Alexander Dunn (badminton)

Alexander Dunn
Personal information
Country  Scotland
Born (1998-09-13) 13 September 1998
Bellshill, Scotland
Residence Motherwell, Scotland
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Years active 2014
Handedness Right
Coach Andy Bowman
Keith Turnbull
Jamie Neill
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking 45 (MD 8 March 2018)
102 (XD 12 April 2018)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Scotland
European Junior Championships
2017 Mulhouse Mixed doubles
2015 Lubin Boys' doubles
BWF profile

Alexander Dunn (born 13 September 1998) is a Scottish badminton player. Borned in Bellshill, Dunn started playing badminton at aged seven, and joined the national team in 2009.[1][2] He won a bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event with his partner Adam Hall, also the silver medal in the mixed doubles event with Eleanor O’Donnell in 2017.[3] He competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[4]

Dunn educated sport and physical activity at the University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow.[4]

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Regional Sport Centrum Hall, Lubin, Poland Scotland Adam Hall Denmark Alexander Bond
Denmark Joel Eipe		 17–21, 21–18, 15–21 Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Centre Sportif Régional d'Alsace, Mulhouse, France Scotland Eleanor O’Donnell Russia Rodion Alimov
Russia Alina Davletova		 16–21, 14–21 Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Iceland International Scotland Adam Hall Denmark Nicklas Mathiasen
Denmark Mikkel Stoffersen		 21–16, 21–18 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Turkey International Scotland Adam Hall Denmark Mikkel Stoffersen
Denmark Mathias Thyrri		 21–14, 21–9 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Irish Open Scotland Adam Hall Republic of Ireland Joshua Magee
Republic of Ireland Sam Magee		 21–15, 6–21, 21–10 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Polish Open Scotland Adam Hall Poland Łukasz Moreń
Poland Wojciech Szkudlarczyk		 11–21, 18–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Players: Alexander Dunn". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Alex Dunn". www.badmintonscotland.org.uk. BadmintonScotland. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "European Junior Championships, Individuals". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Participants: Alexander Dunn". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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