Kevin Dennerly-Minturn

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Kevin Dennerly-Minturn
Personal information
Birth nameKevin James Dennerly-Minturn
CountryNew Zealand
Born (1989-05-18) 18 May 1989 (age 35)
Greenlane, Auckland,
New Zealand
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb)
CoachThana Arikrishnan
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking47 (MD 24 April 2014)
78 (XD 21 November 2013)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Oceania Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Ballarat Men's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 North Harbour Men's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Nouméa Men's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Nouméa Men's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Nouméa Mixed doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Ballarat Men's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Nouméa Mixed doubles
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Invercargill Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Ballarat Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Ballarat Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Auckland Mixed team
Oceania Men's Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Ballarat Men's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Auckland Men's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Invercargill Men's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Hamilton Men's team
BWF profile

Kevin James Dennerly-Minturn (born 18 May 1989) is a New Zealand badminton player. [1] [2] In 2014, he competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. [3]

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Career

Dennerly-Minturn is an Auckland player on the international circuit and is also from the College Rifles badminton club. He comes from a very active and sporting family. From an early age he was gifted at a number of sports including cricket but pursued his passion for badminton and is now a key feature of the New Zealand doubles set up. He is based in Denmark for most of the year playing and training in the tough European environment. [4]

In 2008, he was the semi-finals in the men's and mixed doubles event at the Oceania Championships and won bronze. [5] He also won bronze in 2014 and silver in 2015 in the men's doubles event partnered with Oliver Leydon-Davis. [6] [7] Partner with Oliver, he won the 2012 Auckland and 2013 Mexico International tournaments. [8] [9] In the mixed doubles, he won the Waikato International tournament teamed up with Susannah Leydon-Davis. [10]

In 2017, he won the silver medal at the Oceania Championships in the men's doubles event partnered with Niccolo Tagle. [11] In the mixed doubles event, he teamed-up with Danielle Tahuri, and they reach the semi-final round but was defeated by the top seeds from Australia. [12]

In recent times Kevin has undertaken endurance sports, culminating in the completion of the Western Australia Ironman with a time of 16 hours 43 minutes.

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008 Salle Veyret,
Nouméa, New Caledonia
Flag of New Zealand.svg Joe Wu Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Smith
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Warfe
15–21, 9–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2012 Ken Kay Badminton Hall,
Ballarat, Australia
Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Leydon-Davis Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Smith
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Warfe
17–21, 18–21 Med 2.png Silver
2014 Ken Kay Badminton Hall,
Ballarat, Australia
Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Leydon-Davis Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sawan Serasinghe
15–21, 19–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2015 X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre,
Auckland, New Zealand
Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Leydon-Davis Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sawan Serasinghe
21–10, 16–21, 13–21 Med 2.png Silver
2017 Salle Anewy,
Nouméa, New Caledonia
Flag of New Zealand.svg Niccolo Tagle Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sawan Serasinghe
8–21, 14–21 Med 2.png Silver

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008 Salle Veyret,
Nouméa, New Caledonia
Flag of New Zealand.svg Emma Rodgers Flag of New Zealand.svg Craig Cooper
Flag of New Zealand.svg Renee Flavell
21–19, 17–21, 10–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2017 Salle Anewy,
Nouméa, New Caledonia
Flag of New Zealand.svg Danielle Tahuri Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sawan Serasinghe
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa
8–21, 11–21 Med 3.png Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009Nouméa International Flag of New Zealand.svg Joe Wu Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Leydon-Davis
Flag of New Zealand.svg Henry Tam
17–21, 24–22, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2011Altona International Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Leydon-Davis Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Smith
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Warfe
17–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2012 Auckland International Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Leydon-Davis Flag of England.svg Tom Armstrong
Flag of New Zealand.svg Tjitte Weistra
21–18, 22–20Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Internacional Mexicano Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Leydon-Davis Flag of Mexico.svg Job Castillo
Flag of Mexico.svg Antonio Ocegueda
17–21, 21–12, 21–6Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 North Harbour International Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Leydon-Davis Flag of New Zealand.svg Jonathan Curtin
Flag of New Zealand.svg Dhanny Oud
21–13, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009Nouméa International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Louise McKenzie Flag of New Zealand.svg Henry Tam
Flag of New Zealand.svg Donna Haliday
19–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2011Altona International Flag of New Zealand.svg Stephanie Cheng Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Warfe
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo
20–22, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Waikato International Flag of New Zealand.svg Susannah Leydon-Davis Flag of New Zealand.svg Abhinav Manota
Flag of New Zealand.svg Justine Villegas
21–13, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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