Daniel Sam | |
Birth Date: | 1994 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana |
Residence: | Accra, Ghana |
Height: | 1.75 m |
Weight: | 64 kg |
Years Active: | Banned by disciplinary committee from Sports until 2028 |
Handedness: | Right |
Coach: | Jacob Evans Wilson |
Event: | Men's singles & doubles |
Highest Ranking: | 237 (MS 30 August 2018) 190 (MD 10 July 2014) 248 (XD 16 October 2014) |
Bwf Id: | 4CF93048-CA70-44B7-8D2C-FB57CC9FCDB7 |
Daniel Sam (born 7 January 1994) is a Ghanaian badminton player.[1] He competed at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2] [3] [4] In 2011, he won the bronze medal at the All-Africa Games in the men's doubles event partnered with Solomon Mensah Nyarko.[5] He was one of the 14 players selected for the Road to Rio Program, a program that aimed to help African badminton players to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games.[6] Having faced disciplinary issues including being suspended for six times in ten years, he was banned for 6 years by his national governing body of the sport, after a disciplinary hearing in 2021[7]
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | ||||||
2011 | Escola Josina Machel, Maputo, Mozambique | Solomon Mensah Nyarko | Dorian James Willem Viljoen | 7–21, 13–21 | Bronze |
Mixed doubles
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
BWF Future Series tournament