Wolfgang Bochow
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| Kebangsaan | Jerman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lahir | 26 Mei 1944 Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Jerman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Meninggal | 14 September 2017 (umur 73) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rekor bertanding | Tunggal putra & ganda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wolfgang Bochow (26 Mei 1944 – 14 September 2017)[1] adalah pemain bulu tangkis dari Jerman Barat yang menjadi pemain terbaik dunia pada akhir 1960an dan awal 1970an. Tinggi dan kuat, dia memiliki salah satu backhand terkuat dalam permainan.[2]
Karier
Bochow won the gold medal at the 1972 European Badminton Championships in men's singles.[3] Between 1968 and 1976 he won eight other medals at this biennial event; three bronzes and a silver in mixed doubles, a silver and two bronzes in singles, and a bronze in men's doubles. Bochow was a men's singles semi-finalist in the 1971 All-England Championships[4] and an All-England mixed doubles finalist with Irmgard Latz (Gerlatzka) in 1970.[5]
He was the bronze medalist at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games in the singles discipline when badminton was played as a demonstration sport. Bochow won 15 German National titles between 1963 and 1975, 8 in men's singles, 2 in men's doubles and 5 in mixed doubles.
Referensi
- ^ Rausch, Thomas (13 February 2002). "Mit dem Hubschrauber zum Wettkampf" (dalam bahasa German). Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. Diakses tanggal 25 April 2016.
- ^ Pat Davis, "The good, old days", World Badminton, June 1984, 25.
- ^ Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1983) 115.
- ^ Tyna Barinaga, "The All-England", Badminton USA, May 1971, 14.
- ^ http://www.dillesport.dk/sportspc/AllEngland/allmx.uk.html