SOZONOV Ivan

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Quarterfinal	Men's Doubles	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
Group Stage	Men's Doubles	2012	London, GBR

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Last 16	Men's Doubles	2018	Nanjing, CHN
Last 16	Men's Doubles	2017	Glasgow, GBR
Last 32	Men's Doubles	2019	Basel, SUI
Last 32	Men's Doubles	2015	Jakarta, INA
Last 32	Men's Doubles	2013	Guangzhou, CHN
Last 32	Men's Doubles	2011	London, GBR
Last 32	Mixed Doubles	2009	Hyderabad, IND
Last 64	Men's Doubles	2014	Copenhagen, DEN
Last 64	Men's Doubles	2010	Paris, FRA
Last 64	Men's Singles	2009	Hyderabad, IND
Last 64	Men's Doubles	2009	Hyderabad, IND

European Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men's Doubles	2019	Minsk, BLR

European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men's Doubles	2021	Kiev, UKR
3	Men's Doubles	2018	Huelva, ESP
Quarterfinal	Men's Doubles	2017	Kolding, DEN

European Team Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Mixed Team	2017	Lubin, POL
3	Mixed Team	2021	Vantaa, FIN
3	Men's Team	2020	Lievin, FRA
3	Mixed Team	2019	Copenhagen, DEN
Quarterfinal	Men's Team	2018	Kazan, RUS

HSBC BWF World Tour Finals

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1st Round	Men's Doubles	2020	Bangkok, THA

BWF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32	L64	Group
2021	Doubles M	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-
2020	Doubles M	-	1x	1x	-	-	5x	-	-
2019	Doubles M	1x	-	-	1x	3x	11x	-	-
2018	Doubles M	-	-	2x	2x	1x	9x	-	-
2017	Doubles M	1x	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-

BWF World Superseries - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32
2017	Doubles M	-	-	1x	5x	-	4x
2017	Doubles X	-	-	-	-	1x	1x

World Tour & World Superseries - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2019	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Almere, NED
1	2017	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Vladivostok, RUS
2	2020	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Odense, DEN
3	2020	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Birmingham, GBR
3	2018	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Lucknow, IND
3	2018	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Vladivostok, RUS
3	2017	Men's Doubles	BWF World Superseries	Tokyo, JPN
3	2017	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Mulheim an der Ruhr, GER
Quarterfinal	2019	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Lucknow, IND
Quarterfinal	2018	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Paris, FRA
Quarterfinal	2018	Men's Doubles	BWF World Tour	Jakarta, INA
Quarterfinal	2017	Men's Doubles	BWF World Superseries	Hong Kong, CHN
Quarterfinal	2017	Men's Doubles	BWF World Superseries	Fuzhou, CHN
Quarterfinal	2017	Men's Doubles	BWF World Superseries	Paris, FRA
Quarterfinal	2017	Men's Doubles	BWF World Superseries	Jakarta, INA
Quarterfinal	2017	Men's Doubles	BWF World Superseries	New Delhi, IND

Thomas & Uber Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Group Stage	Men's Team	2018	Bangkok, THA

TOTAL BWF Sudirman Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Group 1	Mixed Team	2019	Nanning, CHN
Group 1	Mixed Team	2017	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS

Legend
W - Winner, RU - Runner-up, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, L16 - Last 16, L32 - Last 32, L64 - Last 64, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed

Vanya (VK profile, 28 Aug 2020)

Playing the guitar, reading books, ice hockey. (Athlete, 07 Sep 2020; teamrussia.pro, 18 May 2020)

Athlete

Engineering - Moscow State Forest University, Russian Federation

English, Russian

Moscomsport Centre of Olympic Preparation [RUS] / Primorye Badminton Sports Club [RUS]

Klavdija Mayorova [national], RUS; Nikolay Zuev [personal], RUS; Igor Shumilkin [personal], RUS

Left (bwfbadminton.com, 15 Mar 2020; Athlete, 30 Jun 2016)

2008 for Russian Federation, European Team Championships in Almere, Netherlands (Athlete, 30 Jun 2016)

He tore his Achilles tendon during the semifinals of the men's doubles at the 2016 European Championships in La Roche-sur-Yon, France. He underwent surgery and came back to light training in May 2016. (badm.ru, 30 Apr 2016; izvestia.ru, 10 May 2016; lenta.ru, 19 Jun 2016)

He began playing badminton in 1995 at age six in Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation. (Athlete, 30 Jun 2016)

"My father was interested in different sports including badminton. There was a sports gym near our home where he played badminton and began taking me with him. At first, it was entertainment that gradually became my life's occupation." (Athlete, 30 Jun 2016)

To win medals at the Olympic Games and the world championships. (Athlete, 07 Sep 2020)

Winning gold in men's doubles at the 2014 European Championships in Kazan, Russian Federation, and gold in men's doubles at the 2016 All England Open in Birmingham, England. (Athlete, 07 Sep 2020)

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, US basketball player Stephen Curry, Russian ice hockey player Nikita Kucherov, Czech ice hockey player Jaromir Jagr. (Athlete, 30 Jun 2016)

His father, and his coaches. (Athlete, 30 Jun 2016)

In 2017 he received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (minsport.gov.ru, 22 Feb 2017)

He and doubles partner Vladimir Ivanov received the 2016 Badminton Player of the Year award by vote organised by the Russian National Federation of Badminton. (badm.ru, 28 Dec 2016)