Grant Manzoney

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|12|16}}

| birth_place = Swan View, Australia

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| coach = Mark Cunningham

| event = Men's singles WH2
Men's doubles WH1–WH2
Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

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| highest_ranking = 15 (MS 22 September 2022)
31 (MD with Lochan Cowper 1 August 2022)
32 (XD with Bree Mellberg 8 November 2022)

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| current_ranking = 16 (MS)
34 (MD with Lochan Cowper)
32 (XD with Bree Mellberg)

| current_ranking_date = 15 November 2022

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| bwfbadminton_id = P94412

| bwfpara_id = C4A02B5A-87A2-4C4A-872D-6F2D59C83A71

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Grant Manzoney (born 16 December 1969) is an Australian para badminton player. He competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics where badminton made its Paralympics debut.{{Cite web |date=28 July 2021 |title=Duo To Give Australian Badminton A Paralympic Boost |url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/2021/07/duo-to-give-australian-badminton-a-paralympic-boost/ |access-date=28 July 2021 |website=Paralympics Australia}}

Personal

Manzoney was born on 16 December 1969{{Cite web |title=Grant Mazoney |url=https://bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profile/c4a02b5a-87a2-4c4a-872d-6f2d59c83a71/biography |access-date=28 July 2021 |website=BWF}} with congenital deformity in both legs. His right leg is missing and fibular hemimelia in his left leg causing severe deformity of his left foot and ankle. Surgery at an early age has allowed him to walk on his left foot instead of amputation. He has a prosthetic right leg since childhood.{{Cite web |title=Grant Manzoney |url=https://asf.org.au/athletes/grant-manzoney/ |access-date=28 July 2021 |website=Australian Sports Foundation}} He attended Swan View Senior High School.

Badminton

After dabbling in wheelchair basketball, he discovered para-badminton in 2016 as part of Wheelchair Sports held a 'come and try day'. He is classified WH2.He has earned number one rankings in Oceania and Australia in singles and doubles in his class.{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Tyler |date=26 May 2017 |title=Grant Manzoney, Rhiannon Clarke finalists for Western Australian of the Year Awards |work=Wanneroo Times |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/joondalup-times/grant-manzoney-rhiannon-clarke-finalists-for-western-australian-of-the-year-awards-c-2932635 |access-date=28 July 2021}}

He participated at the 2019 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships in Basel, where he won one match and lost two and did not reach the knockout stage.

In 2020, he defended his Oceania Para Badminton Championships Men's WH2 title.{{Cite web |date=15 February 2020 |title=Australia's Missen and Manzoney defend their titles. Papua New Guinea take home a first silver. VICTOR Oceania Para Badminton Championships 2020 |url=https://badmintonoceania.org/australias-missen-and-manzoney-defend-their-titles-papua-new-guinea-take-home-a-first-silver-victor-oceania-para-badminton-championships-2020/ |access-date=28 July 2021 |website=Badminton Oceania}}

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics,he competed in the men's singles WH2. His first opponent in the Group Stage was Kim Kjung-hoon from Korea. He lost 2–0. He then competed against Kim Jung-Jun also from Korea. Here he also lost 2–0. Manzoney therefore did not make the quarterfinals.

His coach in Perth is Mark Cunningham.

Achievements

= Oceania Championships =

Men's singles WH2

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! Year

! Venue

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| rowspan="4" align="center" | 2018{{Efn|This tournament uses a round robin system.|name=RR}}

| rowspan="4" align="left" | Leisuretime Sports Precinct, Geelong, Australia

| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Douglas Youlten

|21–3, 21–8

| rowspan="4" style="text-align:left; background:white" | Gold Gold

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| align="left" | {{flagicon|NZL}} Benjamin Hasselman

|21–5, 21–10

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| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Richard Joseph Engles

|21–11, 21–11

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| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Michael Colin McDonald

|21–0, 21–5

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| align="center" | 2020

| align="left" | Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia

| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Qambar Ali Akhteyari

|21–10, 21–7

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

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| rowspan="3" align="center" | 2022{{Efn|This tournament uses a round robin system.|name=RR}}

| rowspan="3" align="left" | Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia

| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Douglas Youlten

|21–4, 21–3

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:left; background:white" | Gold Gold

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| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Eamon Wood

|21–4, 21–1

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| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Qambar Ali Akhteyari

|21–10, 21–9

Men's doubles WH1–WH2

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| rowspan="3" align="center" | 2018{{Efn|This tournament uses a round robin system.|name=RR}}

| rowspan="3" align="left" | Leisuretime Sports Precinct,
Geelong, Australia

| rowspan="3" align="left" |{{flagicon|AUS}} Richard John Davis

| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Duke Trench-Thiedeman
{{flagicon|AUS}} Douglas Youlten

|21–7, 21–6

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:left; background:white" | Gold Gold

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| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Michael Colin McDonald
{{flagicon|AUS}} Daniel O'Neil

|21–8, 21–4

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| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Richard Joseph Engles
{{flagicon|AUS}} Pradeep Hewavitharana

|21–13, 21–14

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| align="center" | 2022

| align="left" | Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia

| align="left" |{{flagicon|AUS}} Lochan Cowper

| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Qambar Ali Akhteyari
{{flagicon|AUS}} Richard John Davis

| align="left" | 21–11, 21–9

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

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2022

| align="left" | Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia

| align="left" |{{flagicon|AUS}} Bree Mellberg

| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Richard John Davis
{{flagicon|AUS}} Mischa Ginns

| align="left" | 18–21, 17–21

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

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| rowspan="4" align="center" | 2023{{Efn|This tournament uses a round robin system.|name=RR}}

| rowspan="4" align="left" | Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre,
Perth, Australia

| rowspan="4" align="left" |{{flagicon|AUS}} Marinda Jones

| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Lochan Cowper
{{flagicon|AUS}} Mischa Ginns

| align="left" | 11–21, 7–21

| rowspan="4" style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze

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| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Nguyen Nan Vang
{{flagicon|AUS}} Janine Watson

| align="left" | 14–21, 11–21

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| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Martyn Ford
{{flagicon|AUS}} Macka Mackenzie

| align="left" | 21–12, 19–21, 21–17

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| align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Qambar Ali Akhteyari
{{flagicon|AUS}} Catherine Gallagher

| align="left" | 21–13, 21–7

Notes

References

External links

{{BWFB|P94412}}
{{BWFPara|C4A02B5A-87A2-4C4A-872D-6F2D59C83A71}}
{{Paralympics Australia|grant-manzoney}}
{{IPC|grant-manzoney}}

Category:1969 births

Category:Living people

Category:Australian male badminton players

Category:Paralympic badminton players for Australia

Category:Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Category:Australian para-badminton players

Category:Sportspeople from Perth, Western Australia

Category:Sportsmen from Western Australia

Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen