Alexander Dunn (born 13 September 1998) is a Scottish

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

player. Born in Bellshill, Dunn started playing badminton at aged seven, and joined the national team in 2009. He won a bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event with his partner Adam Hall, also the silver medal in the mixed doubles event with

Eleanor O'Donnell Eleanor O'Donnell (born 1 September 1998) is a Scottish badminton player who competes in international level events. Her highest achievements were winning a silver medal at the 2017 European Junior Championships and competing as the youngest co ...

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. He competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in

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. Dunn educated sport and physical activity at the

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, in Glasgow.

Achievements

European Championships

''Men's doubles''

European Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 2 runner-up)

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series tournament

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* * 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Bellshill Scottish male badminton players Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland {{Scotland-sport-bio-stub