Martin Campbell (badminton)

Martin Campbell
Martin Campbell on 12 October 2014
Personal information
CountryScotland
Born (1990-07-26) 26 July 1990 (age 34)
Edinburgh, Scotland
ResidenceGlasgow, Scotland
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Years active2007
HandednessRight
CoachWong Tat Meng
Andrew Bowman
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking52 (MD 26 October 2017
101 (XD 13 July 2017)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Youth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Pune Boys' singles
BWF profile

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]

  1. ^ "Players: Martin Campbell". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Martin Campbell Badminton". Team Scotland. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Martin Campbell Biography". g2014results.thecgf.com. Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Participants: Martin Campbell". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Martin Campbell and Patrick MacHugh win Scottish title". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Badminton: Scots Martin Campbell and Patrick MacHugh to retire". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2018.

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