) is a Slovenian badminton player.[1] He trained at the BIT badminton club, and in 2014 he competed at the Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.[2] In 2017, he won his first international title at the Romanian International tournament in the men's doubles event partnered with Samatcha Tovannakasem of Thailand.[3] Krapež was a bronze medalists at the 2022 Mediterranean Games.[4]

Andraž Krapež
Personal information
CountrySlovenia
Born (1997-01-12) 12 January 1997 (age 27)
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
CoachMiso Mattias
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking223 (MS 13 August 2019)
113 (MD 21 December 2017)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Slovenia
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran Men's singles
BWF profile

Achievements

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Mediterranean Games

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Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Multipurpose Omnisports Hall, Oued Tlélat, Algeria   Luís Enrique Peñalver 6–21, 18–21   Bronze [4]

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

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Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Slovak Open   Matthew Carder 15–21, 21–18, 24–22   Winner

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Romanian International   Samatcha Tovannakasem   Daniel Nikolov
  Ivan Rusev
21–15, 21–15   Winner
2017 Slovak Open   Miha Ivanič   Ivan Druzchenko
  Vladislav Druzchenko
17–21, 21–17, 14–21   Runner-up
2017 Bulgarian International   Miha Ivanič   Arun George
  Sanyam Shukla
18–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2018 Hatzor International   Filip Špoljarec   Ariel Shainski
  Lukáš Zevl
21–15, 15–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2024 Slovak Open   Yann Orteu   Jakub Melaniuk
  Wiktor Trecki
17–21, 22–24   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Players: Andraz Krapez". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  2. ^ "MOI Nandžing 2014 - Poletne mladinske olimpijske igre Nandžing 2014: Andraž Krapež" (in Slovenian). Olimpijski Komite Slovenije. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Badmintonist Andraž Krapež do prve zmage v karieri" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b Breznik, Bojan (30 June 2022). "Sredozemske igre – Oran 2022: Bronasti Andraž Krapež!" (in Slovenian). Karizma sport. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
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