Martin Campbell (born 26 July 1990) is a Scottish badminton player from BC Adliswil Zurich. Campbell started playing badminton when he was around seven years old, and joined the national team in 2008.[1] He was the bronze medalist at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India,[2] and competed at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games.[3][4] He won his first National Championships title in 2015.[5]
| Martin Campbell | |||||||||||||||
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 Martin Campbell on 12 October 2014 | |||||||||||||||
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| Country | Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 July 1990 Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Residence | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2007 | ||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Wong Tat Meng Andrew Bowman | ||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 52 (MD 26 October 2017 101 (XD 13 July 2017) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Campbell graduated from Loughborough University with a first class honours degree.[2]
Campbell announced his retirement from full-time badminton in July 2018, and amassed 29 Scotland caps since 2010.[6]
Achievements
editCommonwealth Youth Games
editBoys' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2008 | Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune, India |  Paul van Rietvelde
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21–13, 21–17 |  Bronze
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BWF International Challenge/Series
editMen's doubles
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2014 | Romanian International | Jillie Cooper
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 Bastian Kersaudy Teshana Vignes Waran
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21–14, 21–15 |  Winner
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| 2011 | Welsh International |  Ng Hui Lin
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 Peter Briggs Ng Hui Ern
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21–16, 21–19 | Winner
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
edit- ^ "Players: Martin Campbell". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Martin Campbell Badminton". Team Scotland. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Martin Campbell Biography". g2014results.thecgf.com. Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Participants: Martin Campbell". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Martin Campbell and Patrick MacHugh win Scottish title". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Badminton: Scots Martin Campbell and Patrick MacHugh to retire". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
External links
edit- Martin Campbell at BWFBadminton.com
- Martin Campbell at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
- Martin Campbell at Team Scotland
- Martin Campbell at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Martin Campbell at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
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