Ingo was the men's doubles bronze medallist at the
2008 European Championships partnered with
Kristof Hopp, and in
2010 with
Michael Fuchs. In 2012, he qualified for the London Olympics with
Johannes Schöttler after gaining 43529.339 points during the qualifying period and reaching 18th in the BWF World Ranking. On 23 July the draw was conducted and Kindervater and Schöttler were placed in Group A alongside
Cai Yun/
Fu Haifeng, Fang Chieh Min/Lee Sheng Mu, and
Ross Smith/
Glenn Warfe. He won the
2012 Bitburger Open in the men's doubles with his partner
Johannes Schöttler after beating
Chris Langridge and
Peter Mills 21–15, 21–11. After retiring in 2013, Kindervater finished his diploma in Economics before becoming National Doubles Coach for the German Badminton Association. Kindervater supported the German Badminton Olympic Team as a coach in the Rio 2016 Olympics. After 6 years in this position, Ingo relocated to Edinburgh, Scotland, where he took the post of Head of Performance with Badminton Scotland. ==Achievements==