Andrew Smith (badminton)

Andrew Smith
Personal information
Birth name	Andrew Michael Smith
Country	England
Born	(1984-06-03) 3 June 1984 (age 40) Portsmouth, England
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Handedness	Right
Coach	David Hunt
Men's singles
Highest ranking	12 (5 April 2007 [1])
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  England Sudirman Cup 2007 Glasgow Mixed team European Mixed Team Championships 2009 Liverpool Mixed team European Men's Team Championships 2008 Almere Men's team 2006 Thessalonica Men's team
BWF profile

Andrew Michael Smith (born 3 June 1984) is an English badminton player.

He had won the New Zealand International in 2004, the Australian International in 2004 and 2005, and also the Croatian International and the Vietnam Open in 2006. In 2008, he made it into the quarter finals of India Open and semifinals of Singapore Super Series.

Smith competed at the 2006 IBF World Championships. He defeated Pablo Abián of Spain 21–15, 21–13 in the first round. Then was defeated by Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia 21–19, 21–13.

Although possessing a World ranking of 17, he did not attend the English National Championships in Manchester in 2007. He represented Great Britain in the badminton men's singles at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.^[2]

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Vietnam Open	Ismail Saman	21–14, 12–21, 21–19	Winner

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Cyprus International	Scott Evans	17–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2012	Victorian International	Anup Sridhar	13–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2012	Slovenian International	Mohit Kamat	21–18, 21–17	Winner
2008	Canadian International	Shoji Sato	18–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2006	Dutch International	Björn Joppien	19–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2006	Croatian International	Andrew Dabeka	21–7, 22–24, 21–19	Winner
2005	Australian International	Geoffrey Bellingham	15–8, 15–10	Winner
2004	Australian International	Niluka Karunaratne	15–7, 15–8	Winner
2004	New Zealand International	Yuichi Ikeda	15–0, 15–8	Winner
2004	Western Australia International	Sairul Amar Ayob	12–15, 4–15	Runner-up
2004	Auckland International	Sairul Amar Ayob	6–15, 11–15	Runner-up
2004	Ballarat International	Sairul Amar Ayob	7–15, 13–15	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Counties Manukau International	Daniel Shirley	Wesley Caulkett Raymond Tam	21–12, 21–10	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

• "Andrew Smith at InternationalBadminton.org". Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
• "Andrew Smith at BadmintonEngland.co.uk". Archived from the original on 5 September 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2007.

• Andrew Smith at BWFBadminton.com
• Andrew Smith at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Andrew Smith at Olympedia (archive)
• Andrew Smith at Olympics.com
• Andrew Smith at Team GB