Erin Carroll


Erin Carroll is an Australian badminton player from Ballarat, Victoria.

Career

Caroll started playing badminton in 1998, and coaches by her father Rob. She attended Sebastopol Secondary College, where she was a keen participant in Badminton throughout her high school stay. She was part of the Australia national badminton team competed at the 2002 IBF World Junior Championships, 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games, 2006 Commonwealth Games, 2007 Sudirman Cup, and 2008 Summer Olympics. She is now a physical education teacher at Melbourne’s Maribyrnong Sports Academy.

Personal life

She married to former Australian national badminton player, Benjamin Walklate, and in May 2014, she gave birth a son Charlie Walklate.

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Nouméa, New Caledonia Leisha Cooper Renee Flavell
Donna Cranston		18–21, 11–21 Bronze

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Nouméa, New Caledonia Benjamin Walklate Henry Tam
Donna Cranston		21–13, 13–21, 15–21 Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009Victorian International Renuga Veeran Danielle Barry
Donna Haliday		16–21, 21–19, 22–20 Winner
2008Peru International Leisha Cooper Tania Luiz
Eugenia Tanaka		23–21, 17–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2006Ballarat International Susan Dobson Angela Crowe
Jessica Lyons		21–16, 21–15 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Fiji International Benjamin Walklate Craig Cooper
Renee Flavell		21–17, 14–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2007Samoa International Benjamin Walklate Craig Cooper
Renee Flavell		4–21, 12–21 Runner-up