Daniel Font
Welsh badminton player (born 1993)
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Daniel Font (born 22 February 1993) is an international badminton player from Wales who competed at the Commonwealth Games and is a record ten-times men's singles champion of Wales.[1][2]
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 February 1993 Mold, Wales | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Badminton | |||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 137 (MS) 17 Apr 2014 85 (MD) 18 Jul 2013 171 (XD) 18 Aug 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Biography
Font represented the Welsh team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland,[3][4] where he competed in the singles and men's doubles events.[5]
In 2023 at the Welsh National Badminton Championships, Font broke the seven men's singles win record held by Howard Jennings and Richard Vaughan and extended it to ten after winning in 2025.[6]
In addition to his ten singles titles, he has also won the men's doubles seven times and the mixed doubles once in 2014.[7]
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2012 | Irish International | 12–21, 26–24, 21–16 | |||
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament