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.[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
Glasgow, Scotland
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Years active2015–present
HandednessRight[1]
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking59 (MD with Matthew Grimley 3 March 2020)
84 (XD with Eleanor O'Donnell 23 November 2021)
Current ranking59 (MD with Matthew Grimley)
85 (XD with Eleanor O'Donnell) (30 November 2021)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Scotland
European Junior Championships
2018 Tallinn Boys' doubles
BWF profile

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.[4]

2017–2018

In 2017, Christopher and Matthew were reaching 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

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

European Junior Championships

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 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

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

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)

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
  1. "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". Olympic. 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. "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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