Nico Mikael Ruponen (born 3 February 1989) is a Swedish badminton player.[2][3] In 2012, he won the Kharkiv International in the mixed doubles event partnered with Amanda Högström.[4] In 2016, he and Richard Eidestedt had to battle through the qualification round at the Orleans International tournament before reach the finals, finally they won the men's doubles title after beat Hardianto and Haryanto of Indonesia.[5] He also became the runner-up at the 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix tournament in the mixed doubles event with Högström.[6]

Nico Ruponen
Personal information
Birth nameNico Mikael Ruponen
CountrySweden
Born (1989-02-03) 3 February 1989 (age 35)
Täby, Stockholms län, Sweden
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
HandednessLeft
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking248 (MS 22 October 2009)
47 (MD 19 January 2017)
21 (XD 15 December 2016)
BWF profile

Achievements

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BWF Grand Prix

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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.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Canada Open   Amanda Högström   Đỗ Tuấn Đức
  Phạm Như Thảo
9–21, 21–10, 13–21   Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Orleans International   Richard Eidestedt   Hardianto
  Kenas Adi Haryanto
13–21, 21–12, 21–19   Winner
2016 Italian International   Richard Eidestedt   Jones Ralfy Jansen
  Josche Zurwonne
17–21, 18–21   Runner-up
2017 Swedish International   Richard Eidestedt   Konstantin Abramov
  Alexandr Zinchenko
17–21, 20–22   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Kharkiv International   Amanda Högström   Gaëtan Mittelheisser
  Émilie Lefel
23-21, 10-21, 21-16   Winner
2014 Finnish Open   Amanda Högström   Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
  Lena Grebak
24-22, 19-21, 13-21   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Nico Ruponen (SWE)". National Badminton League. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Players: Nico Ruponen". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Nico Ruponen" (in Swedish). Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Nico Ruponen och Amanda Högström vann i Kharkov" (in Swedish). Täby BM - Badminton. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Maiden title for Eidestedt & Ruponen in Orleans". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Vietnamese pair clinch Canada Open badminton title". VietnamBreakingNews. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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