Quinten van Dalm

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Quinten van Dalm
Personal information
Birth nameQuinten Xerxes van Dalm
CountryDenmark
Born (1972-06-26) 26 June 1972 (age 51)
Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
Residence Brønderslev, Denmark
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
HandednessRight
EventMen's & mixed doubles
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Glasgow Mixed team
BWF profile

Quinten Xerxes van Dalm (born 26 June 1972) is a former Dutch badminton player, and later represented Denmark. [1] He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles event partnered with Dennis Lens. [2] [3] He was part of the Netherlands national team that won the mixed team bronze at the 2000 European Championships in Glasgow. [4] He had collected 11 times national title, 8 in the men's doubles event and 3 times in the mixed doubles event. [5] His brother, Edwin, also a Dutch badminton player. He married a former Danish badminton player, Mette Sørensen, and now lived in Brønderslev, Denmark. [2] [6]

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Achievements

IBF International

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1993La Chaux-de-Fonds International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Pierre Pelupessy Flag of Mauritius.svg Michael Adams
Flag of England.svg Chris Hunt
8–15, 14–17Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1993 Austrian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Edwin van Dalm Flag of England.svg Simon Archer
Flag of England.svg Nick Ponting
5–15, 5–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1997Amor International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dennis Lens Flag of Denmark.svg Peder Nissen
Flag of Denmark.svg Jonas Rasmussen
11–10, 6–9, 8–11, 9–5, 4–9Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1997Austrian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dennis Lens Flag of England.svg Anthony Clark
Flag of England.svg Ian Pearson
17–16, 11–15, 7–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1997 Hungarian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dennis Lens Flag of Bulgaria.svg Mihail Popov
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Svetoslav Stoyanov
6–9, 5–9, 4–9Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1997 Welsh International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dennis Lens Flag of England.svg James Anderson
Flag of England.svg Ian Sullivan
5–15, 4–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1999 BMW International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dennis Lens Flag of Ukraine.svg Vladislav Druzchenko
Flag of Ukraine.svg Valeriy Streltsov
15–9, 11–15, 15–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1993Amor International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nicole van Hooren Flag of Indonesia.svg Paulus Firman
Flag of Indonesia.svg S. Herawati
15–3, 15–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1996 Austrian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nicole van Hooren Flag of Ukraine.svg Vladislav Druzchenko
Flag of Ukraine.svg Viktoria Evtuschenko
4–15, 8–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1996 Welsh International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nicole van Hooren Flag of England.svg Ian Pearson
Flag of England.svg Joanne Wright
18–14, 15–2Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1997Amor International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nicole van Hooren Flag of Denmark.svg Jonas Rasmussen
Flag of Denmark.svg Ann-Lou Jørgensen
11–9, 9–3, 7–9, 7–9, 9–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1997Austrian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nicole van Hooren Flag of Germany.svg Michael Keck
Flag of Germany.svg Karen Stechmann
8–15, 4–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

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References

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