Christopher Grimley
Grimley at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympycs
Personal information
CountryScotland
Born (2000-02-06) 6 February 2000
Glasgow, Scotland
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Years active2015–present
HandednessRight[1]
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking36 (MD with Matthew Grimley 20 December 2022)
67 (XD with Eleanor O'Donnell 18 October 2022)
Current ranking37 (MD with Matthew Grimley)
98 (XD with Eleanor O'Donnell) (24 January 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Scotland
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tallinn Boys' doubles
BWF profile

Christopher Grimley (born 6 February 2000) is a Scottish badminton player who competes in international level events. His doubles partner is his twin brother Matthew Grimley.[2] Christopher has competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.[3]

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.[4]

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 Championships.[5]

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.[6]

In March 2020, the twins ranked as number 60 in BWF World ranking.[6]

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia Scotland Matthew Grimley France Fabien Delrue
France William Villeger		 18–21, 15–21 Silver Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Portugal International Scotland Matthew Grimley Chinese Taipei Chang Ko-chi
Chinese Taipei Lee Fang-jen		 21–16, 16–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2020 Portugal International Scotland Matthew Grimley France Lucas Corvée
France Brice Leverdez		 24–26, 22–24 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Scottish Open Scotland Matthew Grimley Malaysia Junaidi Arif
Malaysia Muhammad Haikal		 22–20, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Irish Open Scotland Matthew Grimley Denmark Andreas Søndergaard
Denmark Jesper Toft		 22–20, 16–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Welsh International Scotland Matthew Grimley Germany Bjarne Geiss
Germany Jan Colin Völker		 18–21, 21–16, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Portugal International Scotland Eleanor O'Donnell Scotland Adam Pringle
Scotland Rachel Andrew		 21–18, 21–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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

Boys' singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Estonian Junior International Scotland Matthew Grimley 11–7, 7–11, 9–11, 11–8, 11–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Swedish Junior International Germany Lukas Resch 21–19, 19–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Hellas Junior International England Zach Russ 23–21, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Cyprus Junior International Vietnam Nguyễn Hải Đăng 14–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Lithuanian Junior International Germany Lukas Resch 21–19, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Boys' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Irish Junior Open Scotland Matthew Grimley France Louis Ducrot
Republic of Ireland Sam McKay		 14–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Czech Junior International Scotland Matthew Grimley Poland Robert Cybulski
Poland Paweł Śmiłowski		 17–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Estonian Junior International Scotland Matthew Grimley Sweden Adam Gozzi
Sweden Carl Harrbacka		 11–2, 9–11, 11–5, 11–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Irish Junior Open Scotland Matthew Grimley Republic of Ireland Nhat Nguyen
Republic of Ireland Paul Reynolds		 12–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Czech Junior International Scotland Matthew Grimley England Zach Russ
England Steven Stallwood		 13–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Estonian Junior International Scotland Matthew Grimley Russia Georgii Karpov
Russia Mikhail Lavrikov		 11–6, 11–9, 11–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Swedish Junior International Scotland Matthew Grimley Spain Joan Monroy
Spain Carlos Piris		 21–5, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Hungarian Junior International Scotland Matthew Grimley Scotland Joshua Apiliga
Scotland Adam Pringle		 19–21, 22–20, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Bulgarian Junior International Scotland Matthew Grimley Russia Georgii Karpov
Russia Georgii Lebedev		 21–12, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Lithuanian Junior International Scotland Matthew Grimley Germany Brian Holtschke
Germany Lukas Resch		 21–12, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Danish Junior Cup Scotland Ciara Torrance Denmark Rasmus Kjær
Denmark Irina Amalie Andersen		 21–11, 7–21, 23–25 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Czech Junior International Scotland Ciara Torrance Scotland Matthew Grimley
Scotland Toni Woods		 21–19, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

  1. 1 2 "Players: Christophe Grimley". Gosen. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Christophe Grimley - BWF Badminton". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 24 January 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Net gain as players give new format the thumbs-up". International Olympic Committee. 11 October 2018. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Lach, Stef (21 June 2012). "Glasgow twins have Youth Olympic ambitions". Glasgow Times. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Winning Students badminton bros claim European Junior silver". Winning Students-Scotland. 18 September 2018. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Christopher Grimley: A little pressure is a good thing". Badminton Europe. 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
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