Matej Hliničan

Matej Hliničan
Personal information
Country	Slovakia
Born	(1994-09-21) 21 September 1994 (age 30) Nová Dubnica, Slovakia[1]
Residence	Trenčín, Slovakia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	I Komang Sandy Wijaya
Men's
Highest ranking	137 (MS) 18 Feb 2015 170 (MD) 30 Apr 2015 119 (XD) 5 Nov 2015
BWF profile

Matej Hliničan (born 21 September 1994) is a Slovak male badminton player.[2][3] In 2014, he won the Ethiopia International tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Bridget Shamim Bangi of Ethiopia, and became the runner-up in the men's doubles event with Arnaud Genin of French.[4] In December 2014, he and Bangi became the runner-up at the Botswana International tournament, they were defeated by the South African pair in the final round.[5] In 2015, he teamed-up with Jan Fröhlich in the men's doubles event, and they became the runner-up at the Puerto Rico International tournament.[6]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Morocco International	Milan Dratva	Florent Riancho Bjorn Seguin	15–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2017	Jamaica International	Milan Dratva	Venkatesh Prasad Jagadish Yadav	14–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2015	Puerto Rico International	Jan Fröhlich	Job Castillo Lino Munoz	19–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2014	Ethiopia International	Arnaud Genin	Luka Wraber Vilson Vattanirappel	7–11, 3–11, 9–11	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Botswana International	Bridget Shamim Bangi	Willem Viljoen Annari Viljoen	14–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2014	Ethiopia International	Bridget Shamim Bangi	Ashanke Getachew Sanilu Yeruskaew Tura	11–4, 11–9, 11–5	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Matej Hliničan". www.starsforstars.eu (in Slovak). bdagency.eu. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
2. "Players: Matej Hlinican". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
3. "Matej Hliničan". www.bedminton.sk (in Slovak). Slovenský zväz bedmintonu. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
4. "Newsletter du Mois d'Octobre 2014". www.africa-badminton.com (in French). Badminton Confederation of Africa. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
5. "Bangi Bags Silver, Bronze At Botswana Badminton International". news.ugo.co.ug. Libilinks Ltd. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
6. "Mexicanos en bádminton ganan oro en Puerto Rico". amqueretaro.com (in Spanish). AM QUERETARO. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

External links

• Matej Hliničan at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com