Alexander Dunn (badminton)

Alexander Dunn
Personal information
CountryScotland
Born (1998-09-13) 13 September 1998 (age 26)
Bellshill, Scotland
ResidenceMotherwell, Scotland
Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Years active2014
HandednessRight
CoachIngo Kindervater
Robert Blair
Andy Bowman
Keith Turnbull
Jamie Neill
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking22 (MD with Adam Hall 24 January 2023)
82 (XD with Ciara Torrance 20 September 2022)
Current ranking30 (MD with Adam Hall 16 April 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Great Britain
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Men's doubles
Representing  Scotland
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Madrid Men's doubles
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Mulhouse Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lubin Boys' doubles
BWF profile

Alexander Dunn (born 13 September 1998) is a Scottish badminton player. Born in Bellshill, Dunn started playing badminton at aged seven, and joined the national team in 2009.[1][2] He won a bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event with his partner Adam Hall, also the silver medal in the mixed doubles event with Eleanor O'Donnell in 2017.[3][4] He competed at the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games.[5][6][7]

Personal life

Dunn educated sport and physical activity at the University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow.[5] At the age of 13, he was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type 1.[7]

Achievements

European Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Arena Jaskółka,
Tarnów, Poland 		United Kingdom Adam Hall Denmark Kim Astrup
Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 		13–21, 21–16, 10–21 Bronze Bronze

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Polideportivo Municipal Gallur,
Madrid, Spain 		Scotland Adam Hall Germany Mark Lamsfuß
Germany Marvin Seidel 		17–21, 16–21 Silver Silver

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Regional Sport Centrum Hall,
Lubin, Poland 		Scotland Adam Hall Denmark Alexander Bond
Denmark Joel Eipe 		17–21, 21–18, 15–21 Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Centre Sportif Régional d'Alsace,
Mulhouse, France 		Scotland Eleanor O'Donnell Russia Rodion Alimov
Russia Alina Davletova 		16–21, 14–21 Silver Silver

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[8] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[9]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2024 Hylo Open Super 300 Scotland Julie MacPherson Denmark Jesper Toft
Denmark Amalie Magelund 		19–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 2 runner-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Polish Open Scotland Adam Hall Poland Łukasz Moreń
Poland Wojciech Szkudlarczyk 		11–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Irish Open Scotland Adam Hall Republic of Ireland Joshua Magee
Republic of Ireland Sam Magee 		21–15, 6–21, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Turkey International Scotland Adam Hall Denmark Mikkel Stoffersen
Denmark Mathias Thyrri 		21–14, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Iceland International Scotland Adam Hall Denmark Nicklas Mathiasen
Denmark Mikkel Stoffersen 		21–16, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Irish Open Scotland Adam Hall Germany Jones Ralfy Jansen
Germany Peter Käsbauer 		19–21, 21–17, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Scottish Open Scotland Adam Hall Denmark Jeppe Bay
Denmark Mikkel Mikkelsen 		21–10, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2020 Austrian Open Scotland Adam Hall Netherlands Ruben Jille
Netherlands Ties van der Lecq 		21–18, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Welsh International Scotland Ciara Torrance England Matthew Clare
England Hope Warner 		21–14, 20–22, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Alexander Dunn biography". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 16 November 2022 – via Tournamentsoftware.com.
  2. ^ "Alex Dunn". BadmintonScotland. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  3. ^ "European Junior Championships, Individuals". Badminton Europe. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  4. ^ McConnell, Stewart (21 April 2017). "Beith badminton ace Eleanor enjoys silver medal glory". Ardrossan Herald. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Participants: Alexander Dunn". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. ^ Egelstaff, Susan (18 March 2018). "Alex Dunn harbouring ambitions of a badminton medal in Gold Coast". The Herald. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  7. ^ a b Fotheringham, Ann (25 July 2022). "Motherwell badminton star Alex Dunn heading to Commonwealth Games". Glasgow Times. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  8. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  9. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.