Christopher Grimley


Christopher Grimley is a Scottish badminton player who competes in international level events. His doubles partner is his twin brother Matthew Grimley. Christopher has competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics|2018 Summer Youth Olympics].

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.

2017–2018

In 2017, Christopher and Matthew reached the round of 16 at the 2017 BWF [World Junior Championships]. The twins then won the silver medal at the 2018 European [Junior Badminton Championships|2018 European Junior Championships].

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.
In March 2020, the twins ranked as number 60 in BWF World ranking.

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 [European Junior Badminton Championships – Boys' Doubles|2018]Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Portugal International

BWF Junior International (11 titles, 6 runners-up)

Boys' singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016Estonian Junior Internationalgold1