Colin Trevor Coates (born 1940) is a former English

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 ...

international player and a former national champion.

Biography

Coates became the English National doubles champion after winning the inaugural English National Badminton Championships in 1964. Coates represented Derbyshire and played 19 times for England and was also twice Irish Open champion in 1959 and 1961.

References

English male badminton players 1940 births Living people {{England-badminton-bio-stub