Michael Watt (badminton)
Northern Irish international badminton player
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Michael Watt (born 27 December 1964), is a former international badminton player from Northern Ireland who competed at two Commonwealth Games and was an eleven-time champion of Ireland. In 2002 he broke the singles wins record of eight set by James 'Chick' Doyle in 1961 and extended the record to ten.
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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 December 1964[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Badminton | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Alpha BC, Lisburn | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Watt was a member of the Alpha Badminton Club in Lisburn.[2] He represented Ulster at provincial level[3] and all-Ireland at international level.[4]
Watt was the one ranked player in Ireland for extended periods of time throughout the 1990s[5] and represented the 1994 Northern Irish team[6] at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada,[7] where he competed in the badminton tournament.[8]
He attended a second Commonwealth Games for the 1998 Northern Irish team[9] at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he competed in two events.[10]
In 1999 he won his seventh national title[11] and in September 1999 he became the Irish national team manager,[12] although he also continued his playing career.[13]
He was an eleven-times Irish champion at the Irish National Badminton Championships, winning the doubles with Eugene McKenna in 1987[14] and the singles ten times.[15][16]