Mihail Popov

Mihail Popov

Personal information
Born	(1976-04-16) 16 April 1976 (age 49) Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country	France
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Right
Event	Men's singles & doubles
BWF profile

Mihail Popov (Bulgarian: Михаил Попов; born 16 April 1976) is a former Bulgarian badminton player, and later represented France.^[1] He represented Bulgaria at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the men's singles and doubles event.^[2] He now works as a Bulgarian national badminton coach.^[3] Popov had won seven Bulgarian National Championships title, 3 in the singles event, and four in the men's doubles event partnered with Svetoslav Stoyanov.^[4] In France, he clinched two times men's doubles national title in 2004 partnered with Manuel Dubrulle, and in 2007 with Stoyanov.^[5]

Achievements

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Polish Open	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Chang Kim Wai Hong Chieng Hun	15–13, 5–15, 5–15	Runner-up

IBF International

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Romanian International	Jasen Borisov	15–5, 18–13	Winner
1992	Bulgarian International	Anatoliy Skripko	5–15, 3–15	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Cyprus International	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Jacob Chemnitz Mikkel Delbo Larsen	14–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2006	Belgian International	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Imanuel Hirschfeld Imam Sodikin	19–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2005	Irish International	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Michael Fuchs Roman Spitko	9–15, 15–5, 15–9	Winner
2005	Scottish International	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Imam Sodikin Andy Hartono Tandaputra	14–17, 15–10, 7–15	Runner-up
2005	Hungarian International	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Jürgen Koch Peter Zauner	5–15, 9–15	Runner-up
2005	Bulgarian International	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Daniel Glaser Joakim Hansson	15–4, 15–1	Winner
2004	Irish International	Bertrand Gallet	Ruben Gordown Khosadalina Aji Basuki Sindoro	10–15, 6–15	Runner-up
2003	Irish International	Manuel Dubrulle	Vincent Laigle Svetoslav Stoyanov	5–15, 8–15	Runner-up
2003	Czech International	Manuel Dubrulle	Thomas Røjkjær Jensen Tommy Sørensen	15–10, 15–3	Winner
2002	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Manuel Dubrulle	Vincent Laigle Svetoslav Stoyanov	4–15, 2–15	Runner-up
2001	BMW International	Manuel Dubrulle	Michael Lamp Michael Søgaard	3–7, 7–5, 4–7, 0–7	Runner-up
2001	La Chaux-de-Fonds International	Manuel Dubrulle	Vincent Laigle Svetoslav Stoyanov	4–7, 2–7, 1–7	Runner-up
2001	Croatian International	Manuel Dubrulle	Vincent Laigle Svetoslav Stoyanov	2–7, 4–7, 6–8	Runner-up
2001	Welsh International	Manuel Dubrulle	Vincent Laigle Svetoslav Stoyanov	2–7, 7–5, 3–7, 7–4, 3–7	Runner-up
2001	Czech International	Manuel Dubrulle	Vincent Laigle Svetoslav Stoyanov	7–3, 7–3, 7–1	Winner
2000	Croatian International	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Michał Łogosz Robert Mateusiak	16–17, 15–13, 12–15	Runner-up
2000	Dutch International	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Michał Łogosz Robert Mateusiak	11–15, 15–9, 15–9	Winner
1999	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Kristof Hopp Thomas Tesche	15–5, 11–15, 15–10	Winner
1999	Czech International	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Christian Mohr Joachim Tesche	15–12, 15–10	Winner
1999	Austrian International	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Kristof Hopp Thomas Tesche	9–15, 15–6, 15–4	Winner
1998	Irish International	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Graham Hurrell Peter Jeffrey	15–11, 8–15, 15–6	Winner
1998	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Manuel Dubrulle Vincent Laigle	15–12, 6–15, 15–11	Winner
1998	La Chaux-de-Fonds International	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Harald Koch Jürgen Koch		Runner-up
1997	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Valeriy Strelcov Konstantin Tatranov	15–4, 15–4	Winner
1997	Hungarian International	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Dennis Lens Quinten van Dalm	9–6, 9–5, 9–4	Winner
1997	Bulgarian International	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Boris Kessov Ivan Sotirov	9–3, 9–2, 9–0	Winner
1996	Romanian International	Luben Panov	Plamen Peev Svetoslav Stoyanov	15–14, 15–9	Winner
1994	Bulgarian International	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Robert Mateusiak Damian Pławecki	8–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1992	Bulgarian International	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Boris Kessov Anatoliy Skripko	15–13, 16–18, 15–7	Winner
1992	Romanian International	Svetoslav Stoyanov			Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Bulgarian International	Victoria Hristova	Svetoslav Stoyanov Raina Tzvetkova	4–9, 5–9, 4–9	Runner-up
1996	Romanian International	Victoria Hristova	Svetoslav Stoyanov Raina Tzvetkova	2–15, 17–14, 10–15	Runner-up

References

1. "Players: Mihail Popov". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
2. "Министър Красен Кралев: Българските бадминтонисти са в елита на Европа" (in Bulgarian). Пресклуб България. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
3. "Михаил Попов Ясни са съставите на България за европейското по бадминтон в Казан" (in Bulgarian). insport.bg: Спортни новини. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
4. "Bulgaria - Bulgarian Badminton Federation". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
5. "France - Fédération Française de Badminton". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

External links

• Mihail Popov at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
• Mihail Popov at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)