Nic Strange

Nic Strange
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born (1987-03-26) 26 March 1987
Bangor, Wales
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking56 (MD 31 October 2013)
624 (XD 20 August 2015)
BWF profile
Medal record
Representing  Wales
Welsh Nationals
2012–13, 2016–17
2022
men's doubles

Nicolas Strange (born 26 March 1987) is an international badminton player from Wales who competed at the Commonwealth Games and is a five-times champion of Wales.

Biography

Strange represented the Welsh team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland,[1][2] where he competed in one event.[3] He partnered Joe Morgan in the men's doubles competition during the Games.[4]

He has won three international titles in Slovakia, Iceland and Cyprus (with Joe Morgan)[5] and is a five-times men's doubles champion of Wales at the Welsh National Badminton Championships, winning the title in 2012 with James Phillips, 2013 and 2016 with Joe Morgan, 2017 with Scott Oates and 2022 with Andrew Oates.[6]

In 2018 he was the head coach at the University of Warwick.[7]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Slovak Open Joe Morgan Aleksei Konakh
Yauheni Yakauchuk
21–9 21–17 Winner
2012 Iceland International Joe Morgan Martin Campbell
Patrick MacHugh
21–17,21–16 Winner
2013 Cyprus International Joe Morgan Sam Parsons
Rhys Walker
24–22, 19–21, 21–14 Winner
2013 Bulgarian Eurasia Open Joe Morgan Martin Campbell
Patrick MacHugh
23–25, 10–21 Runner-up
2013 Hatzor International Joe Morgan Vladimir Malkov
Vadim Novoselov
18–21, 21–19, 25–27 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Carissa Turner and Sarah Thomas lead Wales badminton". BBC Sport. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  2. ^ "Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014: Team Wales". BBC Sport. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  3. ^ "Wales Glasgow 2014". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Nicolas Strange Biography". g2014results.thecgf.com. Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Players: Nicolas Strange". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  6. ^ "National Championships". Badminton People. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  7. ^ "New Head Coach: Nic Strange". www.warwickbadminton.com. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2021.