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Chris Adcock, born on April 27, 1989, in Leicester, England, is a prominent English male badminton player known for his specialization in doubles events, particularly mixed doubles. After marrying his mixed doubles partner Gabby Adcock, their duo rose to a career-high world ranking of fourth. In 2021, Chris and Gabby announced their retirement from professional badminton.
In March 2007, Chris Adcock represented England at the European Junior Badminton Championships in Saarland, Germany. England won the team championship, and he also secured the men’s doubles title with Peter Mills, defeating Denmark’s Mads Piler Kolding/Mads Conrad-Petersen with a 2-0 score (21-16, 21-15). In October, he competed at the World Junior Badminton Championships in Auckland, New Zealand, where he and Gabby White were runners-up in the mixed doubles final, losing to Malaysia’s Lin Qinhua/Wong Pei Tty (25-23, 20-22, 19-21).
In August 2011, Adcock and Imogen Bankier made it to the final of the mixed doubles at the World Badminton Championships in London. Despite their ‘dark horse’ status, they achieved a personal best but ultimately lost to China’s top seeds Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei, winning the silver medal.
In November 2013, Chris and Gabby Adcock won their first Super Series mixed doubles title by defeating a Chinese pair in the Hong Kong Open final.
In July 2014, representing England at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Adcock helped the team secure a silver in the team event and won the mixed doubles gold by defeating fellow English players Chris Langridge/Heather Olver 2-0 (21-9, 21-12).
In December 2015, Chris and Gabby Adcock performed exceptionally in the World Badminton Super Series Finals, topping their group and defeating strong Indonesian and South Korean pairs in the semi-finals and final, respectively, to become the first English duo to win the year-end finals.
In April 2017, Chris Adcock, partnering with Gabby Adcock, won the European Badminton Championships in Kolding, Denmark, by defeating the top-seeded Danish pair Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen 2-1 (21-17, 18-21, 21-19).
Source: badmintoncn.com
Chris Adcock’s achievements include:
– 2020 Denmark Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
– 2019 French Open Mixed Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2019 Dutch Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
– 2019 European Games Badminton Mixed Doubles Silver Medalist
– 2018 Thailand Open Mixed Doubles Runner-up
– 2018 Malaysia Open Mixed Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2018 European Championships Mixed Doubles Champion
– 2018 Commonwealth Games Badminton Mixed Doubles Gold Medalist
– 2018 Commonwealth Games Badminton Mixed Team Bronze Medalist
– 2017 World Championships Mixed Doubles Bronze Medalist
– 2017 European Championships Mixed Doubles Champion
– 2017 India Open Super Series Mixed Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2017 All England Open Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2017 German Open Grand Prix Gold Mixed Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2017 European Championships Mixed Team Bronze Medalist
– 2016 World Super Series Finals Mixed Doubles Runner-up
– 2016 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold Mixed Doubles Runner-up
– 2016 Denmark Super Series Premier Mixed Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2016 All England Open Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2015 World Super Series Finals Mixed Doubles Champion
– 2015 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold Mixed Doubles Runner-up
– 2015 French Open Super Series Mixed Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2015 Korea Open Super Series Mixed Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2014 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold Mixed Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2014 French Open Super Series Mixed Doubles Runner-up
– 2014 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold Mixed Doubles Champion
– 2014 Korea Open Super Series Men’s Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2013 Hong Kong Open Super Series Mixed Doubles Champion
– 2013 Hong Kong Open Super Series Men’s Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2013 French Open Super Series Mixed Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2013 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold Men’s Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2013 India Open Grand Prix Gold Mixed Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2013 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold Men’s Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2013 German Open Grand Prix Gold Mixed Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2013 European Mixed Team Championships Mixed Team Semi-finalist
– 2012 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold Men’s Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2012 French Open Grand Prix Gold Mixed Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2012 European Championships Mixed Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2012 European Championships Men’s Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2012 Finland Open Mixed Doubles Champion
– 2012 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold Mixed Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2011 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold Men’s Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2011 World Championships Mixed Doubles Runner-up
– 2010 Commonwealth Games Badminton Mixed Team Bronze Medalist
– 2009 German Open Men’s Doubles Semi-finalist
– 2007 World Junior Championships Mixed Doubles Runner-up
Equipment: VOLTRIC Z-FORCE II, ASTROX 88D, BG66, ULTIMAX, SHBA3MEX, SHB03ZMEX
