Pablo Abián
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| Birth name | Pablo Abián Vicen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Spain
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12 June 1985 Calatayud, Spain |
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| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 20 (8 September 2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 40 (2 November 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pablo Abián (born 12 June 1985) is a male badminton player from Spain.
He competed in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's singles and was defeated in the first round by Kestutis Navickas, 23-21, 12-21, 21-9.
He competed in badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's singles. He was the first Spanish man to win a match at an Olympic Games. He won in the first round against Petr Koukal (Czech Republic), 21-17, 16-21, 21-16, then he lost in the next match, against gold medal Athens Olympics Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia), 20-22, 11-21.
Pablo Abián played in the 2006 IBF World Championships in the men's singles, and he was defeated in first round by Andrew Smith of England, 21-15, 21-13.
The following year he competed at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's singles again. In the first round he beat Luka Petric 21-9, 29-27. In the second round he was beaten by Simon Santoso, of Indonesia, 21-18, 21-15.
Pablo Abián competed at the 2010 BWF World Championships in men's singles. In the first round he won against Magnus Shalberg (Sweden) by 21-15, 21-16. In the second round he was beaten by Marc Zwiebler (German) by 21-17, 21-18.
Pablo Abián played the 2011 BWF World Championships in men's singles. In the first round he beat Yuhan Tan by 16-21, 21-17, 21-15. In the second round he won against Marc Zwiebler(German) in an exciting match by 21-17, 7-21, 24-22. In the last sixteen he lost against Kevin Cordon (Guatemala) 19-21, 21-19, 17-21.
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