Caitlin Dransfield

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Caitlin Dransfield
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Caitlin Dransfield in 2019
Personal information
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1991-01-13) 13 January 1991 (age 33)
Perth, Australia
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
CoachMark Cunningham
Women's singles SL4
Women's doubles SL3–SU5
Mixed doubles SL3–SU5
Highest ranking8 (WS 8 November 2022)
14 (WD with Doung Kim Chou 19 September 2022)
21 (XD with Corrie Keith Robinson 1 January 2019)
Current ranking8 (WS)
18 (WD with Doung Kim Chou)
33 (XD with Kenneth Adlawan) (15 November 2022)
Medal record
Women's para-badminton
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Geelong Women's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Geelong Mixed doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Melbourne Women's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Melbourne Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Melbourne Mixed doubles

Caitlin Dransfield (born 13 January 1991) is an Australian para-badminton player. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics where badminton made its Paralympics debut. [1]

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Personal

Dransfield was born on 13 January 1991 with right-sided hemiplegia cerebral palsy. [2] She attended Mount Lawley Senior High School. [3] In 2021, she is employed at Rise and studying a Bachelor of Disability and Community Inclusion at Flinders University. [4]

Badminton

Her early sporting life was predominantly in tennis. [5] In 2016, she took up para badminton and is a member of the Duncraig Badminton Club in Perth, Western Australia. She is classified as SL4. In 2018, she won Women's Singles (SL3-SL4) and Mixed Doubles at the 2018 Oceania Championships. [6]

At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, competing in the Women's singles SL4, Dransfield lost to Helle Sofie Sagoy of Norway 2-0 in the Group Stage. She then lost to Chanida Srinavakul from Thailand 2-0 but then managed to take a set off Olivia Meier of Canada but still lost 2-1. She was therefore eliminated and did not compete in the quarterfinals.

She is coached by Mark Cunningham in Perth.

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2018 [lower-alpha 1] Leisuretime Sports Precinct, Geelong, Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Celine Aurelie Vinot 21–5, 21–1 Med 1.png Gold
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anu Francis 21–6, 21–2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zashka Gunson 21–2, 21–3
2022 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia Flag of New Zealand.svg Carrie Joanne Wilson 21–9, 21–12 Med 1.png Gold

D2ubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2022 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Doung Kim Chou Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kenneth Adlawan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Phonexay Kinnavong
25–27, 21–18, 22–20 Med 1.png Gold

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 [lower-alpha 2] Leisuretime Sports Precinct,
Geelong, Australia
Flag of New Zealand.svg Corrie Keith Robinson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hayden Bognar
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Celine Aurelie Vinot
21–3, 21–6 Med 1.png Gold
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Phonexay Kinnavong
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anu Francis
21–9, 21–11
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Torey-Toth
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zashka Gunson
21–5, 21–5
2022 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kenneth Adlawan Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Kiran Linton
Flag of New Zealand.svg Carrie Joanne Wilson
21–8, 13–21, 23–25 Med 2.png Silver

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References

  1. "Duo To Give Australian Badminton A Paralympic Boost". Paralympics Australia. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. "Caitlin Dransfield". Badminron World Federation. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  3. "Lawley Alumni Historical Lists Class of 2008 — Student Roll Call". Mount Lawley Senior High School. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021.
  4. ""The Paralympics would be a dream come true."". Rise. 19 May 2021. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  5. "Caitlin Dransfield badminton journey to the 2020 Paralympics". Australian Sports Foundation. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  6. "Dransfield Claims Twin-Titles at Oceania Champs". WAIS. 29 November 2018. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

Notes

  1. This tournament uses a round robin system.
  2. This tournament uses a round robin system.