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Nhat Nguyen

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Nhat Nguyen
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Nhat Nguyen (Vietnamese: Nguyễn Nhật, [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥˦ ɲət̚˧˨ʔ˨]; born 16 June 2000) is a Vietnamese-born Irish badminton player.[4][5]

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Biography

Nguyen was born in the suburbs of Hanoi, Vietnam and moved to Cavan, Ireland with his parents and older sister, when he was six years old. He began representing Ireland internationally when he received his Irish passport and citizenship in 2017; before that he was unable to travel outside Ireland to compete overseas.[4] He was the gold medalist at the 2016 European U17 Championships in the boys' singles event, and also won bronze in the doubles event partnered with Paul Reynolds. In the same year, he clinched the men's singles title at the Irish National Championships.[6] Nguyen won his first senior international title at the Polish International in the men's doubles event with Reynolds,[7] and the men's singles title at the Welsh International after that.[8]

He is the younger brother of Ireland's first European Weightlifting Championships medalist, Tham Nguyen Gough.

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Achievements

European Junior Championships

Boys' singles

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BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's singles

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Men's doubles

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  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament
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