Martin Campbell (badminton) explained

Martin Campbell
Birth Date:	26 July 1990
Birth Place:	Edinburgh, Scotland
Residence:	Glasgow, Scotland
Height:	1.84 m
Weight:	73 kg
Country:	Scotland
Years Active:	2007
Handedness:	Right
Coach:	Wong Tat Meng Andrew Bowman
Event:	Men's & mixed doubles
Highest Ranking:	52 (MD 26 October 2017 101 (XD 13 July 2017)
Bwf Id:	A949A1F0-43EB-4C12-91F0-7165E77813C6

Martin Campbell (born 26 July 1990) is a Scottish badminton player from BC Adliswil Zurich. Campbell started playing badminton when he was around seven years old, and joined the national team in 2008.^[1] He was the bronze medalist at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India,^[2] and competed at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games.^{[3] [4]} He won his first National Championships title in 2015.^[5]

Campbell graduated from Loughborough University with a first class honours degree.^[2]

Campbell announced his retirement from full-time badminton in July 2018, and amassed 29 Scotland caps since 2010.^[6]

Achievements

Commonwealth Youth Games

Boys' singles

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Swedish Open	Patrick MacHugh	Oliver Leydon-Davis Lasse Mølhede	17–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2016	Estonian International	Patrick MacHugh	Jones Ralfy Jansen Josche Zurwonne	15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2015	Hungarian International	Patrick MacHugh	Soren Gravholt Nikolaj Overgaard	21–13, 18–21, 21–16	Winner
2015	Portugal International	Patrick MacHugh	Peter Briggs Tom Wolfenden	17–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2015	Iceland International	Patrick MacHugh	Frederik Aalestrup Kasper Dinesen	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2014	Portugal International	Patrick MacHugh	Kazuki Matsumaru Izumi Okoshi	21–18, 13–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2014	Iceland International	Patrick MacHugh	Mattijs Dierickx Freek Golinski	21–15, 12–21, 21–14	Winner
2013	Bulgaria Eurasia Open	Patrick MacHugh	Joe Morgan Nic Strange	25–23, 21–10	Winner
2012	Iceland International	Patrick MacHugh	Joe Morgan Nic Strange	17–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2012	Irish International	Angus Gilmour	Daniel Font Oliver Gwilt	21–12, 24–26, 16–21	Runner-up
2011	Welsh International	Angus Gilmour	Christopher Coles Matthew Nottingham	19–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2010	Bulgarian International	Angus Gilmour	Marcus Ellis Peter Mills	14–21, 10–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Romanian International	Jillie Cooper	Bastian Kersaudy Teshana Vignes Waran	21–14, 21–15	Winner
2011	Welsh International	Ng Hui Lin	Peter Briggs Ng Hui Ern	21–16, 21–19	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

Notes and References

1. Web site: Players: Martin Campbell. bwfbadminton.com . . 11 September 2016.
2. Web site: Martin Campbell Badminton . Team Scotland . 12 April 2018.
3. Web site: Martin Campbell Biography. g2014results.thecgf.com. Glasgow 2014 . 11 September 2016.
4. Web site: Participants: Martin Campbell . gc2018.com . Gold Coast 2018 . 12 April 2018.
5. News: Martin Campbell and Patrick MacHugh win Scottish title . . 12 April 2018.
6. News: Badminton: Scots Martin Campbell and Patrick MacHugh to retire . . 10 July 2018.