Susannah Leydon-Davis

Susannah Leydon-Davis
Personal information
Country  New Zealand
Born (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992
Hamilton, New Zealand
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Coach Tjitte Weistra
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking 80 (WD) 6 June 2013
43 (XD) 27 February 2014
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  New Zealand
Oceania Badminton Championships
2014 BallaratMixed doubles
2018 HamiltonMixed doubles
2017 NouméaWomen's doubles
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
2016 AucklandMixed team
2014 BallaratMixed team
Oceania Women's Team Championships
2018 HamiltonWomen's team
2016 AucklandWomen's team
BWF profile

Susannah Leydon-Davis (born 5 February 1992) is a New Zealand badminton player.[1][2] In 2014, she competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[3]

Career

Originally from Hamilton, Leydon-Davis attended Hillcrest High School and was Sports Captain in 2009. In 2015 she graduated from the University of Waikato with a Bachelor of Management Studies. She competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow July 2014. Susannah competes in the mixed doubles with her brother Oliver, and they have actively been New Zealand representatives.[4] She and her brother, won the mixed doubles gold medal at the 2014 Oceania Badminton Championships.[5] Teamed up with Kevin Dennerly-Minturn she won the Waikato International tournament in the mixed doubles event.[6]

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Salle Anewy,
Nouméa, New Caledonia		 New Zealand Danielle Tahuri Australia Setyana Mapasa
Australia Gronya Somerville		 15–21, 7–21 Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Eastlink Badminton Stadium,
Hamilton, New Zealand		 New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis Australia Sawan Serasinghe
Australia Setyana Mapasa		 12–21, 19–21 Bronze
2014 Ken Kay Badminton Hall,
Ballarat, Australia		 New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis Australia Matthew Chau
Australia Jacqueline Guan		 21–19, 21–13 Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 North Harbour International New Zealand Sally Fu Australia Leanne Choo
Australia Renuga Veeran		 6–21, 12–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Yonex / K&D Graphics International New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis Canada Nyl Yakura
Canada Kristen Tsai		 11–21, 8–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Nouméa International New Zealand Dylan Soedjasa Australia Sawan Serasinghe
Australia Setyana Mapasa		 13–21, 21–15, 17–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Waikato International New Zealand Kevin Dennerly-Minturn New Zealand Abhinav Manota
New Zealand Justine Villegas		 21–13, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Counties Manukau International New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis New Zealand Daniel Shirley
New Zealand Gabby Aves		 11–21, 17–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Players: Susannah Leydon-Davis". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Athletes: Susannah Leydon-Davis". olympic.org.nz. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Susannah Leydon-Davis Biography". g2014results.thecgf.com. Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Susannah Leydon-Davis : Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS)". waikato.ac.nz. University of Waikato. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Mixed doubles pair win Oceanias". radionz.co.nz. Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Overseas players show their class at Waikato International badminton event". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
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