PEOPLE – “Kostiuczyk” no more

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Raphaël Sachetat
– June 5, 2010Posted in: news
The name Nadiezda Kostiuczyk will no longer appear in draws of the Super Series tournaments. Yet, it is not because the Polish talented player retired, but for a much better […]

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The name Nadiezda Kostiuczyk will no longer appear in draws of the Super Series tournaments. Yet, it is not because the Polish talented player retired, but for a much better reason: she got married on April 30th and will now be known as Nadiezda Zieba.

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If Kostiuczyk will probably keep playing with Robert Mateusiak – with whom she has won the Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open Super Series last year, her new partner in life is also a badminton player. Dariusz Zieba (born in November 1972) was 4 times the champion of Poland in men’s singles (1992, 1994, 1995 and 1996) and 2 times in men’s doubles  (1993 and 1996). He is still playing in Polish badminton league (1st Division), this year won a bronze medal in Polish Championships in men’s singles (losing in the semi-final to P. Wacha) and played on Poland’s silver medal-winning team in the European Men’s Team Championships (February 2010, Warsaw).

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Raphael is the Chief Editor of Badzine International. He is the founder of the website together with Jean François Chauveau. After many years writing for the BWF and many publications around the world about badminton, he now leads a team of young and dynamic writers for Badzine.