Dorian Lance James (born 19 June 1981) 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

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...

. James 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 men's doubles with partner Stewart Carson. They were defeated in the round of 32 by

Howard Bach Howard Bach (born February 22, 1979) is a Vietnamese-American male badminton player from the United States. He was the 2005 world champion in the men's doubles with Tony Gunawan. Early life He was born in Vietnam, Howard Bach came to the U.S ...

and

Kevin Han Kevin Qi Han (born November 25, 1972) is a Chinese American badminton player who won the bronze medal in the inaugural men's singles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games, followed by the gold medal four years later in Winnipeg, Manitoba, ...

of the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed with

Willem Viljoen Willem Abraham Viljoen (born 5 March 1985) is a South African 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 ...

in the men's doubles event. They did not progress beyond the group stages.

Achievements

All African Games

''Men's doubles''

African Championships

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

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series tournament

References

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:James, Dorian 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Cape Town South African male badminton players South African people of British descent Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of South Africa Badminton players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games African Games silver medalists for South Africa African Games medalists in badminton