Dorian James

Dorian Lance James (born 19 June 1981) is a male badminton player from South Africa.

Dorian James
Personal information
Birth name	Dorian Lance James
Country	South Africa
Born	(1981-06-19) 19 June 1981 (age 44) Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	46 (MD 7 June 2012) 51 (XD 14 July 2011)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  South Africa All-Africa Games 2011 Maputo Men's doubles 2011 Maputo Mixed team 2007 Algiers Men's doubles 2007 Algiers Mixed team African Championships 2012 Addis Ababa Men's doubles 2012 Addis Ababa Mixed doubles 2011 Marrakesh Men's doubles 2011 Marrakesh Mixed team 2010 Kampala Mixed doubles 2009 Nairobi Mixed team 2006 Algiers Mixed team 2004 Rose Hill Mixed team 2002 Casablanca Mixed team 2011 Marrakesh Mixed doubles 2009 Nairobi Men's doubles 2006 Algiers Men's doubles 2006 Algiers Mixed doubles 2010 Kampala Men's doubles 2009 Nairobi Mixed doubles 2004 Rose Hill Men's doubles 2004 Rose Hill Mixed doubles 2002 Casablanca Mixed doubles Africa Team Championships 2012 Addis Ababa Men's team 2006 Rose Hill Men's team 2008 Rose Hill Men's team 2010 Kampala Men's team
BWF profile

James competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Stewart Carson. They were defeated in the round of 32 by Howard Bach and Kevin Han of the United States.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed with Willem Viljoen in the men's doubles event. They did not progress beyond the group stages.

Achievements

All African Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Escola Josina Machel, Maputo, Mozambique	Willem Viljoen	Ola Fagbemi Jinkan Ifraimu	18–21, 19–21	Silver
2007	Salle OMS El Biar, Algiers, Algeria	Willem Viljoen	Chris Dednam Roelof Dednam	10–21, 15–21	Silver

African Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Arat Kilo Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Willem Viljoen	Ola Fagbemi Jinkan Ifraimu	21–15, 21–15	Gold
2011	Marrakesh, Morocco	Willem Viljoen	Ola Fagbemi Jinkan Ifraimu	21–18, 21–14	Gold
2010	Kampala, Uganda	Willem Viljoen	Ola Fagbemi Jinkan Ifraimu	15–21, 15–21	Bronze
2009	Nairobi, Kenya	Chris Dednam	Ola Fagbemi Jinkan Ifraimu	13–21, 14–21	Silver
2006	Algiers, Algeria	Willem Viljoen	Chris Dednam Roelof Dednam		Silver
2004	Rose Hill, Mauritius	Stewart Carson	Dotun Akinsanya Abimbola Odejoke	7–15, 15–10, 5–15	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Arat Kilo Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Michelle Edwards	Enrico James Stacey Doubel	21–16, 21–6	Gold
2011	Marrakesh, Morocco	Michelle Edwards	Willem Viljoen Annari Viljoen	13–21, 12–21	Silver
2010	Kampala, Uganda	Michelle Edwards	Roeloff Dednam Annari Viljoen	21–13, 21–14	Gold
2009	Nairobi, Kenya	Stacey Doubell	Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan	13–21, 14–21	Bronze
2006	Algiers, Algeria	Michelle Edwards	Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan	16–21, 21–17, 16–21	Silver
2004	Rose Hill, Mauritius	Michelle Edwards	Orobosa Okuonghae Grace Daniel	15–6, 9–15, 8–15	Bronze
2002	Casablanca, Morocco	Michelle Edwards	Johan Kleingeld Chantal Botts	4–7, 4–7, 4–7	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (19 titles, 12 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	South Africa International	Stewart Carson	Chris Dednam Johan Kleingeld	7–5, 0–7, 5–7	Runner-up
2006	Mauritius International	Willem Viljoen	Chris Dednam Roelof Dednam	21–13, 23–21	Winner
2007	South Africa International	Willem Viljoen	Chris Dednam Roelof Dednam	21–12, 21–18	Winner
2008	South Africa International	Willem Viljoen	Chris Dednam Roelof Dednam	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2009	Kenya International	Chris Dednam	Ola Fagbemi Jinkan Ifraimu	21–14, 21–13	Winner
2009	Mauritius International	Willem Viljoen	Ola Fagbemi Jinkan Ifraimu	19–21, 22–20, 21–8	Winner
2009	South Africa International	Willem Viljoen	Mohammadreza Kheradmani Ali Shahhosseini	22–20, 17–21, 21–15	Winner
2010	Uganda International	Willem Viljoen	Ola Fagbemi Jinkan Ifraimu	21–13, 21–9	Winner
2010	Kenya International	Willem Viljoen	Ola Fagbemi Jinkan Ifraimu	22–20, 21–17	Winner
2010	South Africa International	Willem Viljoen	Chris Dednam Roelof Dednam	14–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2010	Botswana International	Willem Viljoen	Enrico James Jacobs Maliekal	21–19, 21–10	Winner
2011	Mauritius International	Willem Viljoen	Manu Attri Jishnu Sanyal	19–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2011	Kenya International	Willem Viljoen	Manu Attri Jishnu Sanyal	14–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2011	Namibia International	Willem Viljoen	Ali Ahmed El-Khateeb Abdelrahman Kashkal	21–13, 21–13	Winner
2011	Botswana International	Willem Viljoen	Ola Fagbemi Jinkan Ifraimu	21–23, 21–13, 15–21	Runner-up
2011	South Africa International	Willem Viljoen	Chris Dednam Enrico James	21–19, 21–18	Winner
2012	Uganda International	Willem Viljoen	Ola Fagbemi Jinkan Ifraimu	24–22, 21–19	Winner
2012	South Africa International	Enrico James	Andries Malan Willem Viljoen	22–24, 21–15, 22–24	Runner-up
2024	South Africa International	Robert Summers	Matthew Abela Maxim Grinblat	21–10, 19–21, 20–22	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	South Africa International	Michelle Edwards	Orobosa Okuonghae Grace Daniel	13–15, 15–12, 15–13	Winner
2008	Mauritius International	Michelle Edwards	Chris Dednam Annari Viljoen	21–16, 15–21, 21–11	Winner
2009	South Africa International	Michelle Edwards	Willem Viljoen Jade Morgan	21–11, 21–17	Winner
2009	Kenya International	Annari Viljoen	Chris Dednam Michelle Edwards	11–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2010	Uganda International	Michelle Edwards	Georgios Charalambidis Anne Hald Jensen	14–21, 21–19, 21–7	Winner
2010	South Africa International	Michelle Edwards	Chris Dednam Annari Viljoen	21–14, 10–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2010	Botswana International	Michelle Edwards	Enrico James Stacey Doubell	21–19, 21–11	Winner
2011	Mauritius International	Michelle Edwards	Abdelrahman Kashkal Hadia Hosny	21–16, 21–11	Winner
2011	Kenya International	Michelle Edwards	Lê Hà Anh Lê Thu Huyền	25–23, 14–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2011	Botswana International	Michelle Edwards	Olaoluwa Fagbemi Susan Funaya Ideh	21–16, 11–21, 21–19	Winner
2012	Uganda International	Michelle Edwards	Willem Viljoen Annari Viljoen	7–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2012	South Africa International	Michelle Edwards	Willem Viljoen Annari Viljoen	15–21, 21–16, 12–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dorian James". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012.
• tournamentsoftware.com

External links

• Dorian Lance James at BWFBadminton.com
• Dorian Lance James at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived, alternate link)
• Dorian Lance James at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Dorian James at Olympedia
• Dorian James at Olympics.com
• Dorian James at Olympic.org (archived)