| Carissa Turner | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country |  Wales |
| Born | 6 August 1989 Cardiff, Wales |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
| Women's singles and doubles | |
| Highest ranking | 86 (WS 11 July 2013) 52 (WD 27 March 2014 171 (XD 18 August 2016) |
| BWF profile | |
Carissa Turner (born 6 August 1989) is a Welsh badminton and Australian rules football player.
In her badminton career she achieved 42 Welsh Caps, 13 Welsh National Badminton Championship titles, 3 International Titles and represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 and Glasgow 2014.
In Australian Football she has 9 Welsh Caps and 5 GB Caps, represents Cardiff Panthers in the Wales & England Women's 9s League while also representing West London Wildcats in the AFL London 18 a-side league. She was part of the South Wales Universities team that finished as minor premiers in the 2020 AFL England National University League.[1][2][3]
- ^ "Players: Carissa Turner". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Carissa Turner Biography". g2014results.thecgf.com. Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ Shillibier, Will (16 September 2019). "Former Commonwealth Games Athlete Turner Swaps Shuttlecocks for Sherrins". aflengland.org. AFL England. Retrieved 28 January 2020.