Rick Hellmann

Rick Cornell Hellmann (born 26 January 1988) is a German para-badminton player who is affiliated with the RSC Berlin Sports Club. Partnered with Thomas Wandschneider, the two were world champions in the men's doubles WH1–WH2 event at the 2022 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships.

He made his Paralympic debut at the 2024 Summer Paralympics where he competed in the men's singles WH2 event and the men's doubles WH1–WH2 event.

Biography Hellmann was born in Berlin to a German mother and a Congolese father. As a child, he was a competitive swimmer until he suffered paraplegia at the age of eleven, when it was discovered that an additional vein had grown from his heart directly into his spinal cord. He later discovered wheelchair fencing and became a runner-up in the foil event at the German National Wheelchair Fencing Championships.

He was introduced to para-badminton in 2014 when members of the RSC Berlin Sports Club approached him and invited him to train with other players.

Hellmann is currently a doctoral student in the Department of Experimental Neurology at the Charité– Berlin University of Medicine.

Achievements World Championships

Men's doubles WH1–WH2 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo, Japan Thomas Wandschneider Noor Azwan Noorlan Muhammad Ikhwan Ramli 21–11, 21–15 Gold Gold

European Para Championships Men's singles WH1 Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2023 Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands Luca Olgiati 21–11, 15–21, 21–13 Gold Gold

Men's doubles WH1–WH2 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2023 Rotterdam Ahoy,Rotterdam, Netherlands Thomas Wandschneider Thomas Jakobs David Toupé 21–19, 21–18 Gold Gold

European Championships Men's singles WH1 Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2018 Amphitheatre Gymnasium, Rodez, France Martin Rooke 14–21, 9–21 Bronze Bronze Men's doubles WH1–WH2 Year VenuePartner Opponent Score Result 2018 Amphitheatre Gymnasium,Rodez, France Young-chin Mi Martin Rooke Thomas Wandschneider 14–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (1 title, 4 runners-up) The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022.

Men's singles WH2 Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result 2022 Spanish Para-Badminton International Level 1 Daiki Kajiwara 9–21, 11–21 Runner-up Men's doubles WH1–WH2 Year Tournament LevelPartner Opponent Score Result 2022 Spanish Para-Badminton International II Level 2 Thomas Wandschneider Noor Azwan Noorlan Muhammad Ikhwan Ramli 21–14, 21–14 Winner 2022 Bahrain Para-Badminton International Level 2 Thomas Wandschneider Choi Jung-man Kim Jung-jun 21–12, 10–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2022 4 Nations Para-Badminton International Level 1 Thomas Wandschneider Noor Azwan Noorlan Muhammad Ikhwan Ramli 22–20, 17–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2024 Spanish Para-Badminton International I Level 1 Thomas Wandschneider Jeong Jae-gun Yu Soo-young 14–21, 12–21 Runner-up

International tournaments (2011–2021) (1 title, 2 runners-up) Men's singles WH2 Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2019 Denmark Para-Badminton International Daiki Kajiwara 9–21, 9–21 Runner-up 2021 Dubai Para-Badminton International Noor Azwan Noorlan 21–18, 18–21, 12–21 Runner-up Men's doubles WH1–WH2 Year TournamentPartner Opponent Score Result 2021 Uganda Para-Badminton International Thomas Wandschneider Prem Kumar Ale Abu Hubaida 21–13, 21–13 Winner