Adam Hall (badminton)

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Adam Hall
Personal information
Birth nameAdam Alistair Murdoch Mcg Hall
CountryScotland
Born (1996-02-12) 12 February 1996 (age 28)
Irvine, Scotland
Residence Mauchline, Scotland
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
HandednessRight
Coach Ingo Kindervater
Robert Blair
Andy Bowman [1] [2]
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking22 (MD with Alexander Dunn 24 January 2023)
21 (XD with Julie MacPherson 27 December 2022)
Current ranking30 (MD with Alexander Dunn)
49 (XD with Julie MacPherson) (16 April 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Men's doubles
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Madrid Men's doubles
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Lubin Boys' doubles
BWF profile

Adam Alistair Murdoch McGregor Hall (born 12 February 1996) is a Scottish badminton player. [3] [4] He was the bronze medalist at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event with his partner Alexander Dunn. [5] He competed at the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games. [6]

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Hall studied sport and fitness management at the Open University in Scotland. [6]

Achievements

European Games

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2023 Arena Jaskółka,
Tarnów, Poland
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alexander Dunn Flag of Denmark.svg Kim Astrup
Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
13–21, 21–16, 10–21 Med 3.png Bronze

European Championships

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2022 Polideportivo Municipal Gallur,
Madrid, Spain
Flag of Scotland.svg Alexander Dunn Flag of Germany.svg Mark Lamsfuß
Flag of Germany.svg Marvin Seidel
17–21, 16–21 Med 2.png Silver

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Regional Sport Centrum Hall,
Lubin, Poland
Flag of Scotland.svg Alexander Dunn Flag of Denmark.svg Alexander Bond
Flag of Denmark.svg Joel Eipe
17–21, 21–18, 15–21 Med 3.png Bronze

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016 Scottish Open Flag of England.svg Peter Mills Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Christiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg David Daugaard
21–15, 19–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 4 runners-up)

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014 Welsh International Flag of Scotland.svg Gordon Thomson Flag of England.svg Matthew Nottingham
Flag of England.svg Harley Towler
15–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Iceland International Flag of England.svg Chris Coles Flag of England.svg Ben Lane
Flag of England.svg Sean Vendy
21–19, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Polish Open Flag of Scotland.svg Alexander Duun Flag of Poland.svg Łukasz Moreń
Flag of Poland.svg Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
11–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 Irish Open Flag of Scotland.svg Alexander Dunn Flag of Ireland.svg Joshua Magee
Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Magee
21–15, 6–21, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Turkey International Flag of Scotland.svg Alexander Dunn Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Stoffersen
Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Thyrri
21–14, 21–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018Iceland International Flag of Scotland.svg Alexander Dunn Flag of Denmark.svg Nicklas Mathiasen
Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Stoffersen
21–16, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019Irish Open Flag of Scotland.svg Alexander Dunn Flag of Germany.svg Jones Ralfy Jansen
Flag of Germany.svg Peter Käsbauer
19–21, 21–17, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Scottish Open Flag of Scotland.svg Alexander Dunn Flag of Denmark.svg Jeppe Bay
Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Mikkelsen
21–10, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2020 Austrian Open Flag of Scotland.svg Alexander Dunn Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ruben Jille
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ties van der Lecq
21–18, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 Belgian International Flag of Scotland.svg Julie MacPherson Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek
11–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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References

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  2. "Adam Hall". Badminton England. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
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