Birgit Michels

Birgit Michels ( Overzier; born 28 September 1984) is a German badminton player. She competed for Germany at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the mixed doubles. In 2008, she competed with Kristof Hopp, and in 2012 she competed with Michael Fuchs, reaching the quarter-finals. was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2010 French Open Michael Fuchs Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam 15–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2014 Japan Open Michael Fuchs Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei 12–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2014 Australian Open Michael Fuchs Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na 16–21, 17–21 Runner-up BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix 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.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2009 Dutch Open Sandra Marinello Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova 13–21, 17–21 Runner up 2010 Canada Open Sandra Marinello Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin 16–21, 21–18, 17–21 Runner up 2012 Bitburger Open Johanna Goliszewski Wang Rong Zhang Zhibo 15–21, 13–21 Runner up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2007 Bitburger Open Kristof Hopp Robert Blair Imogen Bankier 21–17, 21–17 Winner 2008 India Open Kristof Hopp He Hanbin Yu Yang 18–21, 9–21 Runner-up 2010 U.S. Open Michael Fuchs Lee Sheng-mu Chien Yu-chin 21–19, 21–14 Winner 2010 Bitburger Open Michael Fuchs Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei 20–22, 9–21 Runner-up 2011 Canada Open Michael Fuchs Chen Hung-ling Cheng Wen-hsing 21–10, 23–21 Winner 2013 London Grand Prix Gold Michael Fuchs Chris Langridge Heather Olver 21–19, 21–14 Winner 2013 Bitburger Open Michael Fuchs Chris Adcock Gabrielle White 21–19, 21–15 Winner 2015 U.S. Grand Prix Michael Fuchs Choi Sol-gyu Eom Hye-won 12–21, 14–21 Runner up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series Women's doubles

Mixed doubles BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament