Kenny Middlemiss

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Kenny Middlemiss
Personal information
CountryFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Born (1964-06-19) 19 June 1964 (age 60)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
HandednessRight
EventDoubles
BWF profile

Kenny Middlemiss (also known as Ken and Kenneth Middlemiss; born 19 June 1964) is a Scottish former badminton player. [1] Kenny, is a 20-times National champion and has won 155 caps for the Scotland in badminton, highest ever by any British athlete. [2] Ken has represented Scotland in the four consecutive Commonwealth games between 1986 and 1998 across three disciplines; reaching quarterfinals several times. He also played in World championships between 1989 and 1997. He has won titles mainly in European grand prix in Portugal, Ireland, Iceland, Slovenia, Spain & Austria. He also won one World grand prix tournament in United States besides couple of runner-up performances in France and Scotland. He is married to Elinor Middlemiss, another former player from his country.

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Achievements

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1988 Swiss Open Flag of Malaysia.svg Kwan Yoke Meng WalkoverSilver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1998 U.S. Open Flag of Scotland.svg Elinor Middlemiss Flag of the United States.svg Andy Chong
Flag of the United States.svg Yeping Tang
10–15, 15–5, 15–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner

IBF International

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1986 Portugal International –, ––, –Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1989 Irish International Flag of Scotland.svg Dan Travers Flag of Scotland.svg Anthony Gallagher
Flag of Scotland.svg Russell Hogg
15–6, 15–6Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1992 Iceland International Flag of Scotland.svg Russell Hogg Flag of England.svg Simon Archer
Flag of England.svg Julian Robertson
9–15, 9–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1992Amor International Flag of Scotland.svg Russell Hogg Flag of Iceland.svg Broddi Kristjánsson
Flag of Iceland.svg Árni Þór Hallgrímson
15–4, 15–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1997 Portugal International Flag of Scotland.svg Russell Hogg Flag of Spain.svg Hugo Rodrigues
Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Silva
WalkoverSilver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1997 Slovenian International Flag of Scotland.svg Russell Hogg Flag of Austria.svg Harald Koch
Flag of Austria.svg Jürgen Koch
18–14, 15–5Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1999La Chaux-de-Fonds Flag of Scotland.svg Russell Hogg Flag of Indonesia.svg Aras Razak
Flag of Denmark.svg Henrik Sørensen
10–15, 9–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1999 Scottish International Flag of Scotland.svg Russell Hogg Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Lamp
Flag of Denmark.svg Jonas Rasmussen
8–15, 11–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1986 Portugal International Flag of Portugal.svg Margarida Cruz –, ––, –Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1992 Iceland International Flag of Scotland.svg Elinor Middlemiss Flag of England.svg Mike Brown
Flag of Iceland.svg Ása Pálsdóttir
15–9, 15–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1994 Irish International Flag of Scotland.svg Elinor Middlemiss Flag of England.svg Ian Pearson
Flag of England.svg Karen Chapman
15–11, 10–15, 15–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1997 Slovenian International Flag of Scotland.svg Elinor Middlemiss Flag of Scotland.svg Russell Hogg
Flag of Scotland.svg Jillian Haldane
15–10, 15–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1997 French International Flag of Scotland.svg Elinor Middlemiss Flag of England.svg Peter Jeffrey
Flag of England.svg Sara Hardaker
8–15, 11–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1997 Portugal International Flag of Scotland.svg Elinor Middlemiss Flag of Scotland.svg Russell Hogg
Flag of England.svg Karen Peatfield
WalkoverSilver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1997 Spanish International Flag of Scotland.svg Elinor Middlemiss Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Beres
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kara Solmundson
15–8, 15–4Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1998 Austrian International Flag of Scotland.svg Elinor Middlemiss Flag of Austria.svg Jürgen Koch
Flag of Austria.svg Irina Serova
18–15, 15–4Gold medal icon.svgWinner

References

  1. "Profile:Kenny Middlemiss". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  2. "One last cap for Kenny". www.heraldscotland.com. The Herald. 8 April 2000. Retrieved 10 January 2021.