Ruud Bosch

Ruud Bosch
Ruud Bosch
Personal information
Birth nameRuud Bosch
CountryNetherlands
Born (1984-07-28) 28 July 1984 (age 40)
Beuningen, Netherlands
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking22 (MD 14 November 2013)
23 (XD 15 October 2009)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Netherlands
European Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Den Bosch Mixed team
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Esbjerg Boys' doubles
BWF profile

Ruud Bosch (born 28 July 1984) is a Dutch former badminton player. He is a doubles specialist.[1] He became a member of the Netherlands national badminton team in 2004, then in 2006, he won a silver medal at the European Badminton Mixed Team Championships.[2] After quitting the men's doubles combination with Koen Ridder after eight years in August 2014, Bosch moved to Taiwan to form a new combination with Tien Tzu-Chieh in men's doubles and Shuai Pei-ling in mixed doubles.[3]

After two years in Taiwan, he returned to Europe to play again in the German Bundesliga for Union Lüdinghausen club. He won the Dutch National Badminton Championships seven times, four times in the men's doubles (2006, 2009, 2011 and 2013) and three times in the mixed doubles (2008, 2011 and 2013). In December 2018, Bosch was appointed as head coach of the Netherlands and in October 2023 his contract at Badminton Nederland was terminated.

  1. ^ "Players: Ruud BOSCH". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Ruud BOSCH Full Profile". www.bwfbadminton.org. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Tweemaal zilver voor Ruud Bosch in Fernbaby Auckland International". 21 September 2014.