Chris Rees (badminton)
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 June 1965[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Badminton | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Men's singles and doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Christopher Rees (born 30 June 1965) is a former Welsh badminton player, who later works as national team coach and manager.[2] He attended four Commonwealth Games (one as team manager) and is a 24-times champion of Wales.
Rees won the boys' doubles title at the European Junior Champions in 1983[3] and the men's doubles bronze medalist at the European Championships in 1988.[4]
A shopkeeper by profession,[5] he competed at the 1986, 1990, and 1994 Commonwealth Games.[6]
Rees has won 24 Welsh National Badminton Championships titles, four singles, 17 doubles crowns and three mixed doubles titles.[7][8]
He achieved 130 caps for Wales, and reached a career-high as world number 12.[2] After he retired as badminton player, he went into coaching, becoming Welsh national coach and manager,[9][10] in addition to being part of Great Britain coachinbg team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.[2]
