Krysten Coombs Explained

Krysten Coombs
Birth Date:	15 November 1990
Birth Place:	Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Residence:	Totnes, England, United Kingdom
Height:	1.36 m
Weight:	51 kg
Event:	Men's singles and doubles SH6
Highest Ranking:	2 (MS 1 January 2019) 1 (MD with Jack Shephard 1 January 2019)
Current Ranking:	6 (MS) 8 (MD with Jack Shephard)
Current Ranking Date:	8 November 2022

Krysten Michael Francis Coombs (born 15 November 1990) is an English para badminton player who competes in international level events, he also competed in para table tennis nationally before switching to badminton. He competes alongside Jack Shephard in men's doubles events.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Coombs was also an actor who made a cameo appearance in Game of Thrones in a fourth season episode.^[4]

Achievements

Paralympic Games

Men's singles SH6

World Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Guatemala City, Guatemala	Alexander Mekhdiev	15–21, 9–21	Bronze
		Michael Blair	21–11, 21–15
		Dalton Ong	21–12, 21–12
		Niall Mcveigh	13–21, 16–21
2015	Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England	Didin Taresoh	14–21, 21–18, 11–21	Bronze
2017	Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea	Jack Shephard	21–10, 19–21, 21–23	Silver
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Chu Man Kai	5–21, 21–18, 9–21	Bronze

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England	Jack Shephard	Isaak Dalglish Andrew Martin	21–11, 21–16	Gold
2017	Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea	Jack Shephard	Chu Man Kai Wong Chun Yim	19–21, 21–16, 16–21	Silver

European Championships

Men's singles

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Sporthallen TSC Eintracht Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany				Silver
2010	Sportzentrum Kerenzerberg, Filzbach, Switzerland				Silver
2014	High Performance Center, Murcia, Spain	Jack Shephard	Isaak Dalglish Andrew Martin	19–21, 18–21	Bronze
			Grzegorz Jednaki Robert Laing	21–17, 21–6
			Niall Mcveigh Alexander Mekhdiev	21–23, 21–15, 17–21
2018	Amphitheatre Gymnasium, Rodez, France	Jack Shephard	Andrew Moorcroft Robert Laing	21–6, 21–8	Gold
			Alexander Mekhdiev Fabien Morat	21–10, 21–11
			Milan Grahovac Djordje Koprivica	21–3, 21–4
			Isaak Dalglish Andrew Martin	15–21, 21–10, 21–10

DoublesMixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Sporthallen TSC Eintracht Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany				Gold
2012	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Jennifer Greasley	Alexander Mekhdiev Anna Spindelndreier	16–21, 16–21	Bronze

International Tournaments (14 titles, 9 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Spanish Para Badminton International	Andrew Martin	15–21, 21–9, 21–19	Winner
2017	Spanish Para Badminton International	Jack Shephard	21–13, 22–20	Winner
2017	Irish Para Badminton International	Jack Shephard	21–13, 21–13	Winner
2017	Japan Para Badminton International	Jack Shephard	21–18, 21–23, 21–23	Runner-up
2018	Spanish Para Badminton International	Jack Shephard	15–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2018	Irish Para Badminton International	Jack Shephard	21–13, 19–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2018	Japan Para Badminton International	Jack Shephard	11–21, 21–14, 19–21	Runner-up
2019	Irish Para Badminton International	Krishna Nagar	16–21, 21–19, 21–8	Winner
2019	China Para Badminton International	Chu Man Kai	7–21, 16–21	Runner-up

Singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	French Para Badminton International	Andrew Martin	18–21, 5–21	Runner-up
2019	Dubai Para Badminton International	Krishna Nagar	22–20, 23–25, 12–21	Runner-up
2019	Japan Para Badminton International	Krishna Nagar	22–20, 17–21, 12–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Spanish Para Badminton International	Jack Shephard	Isaak Dalglish Andrew Martin	21–11, 21–9	Winner
			Grzegorz Jednaki Sun-jong Lie	21–8, 21–8
			Robert Laing Wong Chun Yim	21–14, 21–6
2016	Irish Para Badminton International	Jack Shephard	Oliver Clarke Andrew Martin	21–4, 21–19	Winner
2018	Dubai Para Badminton International	Jack Shephard	Chu Man Kai Wong Chun Yim	21–12, 21–16	Winner
2018	Irish Para Badminton International	Jack Shephard	Chu Man Kai Wong Chun Yim	21–17, 21–11	Winner
2018	Thailand Para Badminton International	Jack Shephard	Chu Man Kai Wong Chun Yim	14–21, 21–11, 21–16	Winner
2018	Japan Para Badminton International	Jack Shephard	An Gyeong-min Andrew Moorcroft	21–3, 21–7	Winner
			Natthapong Meechai Bunthan Yaemmali	21–5, 21–11
			Yohei Hatakeyama Fabien Morat	21–7, 21–2

Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Irish Para Badminton International	Jack Shephard	Niall McVeigh Wong Chun Yim	21–17, 21–10	Winner
2017	Spanish Para Badminton International	Jack Shephard	Niall McVeigh Wong Chun Yim	21–16, 21–16	Winner
2017	Irish Para Badminton International	Jack Shephard	Chu Man Kai Wong Chun Yim	21–16, 18–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2017	Japan Para Badminton International	Jack Shephard	Mark Joseph Dharmai Wong Chun Yim	21–17, 21–8	Winner
2018	Spanish Para Badminton International	Jack Shephard	Chu Man Kai Wong Chun Yim	21–18, 21–10	Winner

Notes and References

1. Web site: 9 June 2020. Krysten Coombs - Badminton England. Badminton England.
2. Web site: 19 August 2019. World Para-badminton Championships: Jack Shephard & Krysten Coombs battle for Paralympic qualification. BBC Sport.
3. Web site: 6 January 2018. Krysten Coombs keeping up. Badminton Europe.
4. Web site: 17 July 2019. tbh: By Krysten Coombs. ParalympicsGB.