Christopher Grimley

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]

Christopher Grimley
Personal information
CountryScotland
Born (2000-02-06) 6 February 2000
Glasgow, Scotland
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Years active2015–
HandednessRight[1]
Men's doubles
Career record106 wins, 45 losses
Highest ranking60 (17 March 2020)
Current ranking60 (17 March 2020)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Scotland
European Junior Championships
2018 Tallinn Boys' doubles

Career

Early career

Christopher Grimley started to known 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

In 2017, Christopher and Matthew were reaching 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

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

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia Matthew Grimley Fabien Delrue
William Villeger		 18–21, 15–21 Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Portugal International Matthew Grimley Lucas Corvée
Brice Leverdez		 24–26, 22–24 Runner-up
2019 Portugal International Matthew Grimley Chang Ko-chi
Lee Fang-jen		 21–16, 16–21, 13–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Portugal International Eleanor O'Donnell Adam Pringle
Rachel Andrew		 21–18, 21–6 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References
  1. "Players: Christophe Grimley". www.gosen.jp. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  2. "Christophe Grimley - BWF Badminton". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  3. "Net gain as players give new format the thumbs-up". www.olympic.org. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  4. Lach, Stef (21 June 2012). "Glasgow twins have Youth Olympic ambitions". www.glasgowtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  5. "Winning Students badminton bros claim European Junior silver". www.winningstudents-scotland.ac.uk. 18 September 2018.
  6. "Christopher Grimley: A little pressure is a good thing". www.badmintoneurope.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
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