Christopher Grimley

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]

Christopher Grimley
Grimley at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympycs
Personal information
Country	Scotland
Born	(2000-02-06) 6 February 2000 (age 24) Glasgow, Scotland
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Years active	2015–present
Handedness	Right[1]
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	34 (MD with Matthew Grimley, 5 November 2024) 67 (XD with Eleanor O'Donnell, 18 October 2022)
Current ranking	34 (MD with Matthew Grimley, 5 November 2024)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Scotland European Junior Championships 2018 Tallinn Boys' doubles
BWF profile

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	Matthew Grimley	Fabien Delrue William Villeger	18–21, 15–21	Silver

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

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Portugal International	Matthew Grimley	Chang Ko-chi Lee Fang-jen	21–16, 16–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2020	Portugal International	Matthew Grimley	Lucas Corvée Brice Leverdez	24–26, 22–24	Runner-up
2021	Scottish Open	Matthew Grimley	Junaidi Arif Muhammad Haikal	22–20, 21–16	Winner
2023	Irish Open	Matthew Grimley	Andreas Søndergaard Jesper Toft	22–20, 16–21, 21–17	Winner
2023	Welsh International	Matthew Grimley	Bjarne Geiss Jan Colin Völker	18–21, 21–16, 21–17	Winner
2024	Irish Open	Matthew Grimley	William Kryger Boe Christian Faust Kjær	15–21, 8–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Portugal International	Eleanor O'Donnell	Adam Pringle Rachel Andrew	21–18, 21–6	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	Matthew Grimley	11–7, 7–11, 9–11, 11–8, 11–5	Winner
2018	Swedish Junior International	Lukas Resch	21–19, 19–21, 21–17	Winner
2018	Hellas Junior International	Zach Russ	23–21, 22–20	Winner
2018	Cyprus Junior International	Nguyễn Hải Đăng	14–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2018	Lithuanian Junior International	Lukas Resch	21–19, 21–11	Winner

Boys' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Irish Junior Open	Matthew Grimley	Louis Ducrot Sam McKay	14–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2016	Czech Junior International	Matthew Grimley	Robert Cybulski Paweł Śmiłowski	17–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2016	Estonian Junior International	Matthew Grimley	Adam Gozzi Carl Harrbacka	11–2, 9–11, 11–5, 11–6	Winner
2017	Irish Junior Open	Matthew Grimley	Nhat Nguyen Paul Reynolds	12–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2017	Czech Junior International	Matthew Grimley	Zach Russ Steven Stallwood	13–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2017	Estonian Junior International	Matthew Grimley	Georgii Karpov Mikhail Lavrikov	11–6, 11–9, 11–8	Winner
2018	Swedish Junior International	Matthew Grimley	Joan Monroy Carlos Piris	21–5, 21–19	Winner
2018	Hungarian Junior International	Matthew Grimley	Joshua Apiliga Adam Pringle	19–21, 22–20, 21–17	Winner
2018	Bulgarian Junior International	Matthew Grimley	Georgii Karpov Georgii Lebedev	21–12, 21–11	Winner
2018	Lithuanian Junior International	Matthew Grimley	Brian Holtschke Lukas Resch	21–12, 21–14	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Danish Junior Cup	Ciara Torrance	Rasmus Kjær Irina Amalie Andersen	21–11, 7–21, 23–25	Runner-up
2016	Czech Junior International	Ciara Torrance	Matthew Grimley Toni Woods	21–19, 21–17	Winner

  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

  BWF Junior International Series tournament

  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

1. "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. "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.

External links

• Christopher Grimley at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
• Christopher Grimley at BWFBadminton.com
• Christopher Grimley at Olympedia (archive)
• Christopher Grimley at Team Scotland