Christopher Grimley

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. Christopher has competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Career

Early career

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.

2017–2018

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.

2019–2020

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.

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

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

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

Men's doubles

Mixed doubles

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

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

Boys' singles

Boys' doubles

Mixed doubles

  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

  BWF Junior International Series tournament

  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

External links

• Christopher Grimley at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Christopher Grimley at BWFbadminton.com
• Christopher Grimley at Olympedia
• Christopher Grimley at Team Scotland

1. 2024 U.S. Open (badminton)
2. The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
3. 2018 European Junior Badminton Championships – Boys' doubles
4. Jan Colin Völker
5. Chang Ko-chi
6. Muhammad Haikal
7. 2021 BWF World Championships
8. List of medalists at the European Junior Badminton Championships
9. Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Mixed team relay
10. 2023 BWF World Championships – Men's doubles
11. Junaidi Arif
12. Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
13. 2023 BWF World Championships qualification
14. Badminton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Mixed doubles
15. Badminton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's doubles
16. 2018 BWF World Junior Championships – Boys' singles
17. 2023 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships
18. Portugal International
19. Scottish Open (badminton)
20. European U17 Badminton Championships