Andrew Dabeka

Infobox Badminton player


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Andrew Dabeka (born October 25, 1978 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a male badminton player from Canada.

Career

Dabeka won 2008 US Open Men's Singles Champion by defeating Martin Bille Larsen: 21-14 and 21-9 and is, as of 2008, ranked 41st in the world. He was the inner of the 2007 Miami international, 2005 Pan American and 2003 Southern Pan Am Classic competitions. He was also runner-up at the 2007 VII Italian international, 2007 Pan America championship, 2006 U.S. Open, 2005 and 2006 Croatian international and 2003 Pan Am Games competitions.

Dabeka was a semifinalist at the 2008 Polish Open, 2007 Canadian international, 2007 U.S. Open Grand Prix, 2006 Bank of Scotland international, 2006 Czech international and 2006 Spanish international competitions. He also played the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's singles, and was defeated in the second round by Park Sung-hwan, of South Korea, 21-16, 21-5.

He has won 5 Canadian National Championships between 1999 and 2006.

References

External links

* [http://www.andrewdabeka.ca Personal Website]
* [http://www.internationalbadminton.org/playerinfo.asp?playerid=7200 BWF Player Profile]
* [http://www.badminton.ca/page.aspx?id=1996 Profile at Badminton Canada]