Przemysław Wacha

Przemysław Wacha
Personal information
Country	Poland
Born	(1981-01-31) 31 January 1981 (age 43) Głubczyce, Poland
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	14 (MS 19 July 2007)[1] 19 (MD 26 February 2015)
Medal record Badminton Representing  Poland European Championships 2008 Herning Men's singles European Mixed Team Championships 2008 Herning Mixed team European Men's Team Championships 2010 Warsaw Men's team European Junior Championships 1999 Glasgow Boys' doubles 1999 Glasgow Boys' singles
BWF profile

Przemysław Wacha (Polish pronunciation: [pʂɛˈmɨswaf ˈvaxa]; born 31 January 1981) is a Polish badminton player.

Wacha played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the first round to Wong Choong Hann of Malaysia. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships.^[2] Wacha also played badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 16 to Bao Chunlai of China. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he didn't qualify from the pool stages.^[3] From 2004 to 2010 Wacha won seven consecutive titles at the Polish National Badminton Championships. At the 2016 Rio Olympics Wacha played men's doubles with compatriot Adam Cwalina, but they didn't advance from the group stage.

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Messecenter, Herning, Denmark	Joachim Persson	21–17, 9–21, 10–21	Bronze

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland	Björn Joppien	3–15, 16–17	Bronze

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland	Piotr Żołądek	Mathias Boe Kasper Kiim Jensen	3–15, 8–15	Silver

