Aleksandr Nikolaenko
Personal information
Birth name	Aleksandr Nikolaevich Nikolaenko
Country	Russia
Born	(1980-06-06) 6 June 1980 (age 43) Novosibirsk, USSR
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	94 kg (207 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	27 (MD) 18 March 2010 11 (XD) 29 March 2012
Medal record Badminton Representing  Russia European Mixed Team Championships 2011 Amsterdam Mixed team 2009 Liverpool Mixed team
BWF profile

Aleksandr Nikolaevich Nikolaenko (Russian: Александр Николаевич Николаенко; born 6 June 1980) is an internationally elite badminton player.^[1] Nikolaenko was part of the Favorit Ramenskoe badminton club, and in 2000, he was selected to join the national team. He was the bronze medallists at the European Mixed Team Badminton Championships in 2009 and 2011. Nikolaenko also the champion at the National Championships in the men's and mixed doubles event.^[2] In 2012, he competed at the Summer Olympics in London.^[3]

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Russian Open	Vitalij Durkin	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	18–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2010	Russian Open	Vitalij Durkin	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	17–21, 21–10, 18–21	Runner-up
2009	Russian Open	Vitalij Durkin	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	19–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2008	Russian Open	Vitalij Durkin	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	21–11, 21–15	Winner
2006	U.S. Open	Vitalij Durkin	Tony Gunawan Halim Haryanto	10–21, 19–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Russian Open	Valeria Sorokina	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	21–19, 21-17	Winner
2011	Russian Open	Valeria Sorokina	Shintaro Ikeda Reiko Shiota	21–18, 21–14	Winner
2010	Dutch Open	Valeria Sorokina	Shintaro Ikeda Reiko Shiota	22–20, 21–9	Winner
2010	Russian Open	Valeria Sorokina	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	8–21, 21–14, 21–16	Winner
2009	Dutch Open	Valeria Sorokina	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	13–21, 21–16, 21–12	Winner
2009	Russian Open	Valeria Sorokina	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	16–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2008	Russian Open	Valeria Sorokina	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2006	Bulgaria Open	Nina Vislova	Mikkel Delbo Larsen Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen	22–20, 22–20	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Turkey International	Gordey Kosenko	Nikita Khakimov Vasily Kuznetsov	20–22, 19–21	Runner-up
2011	Italian International	Vitalij Durkin	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	16–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2011	Czech International	Vitalij Durkin	Adam Cwalina Michal Logosz	13–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2010	White Nights	Vitalij Durkin	Adam Cwalina Michal Logosz	19–21, 27–29	Runner-up
2009	Welsh International	Vitalij Durkin	Peter Käsbauer Oliver Roth	21–18, 21–18	Winner
2009	White Nights	Vitalij Durkin	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	21–17, 21–11	Winner
2008	Bulgarian International	Vitalij Durkin	Adam Cwalina Wojciech Szkudlarczyk	21–23, 21–12, 22–20	Winner
2008	White Nights	Vitalij Durkin	Michał Łogosz Robert Mateusiak	6–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2007	Scottish International	Vitalij Durkin	Robert Blair David Lindley	18–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2007	White Nights	Vitalij Durkin	Jochen Cassel Thomas Tesche	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2007	Austrian International	Vitalij Durkin	Guo Zhendong He Hanbin	15–21, 21–19, 17–21	Runner-up
2006	Italian International	Vitalij Durkin	Evgenij Dremin Alexey Vasiliev	21–14, 17–21, 21–16	Winner
2006	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Vitalij Durkin	Wouter Claes Frédéric Mawet	14–21, 21–16, 22–20	Winner
2004	Russian International	Vitalij Durkin	Victor Maljutin Alexandr Russkikh	15–12, 15–7	Winner
2002	Norwegian International	Nikolaj Nikolaenko	Imanuel Hirschfeld Jörgen Olsson	15–9, 15–13	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Italian International	Valeria Sorokina	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	13–21, 21–18, 21–17	Winner
2011	Czech International	Valeria Sorokina	Gert Kunka Amanda Hogstrom	21–15, 21–12	Winner
2011	Dutch International	Valeria Sorokina	Mikkel Delbo Larsen Mie Schjott-Kristensen	13–21, 12–11 Retired	Winner
2009	Scottish International	Valeria Sorokina	Raj Veeran Renuga Veeran	21–11, 21–16	Winner
2009	Welsh International	Valeria Sorokina	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	13–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2008	European Circuit Finals	Nina Vislova	Wouter Claes Nathalie Descamps	21–7, 21–19	Winner
2007	Scottish International	Nina Vislova	Robert Blair Imogen Bankier	21–15, 20–22, 9–21	Runner-up
2007	Bulgarian International	Nina Vislova	Svetoslav Stoyanov Elodie Eymard	21–18, 19–21, 21–15	Winner
2007	White Nights	Nina Vislova	Nikolai Ukk Tatjana Bibik	21–17, 21–14	Winner
2007	Austrian International	Nina Vislova	Vitalij Durkin Valeria Sorokina	14–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2006	Scottish International	Nina Vislova	Vitalij Durkin Valeria Sorokina	20–22, 11–21	Runner-up
2005	Italian International	Valeria Sorokina	Vitalij Durkin Marina Yakusheva	10–15, 9–15	Runner-up
2004	Russian International	Valeria Sorokina	Vitalij Durkin Tatjana Bibik	15–7, 15–13	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

Record Against Selected Opponents

Mixed Doubles results with Valeria Sorokina against Super Series finalists, Worlds Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.^[4]