Kevin Dennerly-Minturn

Kevin Dennerly-Minturn
Personal information
Birth name Kevin James Dennerly-Minturn
Country New Zealand
Born 18 May 1989
Greenlane, Auckland,
New Zealand
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Coach Thana Arikrishnan
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking 47 (MD 24 April 2014)
78 (XD 21 November 2013)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing New Zealand
Oceania Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Ballarat Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2015 North Harbour Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Nouméa Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Nouméa Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Nouméa Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Ballarat Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Nouméa Mixed doubles
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Invercargill Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2012 Ballarat Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Ballarat Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Auckland Mixed team
Oceania Men's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Ballarat Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Auckland Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Invercargill Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Hamilton Men's team
BWF profile

Kevin James Dennerly-Minturn (born 18 May 1989) is a New Zealand badminton player. In 2014, he competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

Career

Dennerly-Minturn is an Auckland player on the international circuit and is also from the College Rifles badminton club. He comes from a very active and sporting family. From an early age he was gifted at a number of sports including cricket but pursued his passion for badminton and is now a key feature of the New Zealand doubles set up. He is based in Denmark for most of the year playing and training in the tough European environment.

In 2008, he was the semi-finals in the men's and mixed doubles event at the Oceania Championships and won bronze. He also won bronze in 2014 and silver in 2015 in the men's doubles event partnered with Oliver Leydon-Davis. Partner with Oliver, he won the 2012 Auckland and 2013 Mexico International tournaments. In the mixed doubles, he won the Waikato International tournament teamed up with Susannah Leydon-Davis.

In 2017, he won the silver medal at the Oceania Championships in the men's doubles event partnered with Niccolo Tagle. In the mixed doubles event, he teamed-up with Danielle Tahuri, and they reach the semi-final round but was defeated by the top seeds from Australia.

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Salle Veyret,
Nouméa, New Caledonia
Joe Wu Ross Smith
Glenn Warfe
15–21, 9–21 Bronze Bronze
2012 Ken Kay Badminton Hall,
Ballarat, Australia
Oliver Leydon-Davis Ross Smith
Glenn Warfe
17–21, 18–21 Silver Silver
2014 Ken Kay Badminton Hall,
Ballarat, Australia
Oliver Leydon-Davis Matthew Chau
Sawan Serasinghe
15–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze
2015 X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre,
Auckland, New Zealand
Oliver Leydon-Davis Matthew Chau
Sawan Serasinghe
21–10, 16–21, 13–21 Silver Silver
2017 Salle Anewy,
Nouméa, New Caledonia
Niccolo Tagle Matthew Chau
Sawan Serasinghe
8–21, 14–21 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Salle Veyret,
Nouméa, New Caledonia
Emma Rodgers Craig Cooper
Renee Flavell
21–19, 17–21, 10–21 Bronze Bronze
2017 Salle Anewy,
Nouméa, New Caledonia
Danielle Tahuri Sawan Serasinghe
Setyana Mapasa
8–21, 11–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Nouméa International Joe Wu Oliver Leydon-Davis
Henry Tam
17–21, 24–22, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Altona International Oliver Leydon-Davis Ross Smith
Glenn Warfe
17–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Auckland International Oliver Leydon-Davis Tom Armstrong
Tjitte Weistra
21–18, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Internacional Mexicano Oliver Leydon-Davis Job Castillo
Antonio Ocegueda
17–21, 21–12, 21–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 North Harbour International Oliver Leydon-Davis Jonathan Curtin
Dhanny Oud
21–13, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Nouméa International Louise McKenzie Henry Tam
Donna Haliday
19–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Altona International Stephanie Cheng Glenn Warfe
Leanne Choo
20–22, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Waikato International Susannah Leydon-Davis Abhinav Manota
Justine Villegas
21–13, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
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