Christopher Coles (born 14 July 1992) is a badminton player from England. He started playing badminton at age 6.[1] He did a BTEC at Chippenham College, after year 11.[2] In 2011, he won the gold medal at the European Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event with Matthew Nottingham.[3]

Chris Coles
Personal information
Nickname(s)Chris
Birth nameChristopher Coles
CountryEngland
Born (1992-07-14) 14 July 1992 (age 31)
Bristol, England
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
HandednessRight
CoachJakob Hoi
Pete Jeffery
Julian Robertson
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking39 (MD) 17 April 2014
57 (XD) 9 October 2014
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  England
European Men's Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Basel Men's team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Vantaa Boys' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Milan Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements

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European Junior Championships

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Boys' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011Energia Areena, Vantaa, Finland Matthew Nottingham Fabian Holzer
Max Schwenger
15–21, 21–14, 21–15 Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 5 runners-up)

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Men's doubles

YearTournamentOpponentPartnerScoreResult
2011Welsh International Matthew Nottingham Martin Campbell
Angus Gilmour
21–19, 21–7 Winner
2012Swiss International Matthew Nottingham Adam Cwalina
Przemysław Wacha
21–23, 14–21 Runner-up
2013Dutch International Matthew Nottingham Łukasz Moreń
Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
13–21, 21–18, 9–21 Runner-up
2013Slovenia International Matthew Nottingham Nikita Khakimov
Vasily Kuznetsov
19–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2013Welsh International Matthew Nottingham Robin Middleton
Ross Smith
21–17, 21–15 Winner
2016Iceland International Adam Hall Ben Lane
Sean Vendy
21–19, 21–19 Winner
2016Polish International Gregory Mairs Lu Ching-yao
Yang Po-han
16–21, 9–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentOpponentPartnerScoreResult
2011Turkiye Open Jessica Fletcher Ben Stawski
Lauren Smith
19–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2014Welsh International Sophie Brown Max Weißkirchen
Eva Janssens
18–21, 21–16, 21–14 Winner
2015Hungarian International Victoria Williams Patrick Buhl
Isabella Nielsen
21–19, 11–21, 21–17 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Players: Christopher COLES". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Chris Coles". Badminton England. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  3. ^ "European Junior Championships, Individuals". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
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