# Wouter Claes

Wouter Claes (born 28 October 1975) is a left-handed Belgian badminton player. He won 20 Belgian titles, 10 in the men's doubles with Frédéric Mawet and Ruud Kuijten, 10 in the mixed doubles with Manon Albinus, Corina Herrle and Nathalie Descamps. He won 20 Flemish Championships in singles, men's doubles with Nico Claes and Steven Delsaert and mixed doubles with Nathalie Descamps and Janne Elst. He won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles (together with partner Descamps) during the 2010 European Badminton Championships. This was the first Belgian medal ever won at a European Championship. During his career, he was placed 21 in world ranking.

## Achievements
### European Championships

Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2010 | Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England | Nathalie Descamps | Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl | 8–21, 14–21 | Bronze |

### BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2001 | Belgian International | Frédéric Mawet | Sven van Delsen David Vandewinkel | 15–8, 15–11 | Winner |
| 2001 | Slovenian International | Frédéric Mawet | Stanislav Pukhov Nikolai Zuyev | 2–7, 7–1, 5–7, 3–7 | Runner-up |
| 2003 | Luxembourge Thierry Theis | Frédéric Mawet | Dharma Gunawi Yudianto Yong | 15–12, 15–9 | Winner |
| 2003 | Giraldilla International | Frédéric Mawet | Jochen Cassel Joachim Tesche | 15–7, 14–17, 15–13 | Winner |
| 2003 | Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse | Frédéric Mawet | Jean-Michel Lefort Arif Rasidi | 12–15, 15–10, 15–3 | Winner |
| 2004 | Luxembourge Thierry Theis | Frédéric Mawet | Dharma Gunawi Yoseph Phoa | 15–9, 11–15, 14–17 | Runner-up |
| 2005 | Spanish International | Frédéric Mawet | Matthew Hughes Martyn Lewis | 11–15, 3–15 | Runner-up |
| 2006 | Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse | Frédéric Mawet | Vitalij Durkin Aleksandr Nikolaenko | 21–14, 16–21, 20–22 | Runner-up |
| 2007 | Croatian International | Frédéric Mawet | Jochen Cassel Thomas Tesche | 11–21, 22–20, 21–19 | Winner |
| 2007 | Finnish International | Frédéric Mawet | Tim Dettmann Johannes Schöttler | 21–16, 21–16 | Winner |
| 2007 | Czech International | Frédéric Mawet | Rasmus Bonde Kasper Faust Henriksen | 17–21, 21–18, 18–21 | Runner-up |
| 2008 | Swedish International | Frédéric Mawet | Rasmus Andersen Peter Steffensen | 12–21, 16–21 | Runner-up |
| 2008 | Austrian International | Frédéric Mawet | Fran Kurniawan Rendra Wijaya | 14–21, 11–21 | Runner-up |
| 2008 | Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse | Frédéric Mawet | Richard Eidestedt Andrew Ellis | 12–21, 12–21 | Runner-up |
| 2008 | European Circuit Finals | Frédéric Mawet | Kristof Hopp Ingo Kindervater | 21–16, 14–21, 16–21 | Runner-up |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2001 | Belgian International | Karina Sørensen | Bruce Topping Jayne Plunkett | 15–7, 15–9 | Winner |
| 2006 | Dutch International | Paulien van Dooremalen | Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier | 18–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
| 2006 | Irish International | Nathalie Descamps | Ruud Bosch Ginny Severien | 14–21, 21–17, 21–17 | Winner |
| 2007 | Croatian International | Nathalie Descamps | Adam Cwalina Małgorzata Kurdelska | 21–13, 16–21, 21–13 | Winner |
| 2007 | Irish International | Nathalie Descamps | Howard Bach Eva Lee | 10–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
| 2008 | Austrian International | Nathalie Descamps | Zhang Yi Cai Jiani | 18–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
| 2008 | Spanish Open | Nathalie Descamps | Rendra Wijaya Meiliana Jauhari | 14–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
| 2008 | European Circuit Finals | Nathalie Descamps | Aleksandr Nikolaenko Nina Vislova | 7–21, 19–21 | Runner-up |
| 2009 | Belgian International | Nathalie Descamps | Marcus Ellis Heather Olver | 9–21, 23–25 | Runner-up |
| 2010 | Banuinvest International | Nathalie Descamps | Chayut Triyachart Yao Lei | 13–21, 21–23 | Runner-up |
    BWF International Challenge tournament
    BWF International Series/European Circuit tournament