Chris Coles

For the American basketball coach, see Chris Coles (basketball).

Christopher Coles (born 14 July 1992) is a badminton player from England. He started playing badminton at age 6.^[1] He did a BTEC at Chippenham College, after year 11.^[2] In 2011, he won the gold medal at the European Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event with Matthew Nottingham.^[3]

Chris Coles
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Chris
Birth name	Christopher Coles
Country	England
Born	(1992-07-14) 14 July 1992 (age 33) Bristol, England
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Jakob Hoi Peter Jeffrey Julian Robertson
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	39 (MD) 17 April 2014 57 (XD) 9 October 2014
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  England European Men's Team Championships 2014 Basel Men's team European Junior Championships 2011 Vantaa Boys' doubles 2009 Milan Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Energia Areena, Vantaa, Finland	Matthew Nottingham	Fabian Holzer Max Schwenger	15–21, 21–14, 21–15	Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 5 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Partner	Score	Result
2011	Welsh International	Matthew Nottingham	Martin Campbell Angus Gilmour	21–19, 21–7	Winner
2012	Swiss International	Matthew Nottingham	Adam Cwalina Przemysław Wacha	21–23, 14–21	Runner-up
2013	Dutch International	Matthew Nottingham	Łukasz Moreń Wojciech Szkudlarczyk	13–21, 21–18, 9–21	Runner-up
2013	Slovenia International	Matthew Nottingham	Nikita Khakimov Vasily Kuznetsov	19–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2013	Welsh International	Matthew Nottingham	Robin Middleton Ross Smith	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2016	Iceland International	Adam Hall	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2016	Polish International	Gregory Mairs	Lu Ching-yao Yang Po-han	16–21, 9–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Partner	Score	Result
2011	Turkiye Open	Jessica Fletcher	Ben Stawski Lauren Smith	19–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2014	Welsh International	Sophie Brown	Max Weißkirchen Eva Janssens	18–21, 21–16, 21–14	Winner
2015	Hungarian International	Victoria Williams	Patrick Buhl Isabella Nielsen	21–19, 11–21, 21–17	Winner

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  BWF Future Series tournament