Daniel A. Shirley (born 13 April 1979) is a male badminton player from New Zealand.[1]

Daniel A. Shirley
Personal information
CountryNew Zealand
Born (1979-04-13) 13 April 1979 (age 45)
Waitakere City, New Zealand
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
HandednessLeft
EventDoubles
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  New Zealand
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Anaheim Mixed Doubles
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Melbourne Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Manchester Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Manchester Mixed team
BWF profile

Career

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Shirley competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Sara Petersen. They defeated Philippe Bourret and Denyse Julien of Canada in the first round but lost to Jonas Rasmussen and Rikke Olsen of Denmark in the round of 16.

They also won a bronze medal at the 2005 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles.

Achievements

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World Championships

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, United States   Sara Runesten-Petersen   Xie Zhongbo
  Zhang Yawen
8–15, 8–15   Bronze

Commonwealth Games

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2002 Bolton Arena, Manchester, England   Sara Runesten-Petersen   Simon Archer
  Joanne Goode
1–7, 7–5, 6–8, 7–4, 2–7   Bronze
2006 Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre,
Melbourne, Australia
  Sara Runesten-Petersen   Nathan Robertson
  Gail Emms
17–21, 10–21   Silver

Oceania Championships

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2002 Suva, Fiji   John Gordon   Peter Blackburn
  Murray Hocking
7–4, 5–7, 6–8   Bronze
2004 Waitakere City, New Zealand   John Gordon   Geoffrey Bellingham
  Craig Cooper
15–11, 17–15   Gold
2006 Auckland, New Zealand   John Gordon   Geoffrey Bellingham
  Craig Cooper
21–19, 15–13 Retired   Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2002 Suva, Fiji   Sara Runesten-Petersen   Travis Denney
  Kate Wilson-Smith
  Gold
2004 Waitakere City, New Zealand   Sara Runesten-Petersen   Travis Denney
  Kate Wilson-Smith
  Gold
2006 Auckland, New Zealand   Sara Runesten-Petersen   Travis Denney
  Kate Wilson-Smith
  Gold

IBF World Grand Prix

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 New Zealand Open   John Gordon   Boyd Cooper
  Travis Denney
11–15, 9–15   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 New Zealand Open   Sara Runesten-Petersen   Travis Denney
  Kate Wilson-Smith
15–8, 15–4   Winner
2005 Bitburger Open   Sara Runesten-Petersen   Vladislav Druzchenko
  Johanna Persson
11–15, 15–11, 6–15   Runner-up

IBF International Challenge/Series

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1999 Fiji International   Geoffrey Bellingham   Peter Blackburn
  Denis Constantin
13–15, 12–15   Runner-up
2000 New Zealand International   John Gordon   Robert Blair
  Russell Hogg
17–16, 15–7   Winner
2001 Canberra International   John Gordon   Peter Blackburn
  Murray Hocking
8–6, 7–5, 7–3   Winner
2002 Dutch International   John Gordon   Peter Jeffrey
  Ian Palethorpe
  Winner
2002 Western Australia International   John Gordon   Shuichi Nakao
  Shuichi Sakamoto
7–4, 7–4, 7–4   Winner
2003 Wellington International   John Gordon   Yuichi Ikeda
  Shoji Sato
15–5, 16–17, 15–10   Winner
2006 Australian International   John Gordon   Aji Basuki Sindoro
  Ashley Brehaut
21–19, 13–21, 21–18   Winner
2007 Australian International   John Gordon   Aji Basuki Sindoro
  Ashley Brehaut
19–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2011 Counties Manukau International   Andrew Smith   Wesley Caulkett
  Raymond Tam
  Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2000 Auckland International   Tammy Jenkins   Geoffrey Bellingham
  Rhona Robertson
  Winner
2002 New Zealand International   Sara Runesten-Petersen   Chris Blair
  Tammy Jenkins
  Winner
2003 Waikato International   Sara Runesten-Petersen   Tadashi Ohtsuka
  Shizuka Yamamoto
  Winner
2003 Western Australia International   Sara Runesten-Petersen   Norio Imai
  Chikako Nakayama
  Winner
2004 Auckland International   Sara Runesten-Petersen   Ong Ewe Hock
  Sutheaswari Mudukasan
  Winner
2004 Malaysia International   Sara Runesten-Petersen   Kristian Roebuck
  Liza Parker
  Winner
2005 Waikato International   Sara Runesten-Petersen   Craig Cooper
  Lianne Shirley
  Winner
2006 North Harbour International   Gabby Shirley   Kennevic Asuncion
  Kennie Asuncion
21–17, 17–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2006 Australian International   Joanne Quay   Craig Cooper
  Renee Flavell
21–10, 21–19   Winner
2011 Counties Manukau International   Gabby Aves   Oliver Leydon-Davis
  Susannah Leydon-Davis
21–11, 21–17   Winner

References

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