Christopher Grimley
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Scottish badminton player
Badminton player
| Christopher Grimley | |||||||||||||
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| Grimley at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympycs | |||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Country | Scotland | ||||||||||||
| Born | (2000年02月06日) 6 February 2000 (age 25) Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Years active | 2015–present | ||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right[1] | ||||||||||||
| Men's & mixed doubles | |||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 34 (MD with Matthew Grimley, 5 November 2024) 67 (XD with Eleanor O'Donnell, 18 October 2022) | ||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 34 (MD with Matthew Grimley, 5 November 2024) | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Christopher Grimley (born 6 February 2000) is a Scottish badminton player who competes in international level events. His doubles partner is his twin brother Matthew Grimley.[2] Christopher has competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.[3]
Career
[edit ]Early career
[edit ]Christopher Grimley started to know about badminton at the age of six because his parents playing this sport. He used to attend Lourdes Primary School before he got the chance to move to the Glasgow School of Sport, based at Bellahouston Academy. The twins have already won a host of titles and are the Scottish National U–13 doubles champions in 2012. They also hold the doubles titles for Glasgow, the West of Scotland and the East of Scotland. Christopher also won the Glasgow U–13 singles title.[4]
2017–2018
[edit ]In 2017, Christopher and Matthew reached the round of 16 at the 2017 BWF World Junior Championships. The twins then won the silver medal at the 2018 European Junior Championships.[5]
2019–2020
[edit ]In 2019, Christopher and Matthew were at least in the final four in six tournaments, and finished as runner-up at the Portugal International tournament.[6]
In March 2020, the twins ranked as number 60 in BWF World ranking.[6]
Achievements
[edit ]European Junior Championships
[edit ]Boys' doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia | Scotland Matthew Grimley | France Fabien Delrue France William Villeger |
18–21, 15–21 | Silver Silver |
BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 3 runners-up)
[edit ]Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Portugal International | Scotland Matthew Grimley | Chinese Taipei Chang Ko-chi Chinese Taipei Lee Fang-jen |
21–16, 16–21, 13–21 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
| 2020 | Portugal International | Scotland Matthew Grimley | France Lucas Corvée France Brice Leverdez |
24–26, 22–24 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
| 2021 | Scottish Open | Scotland Matthew Grimley | Malaysia Junaidi Arif Malaysia Muhammad Haikal |
22–20, 21–16 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
| 2023 | Irish Open | Scotland Matthew Grimley | Denmark Andreas Søndergaard Denmark Jesper Toft |
22–20, 16–21, 21–17 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
| 2023 | Welsh International | Scotland Matthew Grimley | Germany Bjarne Geiss Germany Jan Colin Völker |
18–21, 21–16, 21–17 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
| 2024 | Irish Open | Scotland Matthew Grimley | Denmark William Kryger Boe Denmark Christian Faust Kjær |
15–21, 8–21 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Portugal International | Scotland Eleanor O'Donnell | Scotland Adam Pringle Scotland Rachel Andrew |
21–18, 21–6 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
BWF Junior International (11 titles, 6 runners-up)
[edit ]Boys' singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Estonian Junior International | Scotland Matthew Grimley | 11–7, 7–11, 9–11, 11–8, 11–5 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
| 2018 | Swedish Junior International | Germany Lukas Resch | 21–19, 19–21, 21–17 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
| 2018 | Hellas Junior International | England Zach Russ | 23–21, 22–20 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
| 2018 | Cyprus Junior International | Vietnam Nguyễn Hải Đăng | 14–21, 16–21 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
| 2018 | Lithuanian Junior International | Germany Lukas Resch | 21–19, 21–11 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
Boys' doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Irish Junior Open | Scotland Matthew Grimley | France Louis Ducrot Republic of Ireland Sam McKay |
14–21, 15–21 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
| 2016 | Czech Junior International | Scotland Matthew Grimley | Poland Robert Cybulski Poland Paweł Śmiłowski |
17–21, 18–21 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
| 2016 | Estonian Junior International | Scotland Matthew Grimley | Sweden Adam Gozzi Sweden Carl Harrbacka |
11–2, 9–11, 11–5, 11–6 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
| 2017 | Irish Junior Open | Scotland Matthew Grimley | Republic of Ireland Nhat Nguyen Republic of Ireland Paul Reynolds |
12–21, 11–21 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
| 2017 | Czech Junior International | Scotland Matthew Grimley | England Zach Russ England Steven Stallwood |
13–21, 13–21 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
| 2017 | Estonian Junior International | Scotland Matthew Grimley | Russia Georgii Karpov Russia Mikhail Lavrikov |
11–6, 11–9, 11–8 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
| 2018 | Swedish Junior International | Scotland Matthew Grimley | Spain Joan Monroy Spain Carlos Piris |
21–5, 21–19 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
| 2018 | Hungarian Junior International | Scotland Matthew Grimley | Scotland Joshua Apiliga Scotland Adam Pringle |
19–21, 22–20, 21–17 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
| 2018 | Bulgarian Junior International | Scotland Matthew Grimley | Russia Georgii Karpov Russia Georgii Lebedev |
21–12, 21–11 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
| 2018 | Lithuanian Junior International | Scotland Matthew Grimley | Germany Brian Holtschke Germany Lukas Resch |
21–12, 21–14 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Danish Junior Cup | Scotland Ciara Torrance | Denmark Rasmus Kjær Denmark Irina Amalie Andersen |
21–11, 7–21, 23–25 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
| 2016 | Czech Junior International | Scotland Ciara Torrance | Scotland Matthew Grimley Scotland Toni Woods |
21–19, 21–17 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
- BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
- BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
- BWF Junior International Series tournament
- BWF Junior Future Series tournament
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "Players: Christophe Grimley". Gosen. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ "Christophe Grimley - BWF Badminton". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 24 January 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "Net gain as players give new format the thumbs-up". International Olympic Committee. 11 October 2018. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ Lach, Stef (21 June 2012). "Glasgow twins have Youth Olympic ambitions". Glasgow Times. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ "Winning Students badminton bros claim European Junior silver". Winning Students-Scotland. 18 September 2018. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Christopher Grimley: A little pressure is a good thing". Badminton Europe. 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
External links
[edit ]- Christopher Grimley at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com Edit this at Wikidata (archived)
- Christopher Grimley at BWFBadminton.com Edit this at Wikidata
- Christopher Grimley at Olympedia Edit this at Wikidata
- Christopher Grimley at Team Scotland