José Antonio Crespo

José Antonio Crespo Ortiz[lower-alpha 1] (born 24 June 1977 in Madrid) is a badminton player from Spain. Crespo started playing badminton when he was eight in Benalmádena under coached Antonio Lopez, and when he was nine, he won the local tournament in San Juan. In 1991, he competed in the national tournament in Gandia, and won the U-15 boys' doubles title with his partner Jose Luis Ortiz.[1] He was the champion in the boys' doubles event at the U-19 Spanish Junior National Championships in 1994 and 1995.[2] Crespo also won the National senior title 11 times from 2001 to 2008, 3 in the singles event, 6 in the men's doubles, and 2 in the men's doubles event.[3] Crespo competed at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles event with partner Llopis.[4] They were defeated in the round of 32 by Lee Dong-soo and Yoo Yong-sung of Korea.[5] Throughout his career, he had been ranked 13 in the men's doubles event with Sergio Llopis in 2003, and ranked 15 in the mixed doubles with Dolores Marco in 2002.[1] He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Sports and Physical Activity at the Technical University of Madrid.[6]

José Antonio Crespo
Personal information
Birth name	José Antonio Crespo Ortiz
Country	Spain
Born	24 June 1977 Madrid, Spain
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	13 (MD) July 2003 15 (XD) June 2002
BWF profile

Achievements

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Puerto Rico Open	Sergio Llopis	Tony Gunawan Khankham Malaythong	6–15, 3–15	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Puerto Rico International	Andrés Corpancho	16–21, 21–14, 21–16	Winner
2008	Kenya International	Chetan Anand	14–21, 7–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Portugal International	Sergio Llopis	Manuel Dubrulle Vincent Laigle	3–15, 15–10, 9–15	Runner-up
2000	Cuba International	Sergio Llopis	Keita Masuda Tadashi Ōtsuka	9–15, 2–15	Runner-up
2000	Hungarian International	Sergio Llopis	Valiyaveetil Diju Sanave Thomas	14–17, 7–15	Runner-up
2001	Spanish International	Sergio Llopis	Michał Łogosz Robert Mateusiak	3–15, 10–15	Runner-up
2002	Slovenian International	Sergio Llopis	Rasmus Andersen Carsten Mogensen	4–15, 7–15	Runner-up
2003	Peru International	Sergio Llopis	Keith Chan William Milroy	15–13, 12–15, 15–10	Winner
2003	Dominican Republic International	Sergio Llopis	Vincent Laigle Svetoslav Stoyanov	15–8, 7–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2003	Brazil International	Sergio Llopis	Howard Bach Kevin Han	6–15, 15–11, 15–10	Winner
2003	Southern Pan Am International	Sergio Llopis	Philippe Bourret Jean Philippe Goyette		Winner
2004	Dutch International	Sergio Llopis	Jean-Michel Lefort Svetoslav Stoyanov	9–15, 9–15	Runner-up
2005	Peru International	Nicolás Escartín	Keishi Kawaguchi Tōru Matsumoto	7–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2005	Giraldilla International	Nicolás Escartín	Klaus Raffeiner Alexander Theiner	15–10, 15–4	Winner
2008	Peru International	Francisco Ugaz	Andrés Corpancho Rodrigo Pacheco	21–15, 21–15	Winner
2008	Miami Pan Am International	Guilherme Pardo	Daniel Gouw Chandra Kowi	21–19, 13–21, 14–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Slovenian International	Dolores Marco	Andrej Pohar Maja Pohar	2–15, 15–11, 8–15	Runner-up
1999	Argentina International	Dolores Marco	Hugo Rodrigues Ana Ferreira	16–17, 10–15	Runner-up
1999	Guatemala International	Dolores Marco	Mike Beres Kara Solmundson	12–15, 15–10, 15–10	Winner
2000	Chile International	Dolores Marco	Mike Beres Kara Solmundson	9–15, 10–15	Runner-up
2000	Hungarian International	Dolores Marco	Sergio Llopis Mercedes Cuenca	15–1, 15–7	Winner
2002	Spanish International	Dolores Marco	Graeme Smith Kirsteen McEwan	2–7, 8–7, 6–8	Runner-up
2003	Peru International	Dolores Marco	Matthew Hughes Joanne Muggeridge	2–15, 13–15	Runner-up
2003	Dominican Republic International	Dolores Marco	Philippe Bourret Denyse Julien	15–4, 17–15	Winner
2003	Brazil International	Dolores Marco	Matthew Hughes Joanne Muggeridge	12–15, 15–13, 15–13	Winner
2004	Spanish International	Dolores Marco	Vicente Ortgosa Alicia Calonge		Winner
2005	Miami PanAm International	Yoana Martínez	Mike Beres Jody Patrick	11–15, 10–15	Runner-up
2005	Giraldilla International	Yoana Martínez	Philippe Bourret Helen Nichol	15–5, 15–5	Winner
2006	Waikato International	Doriana Rivera	Craig Cooper Renee Flavell	17–21, 18–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

Notes

1. This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Crespo and the second or maternal family name is Ortiz.

References

1. "Olímpicos: José Antonio Crespo" (in Spanish). Federación Española de Bádminton. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
2. "Histórico: Campeonatos de España Sub-19" (in Spanish). Federación Española de Bádminton. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
3. "Histórico: Campeonatos de España Absolutos" (in Spanish). Federación Española de Bádminton. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "José Antonio Crespo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
5. "Llopis y Crespo caen en primera ronda" (in Spanish). El Mundo. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
6. "José Antonio Crespo Ortiz" (in Spanish). Spanish Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 February 2018.

External links

• Jose Antonio Crespo at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Jose Antonio Crespo at the International Olympic Committee
• Jose Antonio Crespo at the Olympic Channel
• José Antonio Crespo at Olympedia
• José Antonio Crespo Ortiz at Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)