David Gerard M. Humble (born 6 March 1967 in

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) is a retired male

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player from

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. Born in the

, he later moved to

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and started to represent Canada in international tournaments.

Career

Humble competed in

badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was held from 28 July to 4 August 1992. Four events were held in the first competition of the sport: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's do ...

in men's singles. He lost in the first round to Darren Hall, of Great Britain, 15–6, 15–4. He was a finalist at the 1991 Irish International, where he lost 10–15, 3–15 to Jeroen van Dijk of the Netherlands. In 1995, he lost the final of the Australian International to

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. He then competed in the 1995 Australian International Championships. He entered the final but lost to Yifeng Shen.

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Men's singles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament

References

Living people Canadian male badminton players Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Canada 1967 births Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Badminton players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-badminton-bio-stub