Grant Manzoney

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Grant Manzoney
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Grant Manzoney in 2019
Personal information
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1969-12-16) 16 December 1969 (age 55)
Swan View, Australia
CoachMark Cunningham
Men's singles WH2
Men's doubles WH1–WH2
Mixed doubles WH1–WH2
Highest ranking15 (MS 22 September 2022)
31 (MD with Lochan Cowper 1 August 2022)
32 (XD with Bree Mellberg 8 November 2022)
Current ranking16 (MS)
34 (MD with Lochan Cowper)
32 (XD with Bree Mellberg) (15 November 2022)
Medal record
Men's para badminton
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Geelong Men's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 GeelongMen's doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Ballarat Men's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Melbourne Men's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 MelbourneMen's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 MelbourneMixed doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Perth Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Grant Manzoney (born 16 December 1969) is an Australian para badminton player. He competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics where badminton made its Paralympics debut. [1]

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Personal

Manzoney was born on 16 December 1969 [2] with congenital deformity in both legs. His right leg is missing and fibular hemimelia in his left leg causing severe deformity of his left foot and ankle. Surgery at an early age has allowed him to walk on his left foot instead of amputation. He has a prosthetic right leg since childhood. [3] He attended Swan View Senior High School.

Badminton

After dabbling in wheelchair basketball, he discovered para-badminton in 2016 as part of Wheelchair Sports held a 'come and try day'. He is classified WH2.He has earned number one rankings in Oceania and Australia in singles and doubles in his class. [4]

He participated at the 2019 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships in Basel, where he won one match and lost two and did not reach the knockout stage.

In 2020, he defended his Oceania Para Badminton Championships Men's WH2 title. [5]

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics,he competed in the men's singles WH2. His first opponent in the Group Stage was Kim Kjung-hoon from Korea. He lost 2–0. He then competed against Kim Jung-Jun also from Korea. Here he also lost 2–0. Manzoney therefore did not make the quarterfinals.

His coach in Perth is Mark Cunningham.

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Men's singles WH2

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2018 [a] Leisuretime Sports Precinct, Geelong, Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Douglas Youlten 21–3, 21–8 Med 1.png Gold
Flag of New Zealand.svg Benjamin Hasselman 21–5, 21–10
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard Joseph Engles 21–11, 21–11
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Colin McDonald 21–0, 21–5
2020 Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Qambar Ali Akhteyari 21–10, 21–7 Med 1.png Gold
2022 [a] Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Douglas Youlten21–4, 21–3 Med 1.png Gold
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eamon Wood 21–4, 21–1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Qambar Ali Akhteyari21–10, 21–9

Men's doubles WH1–WH2

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 [a] Leisuretime Sports Precinct,
Geelong, Australia		 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard John Davis Flag of Australia (converted).svg Duke Trench-Thiedeman
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Douglas Youlten 		21–7, 21–6 Med 1.png Gold
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Colin McDonald
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel O'Neil 		21–8, 21–4
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard Joseph Engles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Pradeep Hewavitharana 		21–13, 21–14
2022 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia		 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lochan Cowper Flag of Australia (converted).svg Qambar Ali Akhteyari
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard John Davis 		21–11, 21–9 Med 1.png Gold

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2022 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia		 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bree Mellberg Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard John Davis
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mischa Ginns 		18–21, 17–21 Med 2.png Silver
2023 [a] Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre,
Perth, Australia		 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marinda Jones Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lochan Cowper
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mischa Ginns 		11–21, 7–21 Med 3.png Bronze
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nguyen Nan Vang
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Janine Watson 		14–21, 11–21
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Martyn Ford
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Macka Mackenzie 		21–12, 19–21, 21–17
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Qambar Ali Akhteyari
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Catherine Gallagher 		21–13, 21–7

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 This tournament uses a round robin system.

References

  1. ↑ "Duo To Give Australian Badminton A Paralympic Boost". Paralympics Australia. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Grant Mazoney". BWF. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Grant Manzoney". Australian Sports Foundation. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  4. ↑ Brown, Tyler (26 May 2017). "Grant Manzoney, Rhiannon Clarke finalists for Western Australian of the Year Awards". Wanneroo Times. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Australia's Missen and Manzoney defend their titles. Papua New Guinea take home a first silver. VICTOR Oceania Para Badminton Championships 2020". Badminton Oceania. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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