| Stuart Lightbody | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country |  Ireland |
| Born | 16 October 1992 |
| Men's | |
| Highest ranking | 580 (MS) 26 Sep 2013 329 (MD) 22 Dec 2011 234 (XD)5 Dec 2013 |
| BWF profile | |
Stuart Lightbody (born 16 October 1992) is a Northern Irish male badminton player. [1] Lightbody was a social secretary in Ulster University Sports Union. [2] In 2012, he became the runner-up of Irish Future Series tournament in mixed doubles event with his partner Caroline Black. [3]
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member nations. In 1981 the IBF merged with the World Badminton Federation, and on 24 September 2006, at the Extraordinary General Meeting in Madrid, the name of the organization was changed to Badminton World Federation (BWF).
Chloe Noelle Magee is an Irish professional badminton player. She represented her country at the Olympic Games for three consecutive times in 2008 Beijing, 2012 London, and 2016 Rio de Janeiro. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she became the first Irish woman to win a badminton match at the Olympics. She has been described as "the poster girl for Irish badminton". Together with her brother Sam Magee, she clinched a bronze medal at the 2017 European Championships, became Ireland's first medal at the European Badminton Championship. The duo also captured the bronze medals at the 2015 and 2019 European Games.
Kirsty Gilmour is a Scottish badminton player who has represented both Scotland and Great Britain.
The Polish International in badminton is an international open held in Poland since 2012. The tournament belongs to the BE Circuit. Not to be confused with the Polish Open. The Polish International is an International Series rated tournament which is the second step on the senior ladder after Future Series. The Polish Open is one step higher at International Challenge and is played at the opposite end of the calendar year.
Lee So-hee is a South Korean badminton player. She won the women's doubles title at the 2017 All England Open tournament. She also helped the Korean national team to win the world team championships at the 2017 Sudirman Cup. She reached a career high of world no. 1 in women's doubles on 29 October 2024 partnered with Baek Ha-na. For her achievements in 2017, Lee who affiliated with the Incheon International Airport team, was awarded as the best player of the year by the Badminton Korea Association.
Wendy Chen Hsuan-yu is an Australian badminton player who has represented her country at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Samuel Magee is a retired Irish badminton player. He won the 2009 European Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event at Milan, Italy with his partner Sylvain Grosjean of France. Sam Magee was a bronze medalists at the European Games in the mixed doubles event with his sister Chloe Magee in 2015 Baku and 2019 Minsk, also in the men's doubles with his brother Joshua Magee in 2015.
Joshua Magee is an Irish badminton player. He started playing badminton at the age of six in Raphoe club, and was selected to join the national team in 2014. He competed at the 2015 and 2019 European Games, and in 2015, he won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event with his brother Sam Magee.
Rachael Darragh is an Irish badminton player who trained at the Raphoe Badminton Club in Raphoe in East Donegal. She won the girls' singles bronze medal at the 2012 UK School Games held in London. At the same year, she became the runner-up of 2012 Fyffes Irish Future Series in the women's doubles event with her partner Alannah Stephenson. Darragh competed at the 2015 Baku and 2019 Minsk European Games, also represented Northern Ireland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
Alannah Stephenson is an Irish female badminton player. In 2012, she became the runner-up of Fyffes Irish Future Series 2012 in women's doubles event with her partner Rachael Darragh. In 2014, she participated at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
Sinead Chambers is an Irish badminton player. She competed for Northern Ireland at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. She was the champion at the 2012 Irish Future Series tournament in the women's doubles event with her partner Jennie King and became the runner-up in the singles event.
Jennie King is an Irish female badminton player. In 2012, she won Irish Future Series tournament in women's doubles event with her partner Sinead Chambers. In 2016, she became the coach of Irish national badminton squad U-13.
Keelin Fox is an Irish female badminton player. Fox won her senior title at the Irish National Badminton Championships in 1997. In 2006, she also won the women's singles title at Irish Championships, women's doubles titles in 1999–2002, 2004–2006, 2009 and 2010, mixed doubles titles in 2003 and 2005. In 2012, she won Irish Future Series tournament in mixed doubles event with her partner Edward Cousins.
Caroline Black is an Irish female badminton player. In 2012, she became the runner-up of the Irish Future Series tournament in the mixed doubles event with her partner Stuart Lightbody. In 2014, she competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland representing Northern Ireland.
Edward Cousins is an Irish male badminton player. In 2010, he won the Irish Junior Championships in a mixed doubles event. In 2012, he won the Irish Future Series tournament in a mixed doubles event with his partner Keelin Fox.
Jonathan Dolan is an Irish badminton player. As a junior player, he was a champion at the 2012 Bulgarian and Irish Junior International Open badminton competition (U-19). In the senior event, he clinched the men's doubles title at the 2013 Irish Future Series tournament with his partner Sam Magee. Dolan also won the Irish National Badminton Championships in the men's singles and doubles event in 2014 and 2019. He entered the Badminton Europe Centre of Excellence (CoE) program in February 2018.
Ciarán Brian Chambers is an Irish badminton player from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He competed for Northern Ireland at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Richard Eidestedt is an English male badminton player, and currently plays for Sweden. In 2008, he won the Irish, Le Volant d'Or, and Scotland International tournaments in the men's doubles event partnered with Andrew Ellis. In 2016, he and Nico Ruponen had to battle through the qualification round at the Orleans International tournament before reach the finals, finally they won the men's doubles title after beat Hardianto and Haryanto of Indonesia.
Nhat Nguyen is a Vietnamese badminton player who represents Ireland on residency grounds. Nguyen was born in the suburbs of Hanoi, Vietnam and moved to Cavan, Ireland with his parents and older sister, when he was six years old. He was the gold medalist at the 2016 European U17 Championships in the boys' singles event, and also won bronze in the doubles event partnered with Paul Reynolds. In the same year, he clinched the men's singles title at the Irish National Championships. Nguyen won his first senior international title at the Polish International in the men's doubles event with Reynolds, and the men's singles title at the Welsh International after that.
Christopher Grimley is a Scottish badminton player who competes in international level events. His doubles partner is his twin brother Matthew Grimley. Christopher has competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
 | This biographical article relating to Irish badminton is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |