| Roland Maywald | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Federal Republic of Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1948-07-07)7 July 1948 (age 77) Elten,North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roland Maywald (born 1948) is a former Germanbadminton player who won numerous (West)German national and other European titles from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s.
Though he won theGerman national singles title in 1974, Maywald was primarily a doubles specialist. He was particularly successful internationally in men's doubles withWilli Braun, whose fast forecourt racket complemented Maywald's steady all-court play. Braun and Maywald won the biennialEuropean Championships consecutively in 1972 and 1974.[1] They were thrice semifinalists at the prestigiousAll-England Championships (1971,1975 and 1976)[2][3][4] and won theU.S. Open men's doubles in 1976.[5] He also won two bronze medals at the1972 Munich Olympic Games when badminton was played as a demonstration sport. Maywald also shared a number of mixed doubles titles in Europe with various partners. In1975 he reached the final of mixed doubles at the All-England withBrigitte Steden.
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