Scott Evans (badminton)

Scott Evans
Personal information
Birth nameScott Evans
Country Ireland
Born (1987-09-26) 26 September 1987 (age 37)
Dublin, Ireland
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st)[1]
Years active2002–2018
HandednessRight
CoachJim Laugesen (2004–12)
Peter Gade (2012–2018 )
Men's singles
Career record229 wins, 204 losses
Highest ranking23 (18 June 2015)
Current ranking109 (27 Mar 2017)
BWF profile

Scott Evans (born 26 September 1987 in Dublin) is a former Irish professional badminton player. As of 2017 he was the highest ranked Irish player.

Evans has represented Ireland at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympic Games. He became the first Irishman to win a badminton match at the Olympic during his last participation in 2016. He won the men's singles Irish National Badminton Championships eight consecutive times from 2005 to 2012, becoming the only player to equal James 'Chick' Doyle's record of eight consecutive Irish Men's singles titles.

He attended Wesley College Dublin. In his youth Evans played for Irish association football club Leicester Celtic A.F.C.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Scott Evans". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  2. ^ Leicester Celtic past players