Susannah Leydon-Davis Explained

Susannah Leydon-Davis
Birth Date:1992 2, df=y
Birth Place:Hamilton, New Zealand
Height:1.69 m
Weight:60 kg
Coach:Tjitte Weistra
Event:Women's & mixed doubles
Highest Ranking:80 (WD) 6 June 2013
43 (XD) 27 February 2014
Bwf Id:DB9054B7-D4DB-419D-8E1A-ED7E4BDB5E1C

Susannah Leydon-Davis (born 5 February 1992) is a New Zealand badminton player.[1] [2] In 2014, she competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[3]

Career

Originally from Hamilton, Leydon-Davis attended Hillcrest High School and was Sports Captain in 2009. In 2015 she graduated from the University of Waikato with a Bachelor of Management Studies. She competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow July 2014. Susannah competes in the mixed doubles with her brother Oliver, and they have actively been New Zealand representatives.[4] She and her brother, won the mixed doubles gold medal at the 2014 Oceania Badminton Championships.[5] Teamed up with Kevin Dennerly-Minturn she won the Waikato International tournament in the mixed doubles event.[6]

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Eastlink Badminton Stadium,
Hamilton, New Zealand
Oliver Leydon-Davis Sawan Serasinghe
Setyana Mapasa
12–21, 19–21 Bronze
2014Ken Kay Badminton Hall,
Ballarat, Australia
Oliver Leydon-Davis Matthew Chau
Jacqueline Guan
21–19, 21–13 Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Yonex / K&D Graphics International Oliver Leydon-Davis Nyl Yakura
Kristen Tsai
11–21, 8–21 Runner-up
2017Nouméa International Dylan Soedjasa Sawan Serasinghe
Setyana Mapasa
13–21, 21–15, 17–21 Runner-up
2016Waikato International Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Abhinav Manota
Justine Villegas
21–13, 21–14 Winner
2011Counties Manukau International Oliver Leydon-Davis Daniel Shirley
Gabby Aves
11–21, 17–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Players: Susannah Leydon-Davis . bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 4 February 2017.
  2. Web site: Athletes: Susannah Leydon-Davis . olympic.org.nz . New Zealand Olympic Committee. 4 February 2017.
  3. Web site: Susannah Leydon-Davis Biography . g2014results.thecgf.com . Glasgow 2014 . 4 February 2017.
  4. Web site: Susannah Leydon-Davis : Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) . waikato.ac.nz . . 4 February 2017.
  5. News: Mixed doubles pair win Oceanias . radionz.co.nz . . 4 February 2017.
  6. News: Overseas players show their class at Waikato International badminton event . . 4 February 2017.