Daniel A. Shirley (born 13 April 1979) is a male

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 from New Zealand.Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website

Career

Shirley competed in

badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Goudi Olympic Hall at the Goudi Olympic Complex from 14 August through 21 August. Both men and women competed in their own singles and doubles events and together they competed in a mixed do ...

in mixed doubles with partner Sara Petersen. They defeated Philippe Bourret and

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in the first round but lost to

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and

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in the round of 16. They also won a bronze medal at the

2005 IBF World Championships The 2005 IBF World Championships (14th World Badminton Championships) was held in Anaheim, southern California, United States, from August 15 to August 21, 2005. 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia won the men ...

in mixed doubles.

Achievements

World Championships

''Mixed doubles''

Commonwealth Games

''Mixed doubles''

Oceania Championships

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

IBF World Grand Prix

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

IBF International Challenge/Series

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

References

1979 births Living people Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for New Zealand New Zealand male badminton players Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-badminton-bio-stub