Alexander Dunn (badminton)

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Alexander Dunn
Personal information
CountryScotland
Born (1998-09-13) 13 September 1998 (age 25)
Bellshill, Scotland
Residence Motherwell, Scotland
Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Years active2014
HandednessRight
CoachIngo Kindervater
Robert Blair
Andy Bowman
Keith Turnbull
Jamie Neill
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking22 (MD with Adam Hall 24 January 2023)
82 (XD with Ciara Torrance 20 September 2022)
Current ranking27 (MD with Adam Hall)
189 (XD with Ciara Torrance) (26 September 2023)
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
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Mulhouse Mixed doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Lubin Boys' doubles
BWF profile

Alexander Dunn (born 13 September 1998) is a Scottish badminton player. Born 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] [4] He competed at the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games. [5] [6] [7]

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Personal life

Dunn educated sport and physical activity at the University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow. [5] At the age of 13, he was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type 1. [7]

Achievements

European Games

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2023 Arena Jaskółka,
Tarnów, Poland
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adam Hall 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 Adam Hall 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 Adam Hall Flag of Denmark.svg Alexander Bond
Flag of Denmark.svg Joel Eipe
17–21, 21–18, 15–21 Med 3.png Bronze

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017 Centre Sportif Régional d'Alsace,
Mulhouse, France
Flag of Scotland.svg Eleanor O'Donnell Flag of Russia.svg Rodion Alimov
Flag of Russia.svg Alina Davletova
16–21, 14–21 Med 2.png Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 2 runner-up)

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017 Polish Open Flag of Scotland.svg Adam Hall 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 Adam Hall 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 Adam Hall Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Stoffersen
Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Thyrri
21–14, 21–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Iceland International Flag of Scotland.svg Adam Hall 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 Adam Hall 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 Adam Hall 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 Adam Hall 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
2019 Welsh International Flag of Scotland.svg Ciara Torrance Flag of England.svg Matthew Clare
Flag of England.svg Hope Warner
21–14, 20–22, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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References

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