Emmanuel Donkor

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Emmanuel Donkor
Personal information
Birth nameEmmanuel Yaw Donkor
CountryFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Born (1994-01-13) 13 January 1994 (age 31)
Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Years active2000
HandednessRight
CoachPhilip Baah
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking156 (MS 5 April 2018)
190 (MD 10 July 2014)
172 (XD 29 March 2018)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Africa Team Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Algiers Men's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rose Hill Men's team
BWF profile

Emmanuel Yaw Donkor (born 13 January 1994) is a Ghanaian badminton player. [1] He competed at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. [2] [3] In 2016, he was the runner-up at the Rose Hill International tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Gifty Mensah. [4] Teamed-up with Stella Amasah, they were the finalist at the 2017 Benin International tournament. [5] He and Amasah also the semi-finalist at the Ivory Coast International tournament. [6] He educated at the University of Cape Coast. [3]

Contents

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017 Benin International Flag of Ghana.svg Stella Koteikai Amasah Flag of Nigeria.svg Enejoh Abah
Flag of Nigeria.svg Peace Orji
14–21, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Rose Hill International Flag of Ghana.svg Gifty Mensah Flag of Mauritius.svg Sahir Abdool Edoo
Flag of Mauritius.svg Yeldy Marie Louison
18–21, 29–27, 24–26Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. "Players: Emmanuel Yaw Donkor". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. "Emmanuel Donkor Biography". g2014results.thecgf.com. Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Participants: Emmanuel Donkor". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  4. "Badminton: Ghana win 4 medals in Mauritius". Graphic Communications Group Ltd . Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  5. "Ghana Badminton team wins bronze and silver in Benin". Ghana Olympic Committee . Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  6. "Francis Orbih's Badminton Board Gets Winning Start". Thisday . Retrieved 29 July 2017.