Martin Campbell (badminton)

Martin Campbell
Martin Campbell on 12 October 2014
Personal information
Country  Scotland
Born (1990-07-26) 26 July 1990
Edinburgh, Scotland
Residence Glasgow, Scotland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Years active 2007
Handedness Right
Coach Wong Tat Meng
Andrew Bowman
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking 52 (MD 26 October 2017
101 (XD 13 July 2017)
BWF profile

Martin Campbell (born 26 July 1990) is a Scottish badminton player from BC Adliswil Zurich. Campbell started playing badminton when he was around seven years old, and joined the national team in 2008.[1] He was the bronze medalist at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India,[2] and competed at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games.[3][4] He won his first National Championships title in 2015.[5]

Campbell graduated from Loughborough University with a first class honours degree.[2]

Campbell announced his retirement from full-time badminton in July 2018, and amassed 29 Scotland caps since 2010.[6]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Swedish Open Scotland Patrick MacHugh New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis
Denmark Lasse Mølhede		 17–21, 12–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Estonian International Scotland Patrick MacHugh Germany Jones Ralfy Jansen
Germany Josche Zurwonne		 15–21, 18–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Hungarian International Scotland Patrick MacHugh Denmark Soren Gravholt
Denmark Nikolaj Overgaard		 21–13, 18–21, 21–16 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Portugal International Scotland Patrick MacHugh England Peter Briggs
England Tom Wolfenden		 17–21, 20–22 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Iceland International Scotland Patrick MacHugh Denmark Frederik Aalestrup
Denmark Kasper Dinesen		 21–16, 21–17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Portugal International Scotland Patrick MacHugh Japan Kazuki Matsumaru
Japan Izumi Okoshi		 21–18, 13–21, 17–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Iceland International Scotland Patrick MacHugh Belgium Mattijs Dierickx
Belgium Freek Golinski		 21–15, 12–21, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Bulgaria Eurasia Open Scotland Patrick MacHugh Wales Joe Morgan
Wales Nic Strange		 25–23, 21–10 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Iceland International Scotland Patrick MacHugh Wales Joe Morgan
Wales Nic Strange		 17–21, 16–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Irish International Scotland Angus Gilmour Wales Daniel Font
Wales Oliver Gwilt		 21–12, 24–26, 16–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Welsh International Scotland Angus Gilmour England Christopher Coles
England Matthew Nottingham		 19–21, 7–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Bulgarian International Scotland Angus Gilmour England Marcus Ellis
England Peter Mills		 14–21, 10–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Romanian International Scotland Jillie Cooper France Bastian Kersaudy
France Teshana Vignes Waran		 21–14, 21–15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Welsh International Malaysia Ng Hui Lin England Peter Briggs
Malaysia Ng Hui Ern		 21–16, 21–19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Players: Martin Campbell". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Martin Campbell Badminton". Team Scotland. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Martin Campbell Biography". g2014results.thecgf.com. Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Participants: Martin Campbell". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Martin Campbell and Patrick MacHugh win Scottish title". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Badminton: Scots Martin Campbell and Patrick MacHugh to retire". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
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