Alexander Dunn (badminton)

Alexander Dunn
Alexander Dunn
Personal information
Country	Scotland
Born	13 September 1998 (age 26); Bellshill, Scotland
Residence	Motherwell, Scotland
Height	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Years active	2014
Handedness	Right
Coach	Ingo Kindervater; Robert Blair; Andy Bowman; Keith Turnbull; Jamie Neill
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	22 (MD with Adam Hall, 24 January 2023); 51 (XD with Julie MacPherson, 10 December 2024)
Current ranking	48 (MD with Adam Hall); 51 (XD with Julie MacPherson) (10 December 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Great Britain
European Games
Representing Scotland
European Championships
European Junior Championships
	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	Adam Hall	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	13–21, 21–16, 10–21	Bronze

European Championships

Men's doubles

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

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Centre Sportif Régional d'Alsace, Mulhouse, France	Eleanor O'Donnell	Rodion Alimov Alina Davletova	16–21, 14–21	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	Julie MacPherson	Jesper Toft Amalie Magelund	19–21, 16–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 2 runner-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Polish Open	Adam Hall	Łukasz Moreń Wojciech Szkudlarczyk	11–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2017	Irish Open	Adam Hall	Joshua Magee Sam Magee	21–15, 6–21, 21–10	Winner
2017	Turkey International	Adam Hall	Mikkel Stoffersen Mathias Thyrri	21–14, 21–9	Winner
2018	Iceland International	Adam Hall	Nicklas Mathiasen Mikkel Stoffersen	21–16, 21–18	Winner
2019	Irish Open	Adam Hall	Jones Ralfy Jansen Peter Käsbauer	19–21, 21–17, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	Scottish Open	Adam Hall	Jeppe Bay Mikkel Mikkelsen	21–10, 21–17	Winner
2020	Austrian Open	Adam Hall	Ruben Jille Ties van der Lecq	21–18, 21–11	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Welsh International	Ciara Torrance	Matthew Clare Hope Warner	21–14, 20–22, 21–17	Winner
2024	Scottish Open	Julie MacPherson	Rubén García Lucía Rodríguez	23–21, 21–16	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

References

^ "Alexander Dunn biography". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 16 November 2022 – via Tournamentsoftware.com.
^ "Alex Dunn". BadmintonScotland. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
^ "European Junior Championships, Individuals". Badminton Europe. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "Participants: Alexander Dunn". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
^ 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.
^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

Alexander Dunn at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
Alexander Dunn at BWFBadminton.com
Alexander Dunn at Team Scotland
Alex Dunn on Twitter

[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.

[ejc17-4] 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.

[gc-5] "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.

[cg22-7] 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.

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