Nhat Nguyen


Nhat Nguyen is an Irish badminton player. Born in Vietnam, Nguyen left the country for a new life in Dublin, Ireland along with his parents and older sister, when he was six years old, and then, he started playing badminton at the local club with his father. He was the gold medalist at the 2016 European U17 Championships in the boys' singles event, and also won the bronze medal in the doubles event partnered with Paul Reynolds. At the same year, he clinched the men's singles title at the Irish National Championships. Nguyen won his first senior international title at the Polish International in the men's doubles event with Reynolds, after that the men's singles title at the Welsh International.

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Boys' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2018Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia Christo Popov7–21, 21–16, 18–21 Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2017Irish Open Alexander Roovers19–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2017Welsh International Gurusai Dutt21–16, 23–21 Winner

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Polish International Paul Reynolds Daniel Benz
Andreas Heinz
21–19, 25–23 Winner