Daniel Shirley

Daniel A. Shirley
Personal information
Country	New Zealand
Born	(1979-04-13) 13 April 1979 (age 46) Waitakere City, New Zealand
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Handedness	Left
Event	Doubles
Medal record Men's badminton Representing   New Zealand World Championships 2005 Anaheim Mixed Doubles Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Mixed doubles 1998 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 2002 Manchester Mixed doubles 2002 Manchester Mixed team
BWF profile

Daniel A. Shirley (born 13 April 1979) is a male badminton player from New Zealand. ^[1]

Career

Shirley competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Sara Petersen. They defeated Philippe Bourret and Denyse Julien of Canada in the first round but lost to Jonas Rasmussen and Rikke Olsen of Denmark in the round of 16.

They also won a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and the 2005 IBF World Championships, along with a silver metal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. ^[2]

Achievements

World Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, United States	Sara Runesten-Petersen	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen	8–15, 8–15	Bronze

Commonwealth Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Bolton Arena, Manchester, England	Sara Runesten-Petersen	Simon Archer Joanne Goode	1–7, 7–5, 6–8, 7–4, 2–7	Bronze
2006	Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Sara Runesten-Petersen	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	17–21, 10–21	Silver

Oceania Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Suva, Fiji	John Gordon	Peter Blackburn Murray Hocking	7–4, 5–7, 6–8	Bronze
2004	Waitakere City, New Zealand	John Gordon	Geoffrey Bellingham Craig Cooper	15–11, 17–15	Gold
2006	Auckland, New Zealand	John Gordon	Geoffrey Bellingham Craig Cooper	21–19, 15–13 Retired	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Suva, Fiji	Sara Runesten-Petersen	Travis Denney Kate Wilson-Smith		Gold
2004	Waitakere City, New Zealand	Sara Runesten-Petersen	Travis Denney Kate Wilson-Smith		Gold
2006	Auckland, New Zealand	Sara Runesten-Petersen	Travis Denney Kate Wilson-Smith		Gold

IBF World Grand Prix

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	New Zealand Open	John Gordon	Boyd Cooper Travis Denney	11–15, 9–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	New Zealand Open	Sara Runesten-Petersen	Travis Denney Kate Wilson-Smith	15–8, 15–4	Winner
2005	Bitburger Open	Sara Runesten-Petersen	Vladislav Druzchenko Johanna Persson	11–15, 15–11, 6–15	Runner-up

IBF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Fiji International	Geoffrey Bellingham	Peter Blackburn Denis Constantin	13–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2000	New Zealand International	John Gordon	Robert Blair Russell Hogg	17–16, 15–7	Winner
2001	Canberra International	John Gordon	Peter Blackburn Murray Hocking	8–6, 7–5, 7–3	Winner
2002	Dutch International	John Gordon	Peter Jeffrey Ian Palethorpe		Winner
2002	Western Australia International	John Gordon	Shuichi Nakao Shuichi Sakamoto	7–4, 7–4, 7–4	Winner
2003	Wellington International	John Gordon	Yuichi Ikeda Shoji Sato	15–5, 16–17, 15–10	Winner
2006	Australian International	John Gordon	Aji Basuki Sindoro Ashley Brehaut	21–19, 13–21, 21–18	Winner
2007	Australian International	John Gordon	Aji Basuki Sindoro Ashley Brehaut	19–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2011	Counties Manukau International	Andrew Smith	Wesley Caulkett Raymond Tam		Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Auckland International	Tammy Jenkins	Geoffrey Bellingham Rhona Robertson		Winner
2002	New Zealand International	Sara Runesten-Petersen	Chris Blair Tammy Jenkins		Winner
2003	Waikato International	Sara Runesten-Petersen	Tadashi Ohtsuka Shizuka Yamamoto		Winner
2003	Western Australia International	Sara Runesten-Petersen	Norio Imai Chikako Nakayama		Winner
2004	Auckland International	Sara Runesten-Petersen	Ong Ewe Hock Sutheaswari Mudukasan		Winner
2004	Malaysia International	Sara Runesten-Petersen	Kristian Roebuck Liza Parker		Winner
2005	Waikato International	Sara Runesten-Petersen	Craig Cooper Lianne Shirley		Winner
2006	North Harbour International	Gabby Shirley	Kennevic Asuncion Kennie Asuncion	21–17, 17–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2006	Australian International	Joanne Quay	Craig Cooper Renee Flavell	21–10, 21–19	Winner
2011	Counties Manukau International	Gabby Aves	Oliver Leydon-Davis Susannah Leydon-Davis	21–11, 21–17	Winner

References

1. Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website Archived 16 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
2. Lewis, Paul (26 March 2006). "Badminton: Parting brings silver sorrow". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 23 May 2025.