Alistair Casey (born 23 February 1981) is a Scottish Capped Professional badminton player.[1][2]

Alistair Casey
Personal information
Country Scotland
Born (1981-02-23) 23 February 1981 (age 43)
Glasgow, Scotland
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st)
Years active1999-Current
HandednessRight
Men's
Highest ranking62 (MS) 16 Sep 2010
92 (MD) 2 Sep 2011
171 (XD) 30 Apr 2015
BWF profile

Playing career

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In 2011 he went out in the first round of the World Championships[3] but was runner up at the Mexico International and Semi Finalist of the Suriname International. In 2012 he was the winner of both the Botswana and South Africa Internationals.

Achievements

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BWF International Challenge/Series

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Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2012 South Africa International   Willem Viljoen 26–24, 20–22, 21–18   Winner
2012 Botswana International   Andries Malan 21–13, 21–7   Winner
2012 Carebaco International   Joe Wu 19–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2011 Mexico International   Rodrigo Pacheco 19–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2010 Tahiti International   Rosario Maddaloni 21–17, 21–18   Winner
2010 Kenya International   Oscar Bansal 21–14, 13–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2008 Mongolia International   Enkhbat Olonbayar 21–18, 21–11   Winner
2006 Samoa International   Jeff Tho   Winner

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Guatemala International   Andres Quadri   Jonathan Solis
  Rodolfo Ramirez
14–21, 21–16, 13–21   Runner-up
2010 Colombia International   Mathew Fogarty   Pablo Aguilar
  Bruno Monteverde
11–21, 21–18, 19–21   Runner-up
2008 Mongolia International   Clemens Michael Smola   Davaasuren Battur
  Zolzaya Munkhbaatar
21–15, 22–20   Winner
2006 Samoa International   Jeff Tho   Ashley Brehaut
  Aji Basuki Sindoro
  Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

Coaching career

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Casey coached for the U.S. Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He was also the coach and team leader for the USA Badminton team at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Casey is the coach of the Polytechnic School Badminton team. They compete in the CIF Southern Section.

References

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  1. ^ "Players: Alistair Casey". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Martin Campbell". smarttecnutrition.com. Smart-Tec. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  3. ^ "World Badminton 2011: Toby Penty on course for Sho Sasaki showdown following defeat of Alistair Casey".
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