Adam Alistair Murdoch McGregor Hall (born 12 February 1996) is a Scottish badminton player.[3][4] He was the bronze medalist at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event with his partner Alexander Dunn.[5] He competed at the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games.[6]

Adam Hall
Personal information
Birth nameAdam Alistair Murdoch Mcg Hall
CountryScotland
Born (1996-02-12) 12 February 1996 (age 28)
Irvine, Scotland
ResidenceMauchline, Scotland
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
HandednessRight
CoachIngo Kindervater
Robert Blair
Andy Bowman[1][2]
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking22 (MD with Alexander Dunn 24 January 2023)
21 (XD with Julie MacPherson 27 December 2022)
Current ranking30 (MD with Alexander Dunn)
49 (XD with Julie MacPherson) (16 April 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Great Britain
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Men's doubles
Representing  Scotland
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Madrid Men's doubles
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lubin Boys' doubles
BWF profile

Hall studied sport and fitness management at the Open University in Scotland.[6]

Achievements

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European Games

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Arena Jaskółka,
Tarnów, Poland
  Alexander Dunn   Kim Astrup
  Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
13–21, 21–16, 10–21   Bronze

European Championships

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Polideportivo Municipal Gallur,
Madrid, Spain
  Alexander Dunn   Mark Lamsfuß
  Marvin Seidel
17–21, 16–21   Silver

European Junior Championships

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Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Regional Sport Centrum Hall,
Lubin, Poland
  Alexander Dunn   Alexander Bond
  Joel Eipe
17–21, 21–18, 15–21   Bronze

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Scottish Open   Peter Mills   Mathias Christiansen
  David Daugaard
21–15, 19–21, 15–21   Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 4 runners-up)

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Welsh International   Gordon Thomson   Matthew Nottingham
  Harley Towler
15–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2016 Iceland International   Chris Coles   Ben Lane
  Sean Vendy
21–19, 21–19   Winner
2017 Polish Open   Alexander Duun   Łukasz Moreń
  Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
11–21, 18–21   Runner-up
2017 Irish Open   Alexander Dunn   Joshua Magee
  Sam Magee
21–15, 6–21, 21–10   Winner
2017 Turkey International   Alexander Dunn   Mikkel Stoffersen
  Mathias Thyrri
21–14, 21–9   Winner
2018 Iceland International   Alexander Dunn   Nicklas Mathiasen
  Mikkel Stoffersen
21–16, 21–18   Winner
2019 Irish Open   Alexander Dunn   Jones Ralfy Jansen
  Peter Käsbauer
19–21, 21–17, 18–21   Runner-up
2019 Scottish Open   Alexander Dunn   Jeppe Bay
  Mikkel Mikkelsen
21–10, 21–17   Winner
2020 Austrian Open   Alexander Dunn   Ruben Jille
  Ties van der Lecq
21–18, 21–11   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Belgian International   Julie MacPherson   Jacco Arends
  Selena Piek
11–21, 13–21   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Adam Hall". BadmintonScotland. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Adam Hall". Badminton England. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Players: Adam Hall". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Biography: Adam Alistair Murdoch Mcg Hall". European Games 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  5. ^ "European Junior Championships, Individuals". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Participants: Adam Hall". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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