Chris Coles

{{Short description|English badminton player (born 1992)}}

{{for|the American basketball coach|Chris Coles (basketball)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}

{{Infobox badminton player

| name = Chris Coles

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| nickname = Chris

| birth_name = Christopher Coles

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|7|14}}

| birth_place = Bristol, England

| height = 1.88 m

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| event = Men's & mixed doubles

| country = England

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| handedness = Right

| coach = Jakob Hoi
Pete Jeffery
Julian Robertson

| highest_ranking = 39 (MD) 17 April 2014
57 (XD) 9 October 2014

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{{MedalSport | Men's badminton }}

{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Men's Team Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 2014 Basel | Men's team }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Junior Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2011 Vantaa | Boys' doubles }}

{{MedalBronze | 2009 Milan | Mixed team }}

| bwfbadminton_id = 30494

| bwf_id = 59993E24-3B79-4859-9E3C-65DCA8E52FA4

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Christopher Coles (born 14 July 1992) is a badminton player from England. He started playing badminton at age 6.{{cite web | title= Players: Christopher COLES |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/player/30494/christopher-coles |publisher=Badminton World Federation |access-date=29 August 2016}} He did a BTEC at Chippenham College, after year 11.{{cite web |title=Chris Coles|url=http://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/landingpage.asp?section=5501§ionTitle=Chris+Coles&preview=1 |publisher=Badminton England |access-date=29 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217133053/https://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/landingpage.asp?section=5501§ionTitle=Chris+Coles&preview=1 |archive-date=17 February 2020 |url-status=dead}} In 2011, he won the gold medal at the European Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event with Matthew Nottingham.{{cite web | title=European Junior Championships, Individuals |url=http://badmintoneurope.com/cms/?&pageid=6079 |publisher=Badminton Europe |access-date=29 August 2016}}

Achievements

= European Junior Championships =

Boys' doubles

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2011

| align="left" | Energia Areena, Vantaa, Finland

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Nottingham

| align="left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Fabian Holzer
{{flagicon|GER}} Max Schwenger

| align="left" | 15–21, 21–14, 21–15

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Gold Gold

= BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 5 runners-up) =

Men's doubles

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! Year

! Tournament

! Opponent

! Partner

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2011

| align="left" | Welsh International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Nottingham

| align="left" | {{flagicon|SCO}} Martin Campbell
{{flagicon|SCO}} Angus Gilmour

| align="left" | 21–19, 21–7

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

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| align="center" | 2012

| align="left" | Swiss International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Nottingham

| align="left" | {{flagicon|POL}} Adam Cwalina
{{flagicon|POL}} Przemysław Wacha

| align="left" | 21–23, 14–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Silver2}} Runner-up

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| align="center" | 2013

| align="left" | Dutch International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Nottingham

| align="left" | {{flagicon|POL}} Łukasz Moreń
{{flagicon|POL}} Wojciech Szkudlarczyk

| align="left" | 13–21, 21–18, 9–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Silver2}} Runner-up

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| align="center" | 2013

| align="left" | Slovenia International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Nottingham

| align="left" | {{flagicon|RUS}} Nikita Khakimov
{{flagicon|RUS}} Vasily Kuznetsov

| align="left" | 19–21, 16–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Silver2}} Runner-up

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| align="center" | 2013

| align="left" | Welsh International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Nottingham

| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Robin Middleton
{{flagicon|AUS}} Ross Smith

| align="left" | 21–17, 21–15

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

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| align="center" | 2016

| align="left" | Iceland International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|SCO}} Adam Hall

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Lane
{{flagicon|ENG}} Sean Vendy

| align="left" | 21–19, 21–19

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

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| align="center" | 2016

| align="left" | Polish International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Gregory Mairs

| align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} Lu Ching-yao
{{flagicon|TPE}} Yang Po-han

| align="left" | 16–21, 9–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

Mixed doubles

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! Year

! Tournament

! Opponent

! Partner

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2011

| align="left" | Turkiye Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Jessica Fletcher

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Stawski
{{flagicon|ENG}} Lauren Smith

| align="left" | 19–21, 13–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

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| align="center" | 2014

| align="left" | Welsh International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Sophie Brown

| align="left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Max Weißkirchen
{{flagicon|GER}} Eva Janssens

| align="left" | 18–21, 21–16, 21–14

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

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| align="center" | 2015

| align="left" | Hungarian International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Victoria Williams

| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Patrick Buhl
{{flagicon|DEN}} Isabella Nielsen

| align="left" | 21–19, 11–21, 21–17

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

: {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} BWF International Challenge tournament

: {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} BWF International Series tournament

: {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} BWF Future Series tournament

References

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