Nick Yates is a retired 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

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Badminton career

Yates represented

and won a gold medal in the team event and two silver medals in the singles and doubles, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in

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, Australia. Four years later he represented

again and won another gold medal in the team event in addition to a bronze medal in the singles, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in

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Achievements

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. ''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yates, Nick English male badminton players Living people Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Badminton players at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Year of birth missing (living people) Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games