Christopher Grimley | |||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Country | Scotland | ||||||||||||||
Born | Glasgow, Scotland | 6 February 2000||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Years active | 2015–present | ||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right [1] | ||||||||||||||
Men's & mixed doubles | |||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 36 (MD with Matthew Grimley 20 December 2022) 67 (XD with Eleanor O'Donnell 18 October 2022) | ||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 47 (MD with Matthew Grimley 16 April 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Christopher Grimley (born 6 February 2000) is a Scottish badminton player who competes in international level events. His doubles partner is his twin brother Matthew Grimley. [2] Christopher has competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. [3]
Christopher Grimley started to know about badminton at the age of six because his parents playing this sport. He used to attend Lourdes Primary School before he got the chance to move to the Glasgow School of Sport, based at Bellahouston Academy. The twins have already won a host of titles and are the Scottish National U–13 doubles champions in 2012. They also hold the doubles titles for Glasgow, the West of Scotland and the East of Scotland. Christopher also won the Glasgow U–13 singles title. [4]
In 2017, Christopher and Matthew reached the round of 16 at the 2017 BWF World Junior Championships. The twins then won the silver medal at the 2018 European Junior Championships. [5]
In 2019, Christopher and Matthew were at least in the final four in six tournaments, and finished as runner-up at the Portugal International tournament. [6]
In March 2020, the twins ranked as number 60 in BWF World ranking. [6]
Boys' doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia | Matthew Grimley | Fabien Delrue William Villeger | 18–21, 15–21 | Silver |
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Portugal International | Matthew Grimley | Chang Ko-chi Lee Fang-jen | 21–16, 16–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
2020 | Portugal International | Matthew Grimley | Lucas Corvée Brice Leverdez | 24–26, 22–24 | Runner-up |
2021 | Scottish Open | Matthew Grimley | Junaidi Arif Muhammad Haikal | 22–20, 21–16 | Winner |
2023 | Irish Open | Matthew Grimley | Andreas Søndergaard Jesper Toft | 22–20, 16–21, 21–17 | Winner |
2023 | Welsh International | Matthew Grimley | Bjarne Geiss Jan Colin Völker | 18–21, 21–16, 21–17 | Winner |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2020 | Portugal International | Eleanor O'Donnell | Adam Pringle Rachel Andrew | 21–18, 21–6 | Winner |
Boys' singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2016 | Estonian Junior International | Matthew Grimley | 11–7, 7–11, 9–11, 11–8, 11–5 | Winner |
2018 | Swedish Junior International | Lukas Resch | 21–19, 19–21, 21–17 | Winner |
2018 | Hellas Junior International | Zach Russ | 23–21, 22–20 | Winner |
2018 | Cyprus Junior International | Nguyễn Hải Đăng | 14–21, 16–21 | Runner-up |
2018 | Lithuanian Junior International | Lukas Resch | 21–19, 21–11 | Winner |
Boys' doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2015 | Irish Junior Open | Matthew Grimley | Louis Ducrot Sam McKay | 14–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
2016 | Czech Junior International | Matthew Grimley | Robert Cybulski Paweł Śmiłowski | 17–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
2016 | Estonian Junior International | Matthew Grimley | Adam Gozzi Carl Harrbacka | 11–2, 9–11, 11–5, 11–6 | Winner |
2017 | Irish Junior Open | Matthew Grimley | Nhat Nguyen Paul Reynolds | 12–21, 11–21 | Runner-up |
2017 | Czech Junior International | Matthew Grimley | Zach Russ Steven Stallwood | 13–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
2017 | Estonian Junior International | Matthew Grimley | Georgii Karpov Mikhail Lavrikov | 11–6, 11–9, 11–8 | Winner |
2018 | Swedish Junior International | Matthew Grimley | Joan Monroy Carlos Piris | 21–5, 21–19 | Winner |
2018 | Hungarian Junior International | Matthew Grimley | Joshua Apiliga Adam Pringle | 19–21, 22–20, 21–17 | Winner |
2018 | Bulgarian Junior International | Matthew Grimley | Georgii Karpov Georgii Lebedev | 21–12, 21–11 | Winner |
2018 | Lithuanian Junior International | Matthew Grimley | Brian Holtschke Lukas Resch | 21–12, 21–14 | Winner |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2016 | Danish Junior Cup | Ciara Torrance | Rasmus Kjær Irina Amalie Andersen | 21–11, 7–21, 23–25 | Runner-up |
2016 | Czech Junior International | Ciara Torrance | Matthew Grimley Toni Woods | 21–19, 21–17 | Winner |
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