Dennis Coke

Dennis Coke

Personal information
Born	(1993-10-07) 7 October 1993 (age 32) Kingston, Jamaica
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	Jamaica
Sport	Badminton
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	218 (MS 22 February 2018) 121 (MD 5 April 2018) 149 (XD 30 November 2017)
BWF profile
Medal record Men's badminton Representing   Jamaica Pan Am Championships 2016 Campinas Mixed doubles Pan Am Men's Team Championships 2018 Tacarigua Men's team

Dennis Coke (born 7 October 1993) is a Jamaican badminton player who competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. ^{[1] [2]} In 2009, he won the boys' singles and doubles at the All Jamaica Junior Championships. ^[3] At the BWF International tournament, he was the men's doubles runner-up at the 2015 Carebaco International and mixed doubles runner-up at the 2017 Jamaica International. ^{[4] [5]} He also won the bronze medal at the 2016 Pan Am Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Wynter. ^[6] In 2017, he won the Jamaican National Badminton Championships in the men's singles and doubles event partnered with Anthony McNee. ^[7] Coke was part of the national team that won the men's team bronze at the 2018 Pan Am Men's Team Championships. In 2018, he competed at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. ^[8]

Coke graduated from the G.C Foster College, and now works as P.E. teacher at St. Anne's Primary School. ^[8]

Achievements

Pan Am Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Clube Fonte São Paulo, Campinas, Brazil	Katherine Wynter	Nyl Yakura Brittney Tam	11–21, 9–21	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 5 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Suriname International	Anthony McNee	Rodolfo Ramírez Jonathan Solís	Walkover	Winner
2017	Suriname International	Anthony McNee	Gareth Henry Samuel O'Brien Ricketts	8–21, 21–19, 21–18	Winner
2015	Carebaco International	Anthony McNee	Gareth Henry Dayvon Reid	16–21, 22–20, 18–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Jamaica International	Tahlia Richardson	Jonathan Solís Diana Corleto Soto	21–23, 17–21	Runner-up
2017	Suriname International	Katherine Wynter	Leodannis Martinez Tahimara Oropeza	16–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2017	Peru International	Katherine Wynter	Mario Cuba Katherine Winder	9–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2017	Jamaica International	Katherine Wynter	Toby Ng Rachel Honderich	9–21, 8–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Dennis Coke". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 13 April 2017.
2. "Dennis Coke". www.olympic.org. International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 13 April 2017.
3. "All Jamaica Junior Champions". badmintonjamaica.org. Jamaica Badminton Association. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
4. "Jamaica is Carebaco Champion!". badmintonjamaica.org. Jamaica Badminton Association. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
5. "Two silver for Jamaica at global badminton tourney". www.jamaicaobserver.com. The Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
6. "Pomoceno faz aniversário e leva prata de presente no Pan de Badminton". globoesporte.globo.com (in Portuguese). Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
7. "Coke upsets Henry at All-Jamaica Badminton Championship". rjrnewsonline.com. RJR News. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
8. "Participants: Dennis Coke". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

External links

• Dennis Coke at BWF .TournamentSoftware.com (archived)