Peter Mills (badminton)

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Peter Mills
Personal information
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Born (1988-03-31) 31 March 1988 (age 33)
Nottingham, England
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachJakob Hoi
Men's doubles
Highest ranking20 (29 May 2014)
Current ranking57 (18 May 2017)
BWF profile

Peter Mills (born 31 March 1988) is an English badminton player who specializes in doubles. [1] [2] He started playing badminton in Southwell Junior Badminton Club at age 8, and became the England national badminton team at age 19. In 2007, he won the European Junior Badminton Championships in the boys' doubles event with Chris Adcock. [3] He competed for England in the men's doubles and mixed team events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze and silver medal respectively. [4]

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Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014 Emirates Arena,
Glasgow, Scotland
Flag of England.svg Chris Langridge Flag of England.svg Chris Adcock
Flag of England.svg Andrew Ellis
21–17, 21–17 Med 3.png Bronze

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007 Hermann-Neuberger-Halle,
Völklingen, Saarbrücken, Germany
Flag of England.svg Chris Adcock Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Conrad-Petersen
Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Pieler Kolding
21–16, 21–15 Med 1.png Gold

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016 Scottish Open Flag of Scotland.svg Adam Hall Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Christiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg David Daugaard
21–15, 19–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Scottish Open Flag of England.svg Andrew Ellis Flag of Germany.svg Michael Fuchs
Flag of Germany.svg Johannes Schöttler
15–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2012 Bitburger Open Flag of England.svg Chris Langridge Flag of Germany.svg Ingo Kindervater
Flag of Germany.svg Johannes Schöttler
15–21, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Finnish Open Flag of England.svg Andrew Ellis Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Christiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg David Daugaard
21–19, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Belgian International Flag of England.svg Chris Langridge Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Flag of Denmark.svg Kim Astrup
26–28, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2012 Czech International Flag of England.svg Chris Langridge Flag of England.svg Peter Briggs
Flag of England.svg Harley Towler
21–14, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011 Irish International Flag of England.svg Marcus Ellis Flag of Poland.svg Adam Cwalina
Flag of Poland.svg Michal Logosz
15–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2011 Scottish International Flag of England.svg Marcus Ellis Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Ivanov
Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Sozonov
19–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2010 Scottish International Flag of England.svg Marcus Ellis Flag of England.svg Chris Adcock
Flag of England.svg Andrew Ellis
21–19, 11–21, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2010 Norwegian International Flag of England.svg Marcus Ellis Flag of Germany.svg Ingo Kindervater
Flag of Germany.svg Johannes Schöttler
17–21, 21–23Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2010 Bulgarian International Flag of England.svg Marcus Ellis Flag of Scotland.svg Martin Campbell
Flag of Scotland.svg Angus Gilmour
21–14, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2010 Czech International Flag of England.svg Marcus Ellis Flag of England.svg Chris Langridge
Flag of England.svg Robin Middleton
9–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2009 Irish International Flag of England.svg Marcus Ellis Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Conrad-Petersen
Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Pieler Kolding
18–21, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2009 Belgian International Flag of England.svg Marcus Ellis Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ruud Bosch
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Koen Ridder
28–30, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2007 Welsh International Flag of England.svg Matthew Honey Flag of Poland.svg Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
Flag of Poland.svg Adam Cwalina
10–21, 22–20, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

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References

  1. "Peter MILLS Full Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  2. "Peter Mills". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe . Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  3. "Peter Mills". www.badmintonengland.co.uk. Badminton England. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  4. "Badminton: Nottinghamshire duo Adcock and Mills gearing up for prestigious All England Championships this week". www.nottinghampost.com. Nottingham Post . Retrieved 28 August 2016.