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Henry Tam

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Henry Tam
Personal information
CountryNew Zealand
Born (1988-06-24) 24 June 1988 (age 36)
Hong Kong
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking37 (MD 26 August 2010)
25 (XD 15 July 2010)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  New Zealand
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Nouméa Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2008 Nouméa Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2010 Invercargill Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2010 Invercargill Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Auckland Mixed doubles
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Nouméa Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Auckland Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Invercargill Mixed team
Oceania Men's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Nouméa Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Invercargill Men's team
BWF profile

Henry Tam (born 24 June 1988) is a former New Zealand badminton player representing New Zealand from 2004 - 2010. He competed at the Bendigo 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games and Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games.[1] His most notable title was in 2008, where he won the mixed doubles title at the Oceania Championships in Nouméa, New Caledonia with Donna Haliday.[2] In addition to his 5 international titles in the mixed doubles, his other notable achievements was a run of five consecutive New Zealand National men's doubles titles during 2010–2014.

Achievements

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Oceania Championships

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Salle Veyret, Nouméa, New Caledonia New Zealand Nathan Hannam Australia Ross Smith
Australia Glenn Warfe
13–21, 18–21 Silver Silver
2010 Stadium Southland, Invercargill New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis Australia Ross Smith
Australia Glenn Warfe
19–21, 12–21 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 North Harbour Badminton Centre, Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand Lianne Shirley New Zealand Daniel Shirley
New Zealand Sara Runesten-Petersen
10–21, 8–21 Bronze Bronze
2008 Salle Veyret, Nouméa, New Caledonia New Zealand Donna Haliday New Zealand Craig Cooper
New Zealand Renee Flavell
16–21, 21–19, 21–17 Gold Gold
2010 Stadium Southland, Invercargill, New Zealand New Zealand Donna Haliday Australia Glenn Warfe
Australia Kate Wilson-Smith
11–21, 10–21 Silver Silver

BWF Grand Prix

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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Australian Open New Zealand Donna Haliday Hong Kong Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama
Hong Kong Chau Hoi Wah
11–21, 5–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 North Harbour International New Zealand Joe Wu New Zealand Craig Cooper
New Zealand Daniel Shirley
11–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 North Shore City International New Zealand Nathan Hannam New Zealand Alan Chan
New Zealand John Moody
21–18, 14–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Nouméa International New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis New Zealand Kevin Dennerly-Minturn
New Zealand Joe Wu
21–17, 22–24, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Waikato International New Zealand Donna Haliday Japan Naomasa Senkyo
Japan Misaki Matsutomo
21–13, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 North Shore City International New Zealand Donna Haliday New Zealand Joe Wu
New Zealand Danielle Barry
21–14, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Victoria International New Zealand Donna Haliday Australia Raj Veeran
Australia Renuga Veeran
12–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Nouméa International New Zealand Donna Haliday New Zealand Kevin Dennerly-Minturn
Australia Louise McKenzie
21–19, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Cyprus International New Zealand Donna Haliday Wales Richard Vaughan
Wales Sarah Thomas
21–18, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Athletes: Henry Tam". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ^ "New Zealand wins four titles at Oceania Champs". Badminton Oceania. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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