1st ICO Crossminton World Championships 2011 powered by Speedminton
Date: August 26th 2011 – August 27th 2011
Venue: Steffi-Graf-Stadion, Berlin, Germany
Organiser: International Speed Badminton Organisation
Championships Director: Niels Mester
Head Umpire: Markus Hellauer
Brief Report:
JANET KÖHLER AND PER HJALMARSON CROWNED AS FIRST EVER CROSSMINTON WORLD CHAMPIONS
During the last weekend of August 2011, historical events for the sport of crossminton have taken place. First, International Crossminton Organisation (at that time named as International Speed Badminton Organisation) was founded on 25th August with Rene Lewicki as the first President. Then, the first ever crossminton World Championships took place, originally named as 1. ISBO Azimut Hotels Speedminton World Championships with 370 players from 29 countries participating.
Soon, first world champions were crowned. In Women’s category, hard-smashing home player Janet Köhler had played an excellent tournament all the way to the end, winning the final match against Jasmina Keber from Slovenia in straight sets. The home nation also had a representative in the Open Division final, but Daniel Gossen lost in a tight match against the new World Champion Per Hjalmarson from Sweden. Nonetheless, Gossen did get a revenge by winning the Open Doubles in pair with Rene Lewicki against Hjalmarson and Björn Karlsson from Sweden.
In junior categories, Slovak players dominated. Tomaš Pavlovsky and Alexandra Kacvinska won in U18 categories and Adam Kakula won in U14 boys category. The only non-Slovak title was won by Paula Barković from Croatia in U14 girls category.
In senior categories, France was the most successful nation with Karine Chabrel winning the female O35 category and Vincent Krieger the male O50 category. Ulrich Burkhardt from Germany won the male O40 category.
With 2 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals, Germany dominated the elite categories medals table, with Sweden second and Slovenia in third place.
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