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Scottish badminton player (born 1990)

Badminton player
Martin Campbell
Martin Campbell on 12 October 2014
Personal information
CountryScotland
Born (1990-07-26) 26 July 1990 (age 34)
Edinburgh, Scotland
ResidenceGlasgow, Scotland
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Years active2007
HandednessRight
CoachWong Tat Meng
Andrew Bowman
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking52 (MD 26 October 2017
101 (XD 13 July 2017)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Youth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Pune Boys' singles
BWF profile

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. He was the bronze medalist at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India, and competed at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. He won his first National Championships title in 2015.

Campbell graduated from Loughborough University with a first class honours degree.

Campbell announced his retirement from full-time badminton in July 2018, and amassed 29 Scotland caps since 2010.

Achievements

Commonwealth Youth Games

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2008 Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune, India Scotland Paul van Rietvelde 21–13, 21–17 Bronze Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Swedish Open Scotland Patrick MacHugh New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis
Denmark Lasse Mølhede 		17–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Estonian International Scotland Patrick MacHugh Germany Jones Ralfy Jansen
Germany Josche Zurwonne 		15–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Hungarian International Scotland Patrick MacHugh Denmark Soren Gravholt
Denmark Nikolaj Overgaard 		21–13, 18–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Portugal International Scotland Patrick MacHugh England Peter Briggs
England Tom Wolfenden 		17–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Iceland International Scotland Patrick MacHugh Denmark Frederik Aalestrup
Denmark Kasper Dinesen 		21–16, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Portugal International Scotland Patrick MacHugh Japan Kazuki Matsumaru
Japan Izumi Okoshi 		21–18, 13–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Iceland International Scotland Patrick MacHugh Belgium Mattijs Dierickx
Belgium Freek Golinski 		21–15, 12–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Bulgaria Eurasia Open Scotland Patrick MacHugh Wales Joe Morgan
Wales Nic Strange 		25–23, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Iceland International Scotland Patrick MacHugh Wales Joe Morgan
Wales Nic Strange 		17–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Irish International Scotland Angus Gilmour Wales Daniel Font
Wales Oliver Gwilt 		21–12, 24–26, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Welsh International Scotland Angus Gilmour England Christopher Coles
England Matthew Nottingham 		19–21, 7–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Bulgarian International Scotland Angus Gilmour England Marcus Ellis
England Peter Mills 		14–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Romanian International Scotland Jillie Cooper France Bastian Kersaudy
France Teshana Vignes Waran 		21–14, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Welsh International Malaysia Ng Hui Lin England Peter Briggs
Malaysia Ng Hui Ern 		21–16, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. "Players: Martin Campbell". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Martin Campbell Badminton". Team Scotland. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. "Martin Campbell Biography". g2014results.thecgf.com. Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  4. "Participants: Martin Campbell". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. "Martin Campbell and Patrick MacHugh win Scottish title". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. "Badminton: Scots Martin Campbell and Patrick MacHugh to retire". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2018.

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