Alistair Casey

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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

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

Playing career[edit]

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[edit]

BWF International Challenge/Series[edit]

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2012 South Africa International South Africa Willem Viljoen 26–24, 20–22, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Botswana International South Africa Andries Malan 21–13, 21–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Carebaco International New Zealand Joe Wu 19–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Mexico International Peru Rodrigo Pacheco 19–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Tahiti International Italy Rosario Maddaloni 21–17, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Kenya International India Oscar Bansal 21–14, 13–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Mongolia International Mongolia Enkhbat Olonbayar 21–18, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Samoa International Australia Jeff Tho 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Guatemala International Mexico Andres Quadri Guatemala Jonathan Solis
Guatemala Rodolfo Ramirez
14–21, 21–16, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Colombia International United States Mathew Fogarty Peru Pablo Aguilar
Peru Bruno Monteverde
11–21, 21–18, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Mongolia International Austria Clemens Michael Smola Mongolia Davaasuren Battur
Mongolia Zolzaya Munkhbaatar
21–15, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Samoa International Australia Jeff Tho Australia Ashley Brehaut
Australia Aji Basuki Sindoro
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

Coaching career[edit]

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[edit]

  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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