Stewart Carson

Stewart Carson (born 12 June 1976) is a retired badminton player from South Africa. He was part of the national team that won the gold medal at the 2002 and 2004 African Championships, also at the 2003 All-Africa Games. Carson competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Dorian James. They were defeated in the round of 32 by Howard Bach and Kevin Han of the United States. He is currently the National Badminton Coach of South Africa.

Stewart Carson
Personal information
Birth name	Stewart James Carson
Country	South Africa
Born	(1976-06-12) 12 June 1976 (age 49) Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  South Africa All-Africa Games 2003 Abuja Mixed team 2003 Abuja Mixed doubles African Championships 2004 Rose Hill Mixed team 2002 Casablanca Mixed team 2004 Rose Hill Men's doubles
BWF profile

Achievements

All-Africa Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Indoor Sports Halls National Stadium, Abuja, Nigeria	Michelle Edwards	Chris Dednam Antoinette Uys		Silver

African Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	National Badminton Centre, Rose Hill, Mauritius	Dorian James	Dotun Akinsanya Abimbola Odejoke	7–15, 15–10, 5–15	Bronze

IBF International

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	South Africa International	Richard Vaughan	1–7, 0–7, 0–7	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	South Africa International	Dorian James	Chris Dednam Johan Kleingeld	7–5, 0–7, 5–7, –	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	South Africa International	Antoinette Uys	Johan Kleingeld Karen Coetzer	7–15, 8–15	Runner-up

External links

• Stewart Carson at BWFBadminton.com
• Stewart Carson at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
• Stewart Carson at Olympics.com
• Stewart Carson at Olympic.org (archived)
• Stewart Carson at Olympedia