Kieran Merrilees

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Kieran Merrilees
Personal information
CountryScotland
Born (1989-09-12) 12 September 1989 (age 35)
Glasgow, Scotland
Residence Kelvindale, Glasgow
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Years active2006
HandednessRight
CoachWong Tat Meng
Andrew Bowman
Men's singles
Highest ranking52 (8 December 2016)
Current ranking110 (12 April 2018)
BWF profile

Kieran Merrilees (born 12 September 1989) is a Scottish badminton player from BC Adliswil Zurich. [1] [2] He represented his country at the 2010, 2014, and 2018 Commonwealth Games. [2] [3] [4] Merrilees educated retail management and marketing at the Open University, Scotland. [4]

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Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016 Welsh International Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Abián 16–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Slovenia International Flag of Indonesia.svg Adi Pratama 21–14, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Dutch International Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Abián 16–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2014 Welsh International Flag of England.svg Toby Penty 21–15, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2012 Polish International Flag of England.svg Toby Penty 21–10, 21–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2009 Bulgarian International Flag of Denmark.svg Rune Ulsing 10–21, 22–20, 5–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2008 Welsh International Flag of France.svg Brice Leverdez 15–21, 21–18, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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References

  1. "Players: Kieran Merrilees". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Kieran Merrilees Badminton". Team Scotland. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. "Kieran Merrilees Biography". results.glasgow2014.com. Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Participants: Kieran Merrilees". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.