Kerrin Harrison

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Kerrin Harrison
Personal information
Birth nameKerrin Charters Harrison
CountryNew Zealand
Born (1964-04-27) 27 April 1964 (age 59)
Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)
HandednessRight
EventMen's singles
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1986 Edinburgh Men's doubles
BWF profile

Kerrin Charters Harrison (born 27 April 1964 [1] ) is a New Zealand badminton player.

Along with Glenn Stewart, he won a bronze medal in the badminton men's doubles at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. [2]

He attended Westlake Boys High School on the North Shore, Auckland from 1979 to 1982. Kerrin won the men's French Badminton singles open in 1986. And along with Glenn Stewart also won the men's French Badminton doubles open in 1986. Along with Phillip Horne, Kerrin Harrison represented New Zealand in Badminton men's doubles, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.

At the age of 28 Kerrin represented New Zealand at the 1992 summer Olympics in Barcelona in both the men's singles and doubles for Badminton [1] He was a New Zealand representative for ten years. He won the men's masters (over 45s) Badminton singles in New Zealand, 17–20 September 2009.

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