Robin Middleton

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Robin Middleton
Personal information
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1985-02-08) 8 February 1985 (age 39)
Leeds, England
Residence Melbourne, Australia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Years active2007
HandednessRight
CoachLasse Bundgaard
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking26 (MD), 19 (XD)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Papeete Mixed doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 North Harbour Mixed doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Hamilton Men's doubles
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2016 AucklandMixed team
Oceania Men's Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 HamiltonMen's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2016 AucklandMen's team
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
European Men's Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Almere Men's team
BWF profile

Robin Middleton (born 8 February 1985) is an English badminton player currently representing Australia. [1] He was one of the UK's leading badminton players. Born in Leeds in 1985, his interests include cricket, sky diving, and botany. He holds a 2.1 degree from Loughborough University. [2] He was the mixed doubles champion at the 2010 European Circuit Finals partnered with Mariana Agathangelou. [3]

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Middleton retired from professional badminton in 2011 after a disagreement with employer Badminton England, which rejected his public support for the use of craniology to determine team seeding in competition. Middleton was moving to Australia and becoming a citizen in 2014. [4] He signaled his intention to come out of retirement to play for Australia after a period traveling there, and has since been named in their elite squad. In Australia, he trained at the Swann Hill Badminton Club in Victoria. [5] He represented Australia in the men's doubles event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games with Ross Smith. [6] Together, they were seeded fourth. They ended their campaign in the quarterfinals after losing to the eventual gold medalists, Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong of Malaysia. [7] Teamed-up with Leanne Choo in the mixed doubles, they became the champion at the Oceania Badminton Championships in 2015 and 2016. The pair also represented their country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [5]

Robin is the Assistant Coach of 2018 Flergs Premier, Looking DangerRoss, and hopes to enter his own side into the 2020 competition.

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 Eastlink Badminton Stadium,
Hamilton, New Zealand
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Smith Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sawan Serasinghe
17–21, 21–23 Med 2.png Silver

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016 Punaauia University Hall,
Papeete, Tahiti
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony Joe
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joy Lai
21–11, 21–9 Med 1.png Gold
2015 X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre,
Auckland, New Zealand
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Leydon-Davis
Flag of New Zealand.svg Danielle Tahuri
21–12, 21–14 Med 1.png Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014 Vietnam International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Smith Flag of Indonesia.svg Selvanus Geh
Flag of Indonesia.svg Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
14–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Welsh International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Smith Flag of England.svg Christopher Coles
Flag of England.svg Matthew Nottingham
17–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Victorian International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Smith Flag of Australia (converted).svg Raymond Tam
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Warfe
21–19, 19–21, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Auckland International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Smith Flag of Australia (converted).svg Raymond Tam
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Warfe
21–16, 21–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2010 Czech International Flag of England.svg Chris Langridge Flag of England.svg Marcus Ellis
Flag of England.svg Peter Mills
21–9, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2010 Swedish International Flag of England.svg Chris Langridge Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Elbjorn
Flag of Denmark.svg Christian John Skovgaard
21–11, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2009 Scottish International Flag of England.svg Chris Langridge Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Conrad-Petersen
Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Pieler Kolding
21–19, 24–26, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2009 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Flag of England.svg Chris Langridge Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Bonde
Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Delbo Larsen
21–11, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2007 Spanish Open Flag of England.svg Richard Eidestedt Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Boe
Flag of Denmark.svg Carsten Mogensen
4–21, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2007 Dutch International Flag of England.svg Robert Adcock Flag of England.svg Kristian Roebuck
Flag of Scotland.svg Andrew Bowman
11–21, 9–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2006 Czech International Flag of England.svg Robert Adcock Flag of England.svg Dean George
Flag of England.svg Chris Tonks
18–21, 21–11, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2004 Welsh International Flag of England.svg Chris Langridge Flag of England.svg Ruben Gordown Khosadalina
Flag of England.svg Aji Basuki Sindoro
7–15, 11–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2003 Welsh International Flag of England.svg Chris Langridge Flag of England.svg Kristian Roebuck
Flag of England.svg Ashley Thilthorpe
9–15, 16–17Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Sydney International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo Flag of the United States.svg Phillip Chew
Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Subandhi
21–8, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Maribyrnong International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sawan Serasinghe
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa
17–21, 21–19, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Sri Lanka International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo Flag of India.svg Arun Vishnu
Flag of India.svg Aparna Balan
21–15, 17–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Victorian International Flag of Australia (converted).svg He Tian Tang Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Smith
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Renuga Veeran
21–19, 19–21, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011 Portugal International Flag of England.svg Alexandra Langley Flag of England.svg Ben Stawski
Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith
25–23, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011 Swedish Masters Flag of England.svg Heather Olver Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dave Khodabux
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Samantha Barning
15–21, 21–9, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2010 Europe Circuit Finals Flag of England.svg Mariana Agathangelou Flag of Austria.svg Roman Zirnwald
Flag of Austria.svg Simone Prutsch
21–14, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2009 Irish International Flag of England.svg Mariana Agathangelou Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Delbo Larsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen
16–21, 21–23Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2009 Norwegian International Flag of England.svg Mariana Agathangelou Flag of England.svg Marcus Ellis
Flag of England.svg Heather Olver
19–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2009 Spanish International Flag of England.svg Mariana Agathangelou Flag of India.svg Arun Vishnu
Flag of India.svg Aparna Balan
21–16, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2009 Finnish International Flag of Scotland.svg Imogen Bankier Flag of Russia.svg Vitalij Durkin
Flag of Russia.svg Nina Vislova
18–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2007 Dutch International Flag of England.svg Liza Parker Flag of England.svg Kristian Roebuck
Flag of England.svg Natalie Munt
17–21, 21–12, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2006 Czech International Flag of England.svg Liza Parker Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Bonde
Flag of Denmark.svg Christinna Pedersen
21–16, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
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