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Estonia Badminton

Estonia Badminton International is an international open championship, which is held in the land of Estonia. It is one of the reasons why Badminton has gained so much popularity in Estonia since the year 2004. The last tournament of Estonia Badminton was held in Estonia in 2004. The Estonian International (badminton) is classified under the BWF level 4 Future Series and hence does not lie in the EBU Circuit.

The Estonia Badminton tournament is also termed as the Estonia Kalev International since there are other international championships in badminton, which are usually given the name of the main sponsor.

The winner of the 2004 men's singles title in Estonia Badminton are Yuichi Ikeda of Japan. Kati Tolmoff won the women's singles title in 2004 in the Badminton at Estonia. The winner of the women's doubles title is Theodoros Vekos, women's doubles title in 2004 has been won by Kati Tolmoff and Solenn Pasturel in 2004, while the winners of the mixed doubles trophy are Ilkka Nyqvist and Leena Loytomaki.

The two most prominent names in the category of Badminton in Estonia are those of Raul Mast and Helen Reino. Although Helen Reino played the 2005 World Badminton Championships in the Badminton of Estonia, she lost to Mia Audina of Netherlands and Raul Must played the men's singles game in the 2007 BWF World Championships but was defeated by Bjorn Joppien.



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