Martin Campbell (badminton)

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]

Martin Campbell
Martin Campbell on 12 October 2014
Personal information
Country Scotland
Born (1990-07-26) 26 July 1990
Edinburgh, Scotland
ResidenceGlasgow, Scotland
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Years active2007
HandednessRight
CoachWong Tat Meng
Andrew Bowman
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking52 (MD 26 October 2017
101 (XD 13 July 2017)
BWF profile

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 Patrick MacHugh Oliver Leydon-Davis
Lasse Mølhede		 17–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2016 Estonian International Patrick MacHugh Jones Ralfy Jansen
Josche Zurwonne		 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2015 Hungarian International Patrick MacHugh Soren Gravholt
Nikolaj Overgaard		 21–13, 18–21, 21–16 Winner
2015 Portugal International Patrick MacHugh Peter Briggs
Tom Wolfenden		 17–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2015 Iceland International Patrick MacHugh Frederik Aalestrup
Kasper Dinesen		 21–16, 21–17 Winner
2014 Portugal International Patrick MacHugh Kazuki Matsumaru
Izumi Okoshi		 21–18, 13–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2014 Iceland International Patrick MacHugh Mattijs Dierickx
Freek Golinski		 21–15, 12–21, 21–14 Winner
2013 Bulgaria Eurasia Open Patrick MacHugh Joe Morgan
Nic Strange		 25–23, 21–10 Winner
2012 Iceland International Patrick MacHugh Joe Morgan
Nic Strange		 17–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2012 Irish International Angus Gilmour Daniel Font
Oliver Gwilt		 21–12, 24–26, 16–21 Runner-up
2011 Welsh International Angus Gilmour Christopher Coles
Matthew Nottingham		 19–21, 7–21 Runner-up
2010 Bulgarian International Angus Gilmour Marcus Ellis
Peter Mills		 14–21, 10–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Romanian International Jillie Cooper Bastian Kersaudy
Teshana Vignes Waran		 21–14, 21–15 Winner
2011 Welsh International Ng Hui Lin Peter Briggs
Ng Hui Ern		 21–16, 21–19 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. "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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