Christopher Grimley (born 6 February 2000) is a Scottish badminton player who competes in international level events. His doubles partner is his twin brother Matthew Grimley.[2] Christopher has competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.[3]

Christopher Grimley
Grimley at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympycs
Personal information
CountryScotland
Born (2000-02-06) 6 February 2000 (age 24)
Glasgow, Scotland
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Years active2015–present
HandednessRight[1]
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking36 (MD with Matthew Grimley 20 December 2022)
67 (XD with Eleanor O'Donnell 18 October 2022)
Current ranking47 (MD with Matthew Grimley 16 April 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Scotland
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tallinn Boys' doubles
BWF profile

Career

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Early career

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Christopher Grimley started to know about badminton at the age of six because his parents playing this sport. He used to attend Lourdes Primary School before he got the chance to move to the Glasgow School of Sport, based at Bellahouston Academy. The twins have already won a host of titles and are the Scottish National U–13 doubles champions in 2012. They also hold the doubles titles for Glasgow, the West of Scotland and the East of Scotland. Christopher also won the Glasgow U–13 singles title.[4]

2017–2018

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In 2017, Christopher and Matthew reached the round of 16 at the 2017 BWF World Junior Championships. The twins then won the silver medal at the 2018 European Junior Championships.[5]

2019–2020

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In 2019, Christopher and Matthew were at least in the final four in six tournaments, and finished as runner-up at the Portugal International tournament.[6]

In March 2020, the twins ranked as number 60 in BWF World ranking.[6]

Achievements

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European Junior Championships

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Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia   Matthew Grimley   Fabien Delrue
  William Villeger
18–21, 15–21   Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Portugal International   Matthew Grimley   Chang Ko-chi
  Lee Fang-jen
21–16, 16–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2020 Portugal International   Matthew Grimley   Lucas Corvée
  Brice Leverdez
24–26, 22–24   Runner-up
2021 Scottish Open   Matthew Grimley   Junaidi Arif
  Muhammad Haikal
22–20, 21–16   Winner
2023 Irish Open   Matthew Grimley   Andreas Søndergaard
  Jesper Toft
22–20, 16–21, 21–17   Winner
2023 Welsh International   Matthew Grimley   Bjarne Geiss
  Jan Colin Völker
18–21, 21–16, 21–17   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Portugal International   Eleanor O'Donnell   Adam Pringle
  Rachel Andrew
21–18, 21–6   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (11 titles, 6 runners-up)

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Boys' singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Estonian Junior International   Matthew Grimley 11–7, 7–11, 9–11, 11–8, 11–5   Winner
2018 Swedish Junior International   Lukas Resch 21–19, 19–21, 21–17   Winner
2018 Hellas Junior International   Zach Russ 23–21, 22–20   Winner
2018 Cyprus Junior International   Nguyễn Hải Đăng 14–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2018 Lithuanian Junior International   Lukas Resch 21–19, 21–11   Winner

Boys' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Irish Junior Open   Matthew Grimley   Louis Ducrot
  Sam McKay
14–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2016 Czech Junior International   Matthew Grimley   Robert Cybulski
  Paweł Śmiłowski
17–21, 18–21   Runner-up
2016 Estonian Junior International   Matthew Grimley   Adam Gozzi
  Carl Harrbacka
11–2, 9–11, 11–5, 11–6   Winner
2017 Irish Junior Open   Matthew Grimley   Nhat Nguyen
  Paul Reynolds
12–21, 11–21   Runner-up
2017 Czech Junior International   Matthew Grimley   Zach Russ
  Steven Stallwood
13–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2017 Estonian Junior International   Matthew Grimley   Georgii Karpov
  Mikhail Lavrikov
11–6, 11–9, 11–8   Winner
2018 Swedish Junior International   Matthew Grimley   Joan Monroy
  Carlos Piris
21–5, 21–19   Winner
2018 Hungarian Junior International   Matthew Grimley   Joshua Apiliga
  Adam Pringle
19–21, 22–20, 21–17   Winner
2018 Bulgarian Junior International   Matthew Grimley   Georgii Karpov
  Georgii Lebedev
21–12, 21–11   Winner
2018 Lithuanian Junior International   Matthew Grimley   Brian Holtschke
  Lukas Resch
21–12, 21–14   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Danish Junior Cup   Ciara Torrance   Rasmus Kjær
  Irina Amalie Andersen
21–11, 7–21, 23–25   Runner-up
2016 Czech Junior International   Ciara Torrance   Matthew Grimley
  Toni Woods
21–19, 21–17   Winner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ a b "Players: Christophe Grimley". Gosen. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Christophe Grimley - BWF Badminton". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 24 January 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Net gain as players give new format the thumbs-up". International Olympic Committee. 11 October 2018. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  4. ^ Lach, Stef (21 June 2012). "Glasgow twins have Youth Olympic ambitions". Glasgow Times. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Winning Students badminton bros claim European Junior silver". Winning Students-Scotland. 18 September 2018. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Christopher Grimley: A little pressure is a good thing". Badminton Europe. 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
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