Erwin Kehlhoffner (born 6 December 1983 in Strasbourg) is a badminton player from France affiliated with ASL Robertsau club.
Career In the junior event, he won the national singles title in 2002, and also the doubles titles in 2001 and 2002. Kehlhoffner competed at the 2005 World Championships in the men's singles and doubles event, but was defeated in the first round both in singles and doubles event. He also qualified to play at the 2006 World Championships in the men's doubles event with his partner Thomas Quéré, but the duo defeated by the German players in the first round. In 2007 he competed in the men's singles event, and was defeated in the first round by Richard Vaughan of Wales, 21–9, 22–20. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Championships in the men's doubles with Svetoslav Stoyanov. At the same year, he was qualified to participate in the men's singles event at the Olympic Games in Beijing, China. He reach in to the third round after beating Stuart Gomez of Australia and Eli Mambwe of Zambia in the first and second rounds, but was defeated by Chen Jin of China in the third round.
Achievements
European Championships Men's doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult2008Messecenter, Herning, Denmark Svetoslav Stoyanov Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen20–22, 13–21 Bronze
BWF International Challenge/Series Men's singles YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult2008Croatian International Ville Lång17–21, 6–21 Runner-up2007North Shore City International John Moody21–16, 21–18 Winner
Men's doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult2007Bulgarian International Svetoslav Stoyanov Robert Mateusiak Michal LogoszWalkover Runner-up2005Croatian International Thomas Quéré Simon Mollyhus Anders Kristiansen10–15, 15–6, 6–15 Runner-up2003Athens International Thomas Quéré Konstantin Dobrev Georgi Petrov10–15, 6–15 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament
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