Christopher Rees (born 30 June 1965) is a former

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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 pe ...

player, who later works as national team coach and manager. He won the boys' doubles title at the European Junior Champions in 1983 and the men's doubles bronze medalist at the

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in 1988. He competed at the

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1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, ...

. Rees has won 23 Welsh National Championships titles, achieved 130 caps for Wales, and reached a career-high as world number 12. After retired as badminton player, he went into coaching becoming Welsh national coach and manager, also part of Great Britain team coach at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Achievements

European Championships

''Men's doubles''

European Junior Championships

''Men's doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. ''Men's doubles''

IBF International

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rees, Chris 1965 births Living people Welsh male badminton players Badminton players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales Badminton coaches