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Dutch Open	Kendrick Lee	22–20, 11–21, 18–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	U.S. Grand Prix	Adam Cwalina	Taiki Shimada Yoshinori Takeuchi	21–13, 21–6	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Slovak International	Jacek Niedźwiedzki	15–11, 14–17, 15–10	Winner
2000	Hungarian International	Arturo Ruiz	15–11, 15–11	Winner
2002	Polish International	Aamir Ghaffar	7–5, 8–7, 7–2	Winner
2002	Croatian International	Zhiyuan Liu	7–2, 7–3, 7–3	Winner
2002	Czech International	Mark Burgess	9–15, 15–12, 15–7	Winner
2003	Austrian International	Aamir Ghaffar	15–10, 15–13	Winner
2004	Austrian International	Chien Yu-hsiu	15–13, 11–15, 15–8	Winner
2005	Slovak International	Ville Lång	12–15, 15–9, 15–9	Winner
2005	Polish International	Arvind Bhat	15–8, 15–7	Winner
2005	Czech International	Martin Bille Larsen	13–15, 15–1, 15–4	Winner
2005	Scottish International	Kasper Ødum	9–15, 15–8, 15–2	Winner
2006	Polish International	Chetan Anand	21–18, 21–12	Winner
2007	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Petr Koukal	21–13, 21–17	Winner
2010	White Nights	Ivan Sozonov	20–22, 14–21	Runner-up
2010	Kharkiv International	Ivan Sozonov	14–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2010	Bulgarian International	Kęstutis Navickas	21–14, 11–21, 21–13	Winner
2010	Italian International	Pablo Abián	21–13, 21–16	Winner
2010	Turkey International	Eric Pang	21–18, 21–17	Winner
2011	Brazil International	Yuhan Tan	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2011	Czech International	Petr Koukal	21–19, 21–16	Winner
2011	Bulgarian International	Tan Chun Seang	21–11, 11–21, 21–11	Winner
2011	Irish International	Rajiv Ouseph	15–21, 5–11 retired	Runner-up
2012	Austrian International	Yuhan Tan	14–21, 21–15, 21–16	Winner
2012	White Nights	Dmytro Zavadsky	21–16, 15–21, 18–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Slovak International	Piotr Żołądek	Per-Henrik Croona Marcus Janssen	15–12, 15–6	Winner
2012	Swiss International	Adam Cwalina	Chris Coles Matthew Nottingham	23–21, 21–14	Winner
2013	Polish Open	Adam Cwalina	Yuya Komatsuzaki Hiroki Takeuchi	21–19, 22–24, 21–17	Winner
2013	French International	Adam Cwalina	Baptiste Carême Gaëtan Mittelheisser	21–18, 21–16	Winner
2013	Spanish Open	Adam Cwalina	Michał Łogosz Łukasz Moreń	21–10, 18–21, 21–19	Winner
2013	Kharkiv International	Adam Cwalina	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	22–20, 15–21, 21–12	Winner
2013	Czech International	Adam Cwalina	Chen Chung-jen Wang Chi-lin	20–22, 22–20, 21–12	Winner
2013	Bulgarian International	Adam Cwalina	Łukasz Moreń Wojciech Szkudlarczyk	16–21, 21–13, 22–24	Runner-up
2013	Irish Open	Adam Cwalina	Jacco Arends Jelle Maas	21–9, 21–6	Winner
2013	Italian International	Adam Cwalina	Łukasz Moreń Wojciech Szkudlarczyk	23–21, 21–17	Winner
2014	Swedish Masters	Adam Cwalina	Łukasz Moreń Wojciech Szkudlarczyk	21–18, 20–22, 21–15	Winner
2014	Polish Open	Adam Cwalina	Nikita Khakimov Vasily Kuznetsov	21–10, 21–11	Winner
2014	Orléans International	Adam Cwalina	Bastian Kersaudy Gaëtan Mittelheisser	13–21, 21–17, 21–18	Winner
2014	Spanish Open	Adam Cwalina	Łukasz Moreń Wojciech Szkudlarczyk	21–9, 15–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2014	Polish International	Adam Cwalina	Daniel Benz Jones Ralfy Jansen	11–8, 6–11, 11–5, 8–11, 11–9	Winner
2014	Czech International	Adam Cwalina	Łukasz Moreń Wojciech Szkudlarczyk	21–15, 21–15	Winner
2014	Irish Open	Adam Cwalina	Max Schwenger Josche Zurwonne	12–21, 21–10, 21–18	Winner
2015	Swedish Masters	Adam Cwalina	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	15–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2015	Polish Open	Adam Cwalina	Kenta Kazuno Kazushi Yamada	19–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2015	Orléans International	Adam Cwalina	Matthew Nottingham Harley Towler	12–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2015	Peru International	Adam Cwalina	Lucas Claerbout Lucas Corvée	21–18, 21–11	Winner
2015	Spanish International	Adam Cwalina	Kasper Antonsen Oliver Babic	21–17, 21–14	Winner
2015	Lagos International	Adam Cwalina	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	17–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2015	Kharkiv International	Adam Cwalina	Bodin Isara Nipitphon Phuangphuapet	18–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2015	Belgian International	Adam Cwalina	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	20–22, 21–19, 20–22	Runner-up
2015	Czech Open	Adam Cwalina	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	19–21, 22–20, 21–14	Winner
2015	Welsh International	Adam Cwalina	Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	16–21, 21–16, 16–21	Runner-up
2015	Irish Open	Adam Cwalina	Raphael Beck Peter Käsbauer	16–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2015	Mersin Turkey International	Adam Cwalina	Kasper Antonsen Niclas Nøhr	16–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2016	Brazil International	Adam Cwalina	Alwin Francis Tarun Kona	21–15, 21–16	Winner
2016	Finnish Open	Adam Cwalina	Mathias Christiansen David Daugaard	23–21, 12–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2016	Peru International	Adam Cwalina	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	21–19, 18–21, 30–28	Winner
2016	Tahiti International	Adam Cwalina	Phillip Chew Sattawat Pongnairat	9–5 retired	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

• Przemysław Wacha at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
• Przemysław Wacha at BWFBadminton.com
• Przemysław Wacha at Olympedia
• Przemysław Wacha at Olympics.com
• Przemysław Wacha at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (archive) (in Polish)