Scott Evans (badminton)

Scott Evans
Personal information
Birth name Scott Evans
Country  Ireland
Born (1987-09-26) 26 September 1987
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight 78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st)[1]
Years active 2002–present
Handedness right
Coach Jim Laugesen (2004–12)
Peter Gade (2012– )
Men's singles
Career record 221 wins, 201 losses
Highest ranking 23 (18 June 2015)
Current ranking 85 (5 Nov 2016)
BWF profile

Scott Evans (born 26 September 1987 in Dublin) is an Irish professional badminton player. As of 2016 he is the highest ranked Irish player and gained himself a scholarship by the Olympic Council of Ireland to focus on the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]

Evans has represented Ireland at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympic Games. He won the Irish National Badminton Championships in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Evans has played two-time Olympic gold medalist China's Lin Dan and world No. 1 Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei 3 times each. At the 2011 BWF World Championships, Evans met the second seed and eventual champion Lin Dan in the second round and came out with a 15-21, 16-21 loss. Nearly one year later at the 2012 London Olympics, Evans again met the eventual winner Lin Dan of China in the first round and was defeated 8-21, 14-21.[3] At the 2013 BWF World Championships, Evans lost to top seed and eventual silver medalist Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in the first round with a score of 14-21, 15-21.

He attended Wesley College Dublin.

Career

2016 Summer Olympics

Evans qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's singles category. In the group stage, he was put with Germany's Marc Zwiebler and host Brazil's Ygor Coelho de Oliveira. He became the first Irishman to win a badminton game at an Olympics as he beat Zwiebler 9–21, 21–17, 21–7. Evans then won the second match against Ygor Coelho de Oliveira 21–8, 19–21, 21–8. The result means Evans would be qualified for the Round of 16,[4] which he would then face Denmark's Viktor Axelsen. Evans lost to Axelsen 16-21, 12-21 in the round of 16.[5]

Titles

Year Tournament Opponent in Final Score
2012 Irish Open France Lucas Corvee 21–19, 21–18
2014 Brasil Open Germany Dieter Domke 7–11, 6–11, 11–6, 11–8, 11–7

Highlights

References

  1. 1 2 "Scott Evans". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Young badminton star wins Beijing Olympic scholarship
  3. ↑ "Olympics badminton: Lin Dan defeats Scott Evans". Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Rio 2016 Olympic: Scott Evans holds nerve in Rio cauldron to book last-16 spot". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Ireland's Scott Evans bows out of Rio Olympics after creating history". The 42. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  6. ↑ Its official Ireland’s Scott Evans & Chloe Magee have qualified for the Beijing Olympics this summer...

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