Nhat Nguyen
Nhat Nguyen | |||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Birth name | Nguyễn Nhật | ||||||||||||||
Country | Ireland | ||||||||||||||
Born | Vietnam | 16 June 2000||||||||||||||
Residence | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||
Years active | 2014–present | ||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||
Coach | Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin[1] | ||||||||||||||
Men's singles and doubles | |||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 25 (MS 27 December 2022) 114 (MD with Paul Reynolds 21 June 2018) | ||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 41 (19 March 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Nhat Nguyen (/ˈnæt wɪn/; Vietnamese: Nguyễn Nhật, [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥˦ ɲət̚˧˨ʔ˨]; born 16 June 2000) is an Irish badminton player.[2] Born in Vietnam, Nguyen left the country for a new life in Dublin, Ireland along with his parents and older sister, when he was six years old. Then, he started playing badminton at the local club with his dad.[3][4] He was the gold medalist at the 2016 European U17 Championships in the boys' singles event, and also won the bronze medal in the doubles event partnered with Paul Reynolds. At the same year, he clinched the men's singles title at the Irish National Championships.[5] Nguyen won his first senior international title at the Polish International in the men's doubles event with Reynolds,[6] after that the men's singles title at the Welsh International.[7]
Achievements
European Junior Championships
Boys' singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia | Christo Popov | 7–21, 21–16, 18–21 | Bronze |
BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
Men's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2017 | Welsh International | Gurusai Dutt | 21–16, 23–21 | Winner |
2017 | Irish Open | Alexander Roovers | 19–21, 11–21 | Runner-up |
2023 | Irish Open | Alex Lanier | 21–13, 21–19 | Winner |
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2017 | Polish International | Paul Reynolds | Daniel Benz Andreas Heinz |
21–19, 25–23 | Winner |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
- ^ Shamsudin, Shaiful (29 March 2022). "Iskandar Zulkarnain kini jurulatih sepenuh masa di Ireland" [Iskandar Zulkarnain is now a full -time coach in Ireland] (in Malay). Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Players: Nhat Nguyen". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ Fennessy, Paul (25 December 2017). "'I only started playing badminton when I came to Ireland... It was one of the ways I tried to fit in'". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ Dennehy, Cathal (6 January 2018). "Teen star Nguyen doing hard yards to close gap on the world's best". Irish Independent. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ Diallo, Raf (28 March 2016). "Meet the Irish talent who's become the new European under-17 badminton champ". Off the Ball. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ "Gold for Irish badminton duo in Poland". RTÉ.ie. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ Bech, Rasmus (4 December 2017). "Big victory for Nhat Nguyen". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
External links
- Nhat Nguyen at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
- Nhat Nguyen at BWFBadminton.com
- Nhat Nguyen at Olympedia
- Nhat Nguyen at Olympics.com
- Nhat Nguyen at the Olympic Federation of Ireland
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Dublin (city)
- Irish male badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players for Ireland
- Badminton players at the 2019 European Games
- Badminton players at the 2023 European Games
- European Games competitors for Ireland
- Vietnamese emigrants
- Immigrants to Ireland
- Sportspeople of Vietnamese descent