Martin Campbell (badminton)

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Martin Campbell
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Martin Campbell on 12 October 2014
Personal information
CountryScotland
Born (1990-07-26) 26 July 1990 (age 35)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Residence Glasgow, Scotland
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Years active2007
HandednessRight
CoachWong Tat Meng
Andrew Bowman
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking52 (MD 26 October 2017
101 (XD 13 July 2017)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Commonwealth Youth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Pune Boys' singles
BWF profile

Martin Campbell (born 26 July 1990) is a Scottish badminton player from BC Adliswil Zurich. Campbell started playing badminton when he was around seven years old, and joined the national team in 2008. [1] He was the bronze medalist at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India, [2] and competed at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. [3] [4] He won his first National Championships title in 2015. [5]

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Campbell graduated from Loughborough University with a first class honours degree. [2]

Campbell announced his retirement from full-time badminton in July 2018, and amassed 29 Scotland caps since 2010. [6]

Achievements

Commonwealth Youth Games

Boys' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2008 Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune, India Flag of Scotland.svg Paul van Rietvelde21–13, 21–17 Med 3.png Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 Swedish Open Flag of Scotland.svg Patrick MacHugh Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Leydon-Davis
Flag of Denmark.svg Lasse Mølhede
17–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Estonian International Flag of Scotland.svg Patrick MacHugh Flag of Germany.svg Jones Ralfy Jansen
Flag of Germany.svg Josche Zurwonne
15–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Hungarian International Flag of Scotland.svg Patrick MacHugh Flag of Denmark.svg Soren Gravholt
Flag of Denmark.svg Nikolaj Overgaard
21–13, 18–21, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Portugal International Flag of Scotland.svg Patrick MacHugh Flag of England.svg Peter Briggs
Flag of England.svg Tom Wolfenden
17–21, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Iceland International Flag of Scotland.svg Patrick MacHugh Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Aalestrup
Flag of Denmark.svg Kasper Dinesen
21–16, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Portugal International Flag of Scotland.svg Patrick MacHugh Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Matsumaru
Flag of Japan.svg Izumi Okoshi
21–18, 13–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2014 Iceland International Flag of Scotland.svg Patrick MacHugh Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Mattijs Dierickx
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Freek Golinski
21–15, 12–21, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Bulgaria Eurasia Open Flag of Scotland.svg Patrick MacHugh Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Joe Morgan
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Nic Strange
25–23, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2012 Iceland International Flag of Scotland.svg Patrick MacHugh Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Joe Morgan
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Nic Strange
17–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2012 Irish International Flag of Scotland.svg Angus Gilmour Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Daniel Font
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Oliver Gwilt
21–12, 24–26, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2011 Welsh International Flag of Scotland.svg Angus Gilmour Flag of England.svg Christopher Coles
Flag of England.svg Matthew Nottingham
19–21, 7–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2010 Bulgarian International Flag of Scotland.svg Angus Gilmour Flag of England.svg Marcus Ellis
Flag of England.svg Peter Mills
14–21, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014 Romanian International Flag of Scotland.svg Jillie Cooper Flag of France.svg Bastian Kersaudy
Flag of France.svg Teshana Vignes Waran
21–14, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011 Welsh International Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Hui Lin Flag of England.svg Peter Briggs
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Hui Ern
21–16, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. "Players: Martin Campbell". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Martin Campbell Badminton". Team Scotland. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. "Martin Campbell Biography". g2014results.thecgf.com. Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  4. "Participants: Martin Campbell". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.[ dead link ]
  5. "Martin Campbell and Patrick MacHugh win Scottish title". Edinburgh Evening News . Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. "Badminton: Scots Martin Campbell and Patrick MacHugh to retire". BBC . Retrieved 10 July 2018.