Stewart Carson (born 12 June 1976) is a retired

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 pe ...

player from

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

. He was part of the national team that won the gold medal at the 2002 and 2004 African Championships, also at the

2003 All-Africa Games The 8th All Africa Games were 5–17 October 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria. 53 countries participated in 23 sports. The main venue was the newly constructed Abuja Stadium. The organizing committee was headed by Nigerian Amos Adamu. Venues * Moshood ...

. Carson competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner

Dorian James Dorian Lance James (born 19 June 1981) is a male badminton player from South Africa. James competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Stewart Carson. They were defeated in the round of 32 by Howard Bach and ...

. 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. He is currently the National Badminton Coach of South Africa.

Achievements

All-Africa Games

''Mixed doubles''

African Championships

''Men's doubles''

IBF International

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

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* * * * 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Irvine, North Ayrshire South African male badminton players Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for South Africa Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games African Games gold medalists for South Africa African Games silver medalists for South Africa African Games medalists in badminton {{SouthAfrica-badminton-bio-stub