Blagovest Kisyov

Blagovest Georgiev Kisyov (Bulgarian: Благовест Георгиев Кисьов; born 14 April 1986) is a Bulgarian badminton player.[1][2]

Blagovest Kisyov
Personal information
Nickname(s)Blajo
Birth nameBlagovest Georgiev Kisyov
Country Bulgaria
Born (1986-04-14) 14 April 1986
Parvomay, Bulgaria
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking114 (MS 27 August 2015)
342 (MD 5 April 2012)
194 (XD 17 January 2013)
BWF profile

Career

Kisyov started playing badminton at the age of 10 in his home town of Parvomay. By 15, he moved to a club in a bigger city nearby in order to have better training conditions. He joined the junior national team at that time and started representing Bulgaria on various events. In 2005, he moved to Sofia and entered the National Sports Academy. In 2006, he started working as an assistant coach in the BWF Sofia training centre simultaneously while training with the national team players, and in the same year he won Bulgarian National Badminton Championships in men's doubles event. Unfortunately in 2009 he got injured in his back and had to quit playing for 1.5 years. He resumed training and competing in October 2010. He attended different training programmes and camps in Malaysia, Indonesia and Europe which has helped him obtain better knowledge and improve his game.[2] In 2012, he won Bulgarian National Badminton Championships in men's doubles event, and became the runner-up of Bulgaria Hebar Open tournament in mixed doubles event.[3][4] In 2014, he became the runner-up at Hellas International in mixed doubles event and Hatzor International tournaments in men's singles event.[5][6] In 2015, he participated at the 2015 European Games in men's singles event. He reached singles round of 16 after defeated by Scott Evans of Ireland in straight games 6-21, 13-21.[2]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2014 Hatzor International Ukraine Artem Pochtarev 0–0 Retired 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Hellas International Bulgaria Georgi Petrov Canada Kyle Holoboff
Canada Richard Liang		 –, – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Hungarian International Bulgaria Georgi Petrov Sweden Imanuel Hirschfeld
Sweden Imam Sodikin		 18–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2006 Banu Sport International Bulgaria Georgi Petrov Bulgaria Vladimir Metodiev
Bulgaria Stilian Makarski		 20–22, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Hellas International Bulgaria Dimitria Popstoikova Republic of Ireland Sam Magee
Republic of Ireland Chloe Magee		 14–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Bulgaria Hebar Open Bulgaria Dimitria Popstoikova Austria Roman Zirnwald
Austria Elisabeth Baldauf		 14–21, 21–11, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References
  1. "Players: Blagovest Kisyov". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. "Athletes: Blagovest Kisyov". www.baku2015.com. Baku 2015. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. "Неделчева остана 2-а на Държавното по бадминтон". www.novsport.com (in Bulgarian). Eurovista Media Limited. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  4. "Roman Zirnwald Lands Two Titles". www.badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  5. "Hellas International 2014 Press Release". www.badminton.gr. badminton.gr. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  6. "Artem Pochtarev Man of the Tournament". events.badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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