Martin Rooke
English para-badminton player
Badminton player
Martin Rooke Country England Born (1972-11-21 ) 21 November 1972 (age 52) Hertfordshire , England, United KingdomHeight 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Handedness Right Highest ranking 3 (MS 25 June 2019) 1 (MD with Thomas Wandschneider 1 January 2019)
Martin Rooke (born 21 November 1972) is an English former para-badminton player. He represented Great Britain in the men's singles WH2 event in para-badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and was eliminated in the quarter-finals.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Rooke announced his retirement from international para-badminton after the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[ 4]
Biography
Before his accident, Rooke competed in semi-professional football and played for Tring Athletic F.C. in his hometown of Hertfordshire . Rooke also competed in gymnastics .[ 5] In May 2006, he suffered an incomplete paraplegia in a house collapse and has been dependent on a wheelchair ever since.[ 6]
Rooke started to compete in para-badminton in 2010. Two years later, he won gold in singles and doubles at the European Para-Badminton Championships .
Achievements
World Championships
Men's doubles WH1–WH2
European Championships
Men's singles WH2
Year
Venue
Opponent
Score
Result
2012
Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund , Germany
Gobi Ranganathan
21–15, 16–21, 21–17
Gold
2014
High Performance Center, Murcia , Spain
François Nalborczyk
21–9, 21–6
Gold
2016
Sporthal de Haamen, Beek , Netherlands
Jordy Brouwer
21–9, 21–5
Bronze
2018
Amphitheatre Gymnasium, Rodez , France
Amir Levi
21–18, 13–21, 21–17
Gold
Men's doubles WH1–WH2
Year
Venue
Partner
Opponent
Score
Result
2012 [ a]
Helmut-Körnig-Halle,Dortmund , Germany
Gobi Ranganathan
Javier Fernández José Guillermo Lama
21–8, 21–17
Gold
David Holz Manfred Steinhart
21–18, 21–16
Jordy Brouwer François Nalborczyk
21–8, 21–10
2014
High Performance Center,Murcia , Spain
Avni Kertmen
David Toupé Thomas Wandschneider
11–21, 13–21
Silver
2016
Sporthal de Haamen,Beek , Netherlands
David Toupé
Connor Dua-Harper Thomas Wandschneider
17–21, 21–12, 16–21
Silver
2018
Amphitheatre Gymnasium,Rodez , France
Thomas Wandschneider
David Toupé Amir Levi
21–19, 21–16
Gold
Mixed doubles WH1–WH2
International tournaments (2011–2021) (4 titles, 4 runners-up)
Men's singles WH2
Men's doubles WH1–WH2
Mixed doubles WH1–WH2
References
Notes
^ a b This tournament uses a round robin system.