Robin Middleton

Robin Middleton
Robin Middleton
Personal information
Country	Australia
Born	8 February 1985 (age 39); Leeds, England
Residence	Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Years active	2007
Handedness	Right
Coach	Lasse Bundgaard
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	26 (MD), 19 (XD)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Australia
Oceania Championships
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Oceania Men's Team Championships
Representing England
European Men's Team Championships
	BWF profile

Robin Middleton (born 8 February 1985) is an English badminton player currently representing Australia.^[1] He was one of the UK's leading badminton players. Born in Leeds in 1985, his interests include cricket, sky diving, and botany. He holds a 2.1 degree from Loughborough University.^[2] He was the mixed doubles champion at the 2010 European Circuit Finals partnered with Mariana Agathangelou.^[3]

Middleton retired from professional badminton in 2011 after a disagreement with employer Badminton England, which rejected his public support for the use of craniology to determine team seeding in competition. Middleton was moving to Australia and becoming a citizen in 2014.^[4] He signaled his intention to come out of retirement to play for Australia after a period traveling there, and has since been named in their elite squad. In Australia, he trained at the Swann Hill Badminton Club in Victoria.^[5] He represented Australia in the men's doubles event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games with Ross Smith.^[6] Together, they were seeded fourth. They ended their campaign in the quarterfinals after losing to the eventual gold medalists, Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong of Malaysia.^[7] Teamed-up with Leanne Choo in the mixed doubles, they became the champion at the Oceania Badminton Championships in 2015 and 2016. The pair also represented their country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[5]

Robin is the Assistant Coach of 2018 Flergs Premier, Looking DangerRoss, and hopes to enter his own side into the 2020 competition.

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Eastlink Badminton Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand	Ross Smith	Matthew Chau Sawan Serasinghe	17–21, 21–23	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Punaauia University Hall, Papeete, Tahiti	Leanne Choo	Anthony Joe Joy Lai	21–11, 21–9	Gold
2015	X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre, Auckland, New Zealand	Leanne Choo	Oliver Leydon-Davis Danielle Tahuri	21–12, 21–14	Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Vietnam International	Ross Smith	Selvanus Geh Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	14–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2013	Welsh International	Ross Smith	Christopher Coles Matthew Nottingham	17–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2013	Victorian International	Ross Smith	Raymond Tam Glenn Warfe	21–19, 19–21, 21–17	Winner
2013	Auckland International	Ross Smith	Raymond Tam Glenn Warfe	21–16, 21–8	Winner
2010	Czech International	Chris Langridge	Marcus Ellis Peter Mills	21–9, 21–19	Winner
2010	Swedish International	Chris Langridge	Mikkel Elbjorn Christian John Skovgaard	21–11, 21–18	Winner
2009	Scottish International	Chris Langridge	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	21–19, 24–26, 16–21	Runner-up
2009	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Chris Langridge	Rasmus Bonde Mikkel Delbo Larsen	21–11, 21–19	Winner
2007	Spanish Open	Richard Eidestedt	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	4–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2007	Dutch International	Robert Adcock	Kristian Roebuck Andrew Bowman	11–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2006	Czech International	Robert Adcock	Dean George Chris Tonks	18–21, 21–11, 21–19	Winner
2004	Welsh International	Chris Langridge	Ruben Gordown Khosadalina Aji Basuki Sindoro	7–15, 11–15	Runner-up
2003	Welsh International	Chris Langridge	Kristian Roebuck Ashley Thilthorpe	9–15, 16–17	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Sydney International	Leanne Choo	Phillip Chew Jamie Subandhi	21–8, 21–17	Winner
2015	Maribyrnong International	Leanne Choo	Sawan Serasinghe Setyana Mapasa	17–21, 21–19, 21–19	Winner
2015	Sri Lanka International	Leanne Choo	Arun Vishnu Aparna Balan	21–15, 17–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2013	Victorian International	He Tian Tang	Ross Smith Renuga Veeran	21–19, 19–21, 21–19	Winner
2011	Portugal International	Alexandra Langley	Ben Stawski Lauren Smith	25–23, 21–19	Winner
2011	Swedish Masters	Heather Olver	Dave Khodabux Samantha Barning	15–21, 21–9, 21–14	Winner
2010	Europe Circuit Finals	Mariana Agathangelou	Roman Zirnwald Simone Prutsch	21–14, 21–14	Winner
2009	Irish International	Mariana Agathangelou	Mikkel Delbo Larsen Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen	16–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2009	Norwegian International	Mariana Agathangelou	Marcus Ellis Heather Olver	19–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2009	Spanish International	Mariana Agathangelou	Arun Vishnu Aparna Balan	21–16, 21–15	Winner
2009	Finnish International	Imogen Bankier	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	18–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2007	Dutch International	Liza Parker	Kristian Roebuck Natalie Munt	17–21, 21–12, 21–15	Winner
2006	Czech International	Liza Parker	Rasmus Bonde Christinna Pedersen	21–16, 21–12	Winner