Christopher Grimley (born 6 February 2000) is a Scottish

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player who competes in international level events. His doubles partner is his twin brother

Matthew Grimley Matthew may refer to: * Matthew (given name) * Matthew (surname) * ''Matthew'' (ship), the replica of the ship sailed by John Cabot in 1497 * ''Matthew'' (album), a 2000 album by rapper Kool Keith * Matthew (elm cultivar), a cultivar of the Chi ...

. Christopher has competed at the

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Career

Early career

Christopher Grimley started to know about badminton at the age of six because his parents playing this sport. He used to attend Lourdes Primary School before he got the chance to move to the Glasgow School of Sport, based at

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. The twins have already won a host of titles and are the Scottish National U–13 doubles champions in 2012. They also hold the doubles titles for Glasgow, the West of Scotland and the East of Scotland. Christopher also won the Glasgow U–13 singles title.

2017–2018

In 2017, Christopher and Matthew reached the round of 16 at the

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. The twins then won the silver medal at the 2018 European Junior Championships.

2019–2020

In 2019, Christopher and Matthew were at least in the final four in six tournaments, and finished as runner-up at the

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tournament. In March 2020, the twins ranked as number 60 in BWF World ranking.

Achievements

European Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles''

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

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

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tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

BWF Junior International (11 titles, 6 runners-up)

''Boys' singles'' ''Boys' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament : BWF Junior International Challenge tournament : BWF Junior International Series tournament : BWF Junior Future Series tournament

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grimley, Christopher 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Glasgow Scottish male badminton players Badminton players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Badminton players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland Twin sportspeople