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Peter Mills (badminton)

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Peter Mills
Personal information
Country England
Born (1988-03-31) 31 March 1988 (age 36)
Nottingham, England
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachJakob Hoi
Men's doubles
Highest ranking20 (29 May 2014)
Current ranking57 (18 May 2017)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow Men's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Leuven Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Moscow Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Basel Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Kazan Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Amsterdam Men's team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Völklingen Boys' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2007 Völklingen Mixed team
BWF profile

Peter Mills (born 31 March 1988) is an English badminton player who specializes in doubles.[1][2] He started playing badminton in Southwell Junior Badminton Club at age 8, and became the England national badminton team at age 19. In 2007, he won the European Junior Badminton Championships in the boys' doubles event with Chris Adcock.[3] He competed for England in the men's doubles and mixed team events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze and silver medal respectively.[4]

Achievements

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Commonwealth Games

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Emirates Arena,
Glasgow, Scotland 		England Chris Langridge England Chris Adcock
England Andrew Ellis 		21–17, 21–17 Bronze Bronze

European Junior Championships

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Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Hermann-Neuberger-Halle,
Völklingen, Saarbrücken, Germany 		England Chris Adcock Denmark Mads Conrad-Petersen
Denmark Mads Pieler Kolding 		21–16, 21–15 Gold Gold

BWF Grand Prix

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The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Scottish Open Scotland Adam Hall Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark David Daugaard 		21–15, 19–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Scottish Open England Andrew Ellis Germany Michael Fuchs
Germany Johannes Schöttler 		15–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Bitburger Open England Chris Langridge Germany Ingo Kindervater
Germany Johannes Schöttler 		15–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Finnish Open England Andrew Ellis Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark David Daugaard 		21–19, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Belgian International England Chris Langridge Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Denmark Kim Astrup 		26–28, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Czech International England Chris Langridge England Peter Briggs
England Harley Towler 		21–14, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Irish International England Marcus Ellis Poland Adam Cwalina
Poland Michal Logosz 		15–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Scottish International England Marcus Ellis Russia Vladimir Ivanov
Russia Ivan Sozonov 		19–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Scottish International England Marcus Ellis England Chris Adcock
England Andrew Ellis 		21–19, 11–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Norwegian International England Marcus Ellis Germany Ingo Kindervater
Germany Johannes Schöttler 		17–21, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Bulgarian International England Marcus Ellis Scotland Martin Campbell
Scotland Angus Gilmour 		21–14, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Czech International England Marcus Ellis England Chris Langridge
England Robin Middleton 		9–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Irish International England Marcus Ellis Denmark Mads Conrad-Petersen
Denmark Mads Pieler Kolding 		18–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Belgian International England Marcus Ellis Netherlands Ruud Bosch
Netherlands Koen Ridder 		28–30, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Welsh International England Matthew Honey Poland Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
Poland Adam Cwalina 		10–21, 22–20, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Peter MILLS Full Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Peter Mills". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Peter Mills". www.badmintonengland.co.uk. Badminton England. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Badminton: Nottinghamshire duo Adcock and Mills gearing up for prestigious All England Championships this week". www.nottinghampost.com. Nottingham Post. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
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