Darren James Hall (born 25 October 1965) is an English retired badminton player who is generally rated as one of the best men's singles players that England has produced and holds the record of 10 National singles titles.

Career

Hall won a record ten English national singles titles from 1986 until 1999. During the 1993 championships he broke the existing record of five, set in 1981 by his cousin Ray Stevens. He is the only Englishman since the 1930s to win the prestigious

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(1992) in the men's singles. He won the singles gold medal at the 1988 European Badminton Championships, defeating Morten Frost in the final. Hall represented England in a demonstration of

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in Seoul, South Korea. He then competed in

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in the men's singles. He lost in the second round to Zhao Jianhua, of China, 6–15, 9–15. In

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, he played in the singles and doubles event. In the singles, he lost to

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of South Korea in the second round, 7–15, 11–15, and in the doubles event with

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, they were defeated by Chinese pair Ge Cheng and Tao Xiaoqiang, 2–15, 3–15. Hall competed at the Commonwealth Games in

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and

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, and has collected a gold and three bronze medals.

Achievements

World Cup

''Men's singles''

Commonwealth Games

''Men's singles''

European Championships

''Men's singles''

European Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006. ''Men's singles''

IBF International

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

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Darren 1965 births Living people People from Walthamstow English male badminton players Badminton players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Great Britain Badminton players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton