National Squad Player Profiles
Below are brief profiles of Australia's National Squad. Click on each player's name for more information.
Leisha Cooper
Name | |
DOB | 13 March 1987 |
Occupation | Athlete |
Education | Completed Year 12 |
Right/Left Handed | Right Handed |
Specialist Events | Women’s Singles & Women’s Doubles |
World Ranking May 2010 | Women’s Singles = 105 Women’s Doubles = 71 (with Ann-Louise Slee) |
Leanne Choo
Name | |
DOB | 5 June 1991 |
Occupation | Badminton Player and Student |
Education | Currently completing a degree in architecture |
Right/Left Handed | Left Handed |
Specialist Events | Everything |
World Ranking May 2010 | Women's Singles 85 Women's Doubles - 61 Mixed Doubles - 162 |
Saliya Gunaratne
Name | |
DOB | 11 November 1988 |
Occupation | Student / Barista |
Education | Currently completing a Bachelor of Commerce and Economics with Finance Honours |
Right/Left Handed | Right Handed |
Specialist Events | Men's Doubles |
World Ranking May 2010 | men’s Doubles = 93 (with Chad Whitehead) |
Ann-Louise Slee
Name | Ann Louise Slee |
DOB | 14 August 1988 |
Occupation | Student |
Education | Currently Completing a degree in Pharmacy at Monash University |
Right/Left Handed | Right Handed . |
Specialist Events | Women’s Doubles . |
World Ranking May 2010 | Women’s Doubles = 71 (with Leisha Cooper) |
Ross Smith
Name | |
DOB | 11 April 1985 |
Occupation | Student and Badminton Athlete |
Education | Completed Advanced Diploma of Myotherapy, Australian School of Sports Therapy. Currently Studying Bio-Med at Victoria University |
Right/Left Handed | Right Handed |
Specialist Events | Men’s Doubles (with Glenn Warfe) |
World Ranking May 2010 | 81 |
Eugenia Tanaka
Name | |
DOB | 21 |
Occupation | Athlete |
Education | Batchelor of Science, Melbourne University |
Right/Left Handed | Right Handed |
Specialist Events | Women’s Doubles (with Tania Luiz) |
World Ranking June 2008 | 48 |
Jeff Tho
Name | Jeff Tho |
DOB | 19 April 1988 |
Occupation | Student |
Education | Currently completing a degree dentistry at Melbourne University |
Right/Left Handed | Right Handed |
Specialist Events | Men’s Singles |
World Ranking May 2010 | Men's Singles - 165 |
Raj Veeran
Name | |
DOB | 10 July 1985 |
Occupation | Graduate Accountant / Athlete |
Education | Bachelor of Business - Accounting Banking and Finance |
Right/Left Handed | Right Handed |
Specialist Events | Mixed Doubles |
World Ranking June 2008 | Mixed Doubles = 52 (with Renuga Veeran) |
Renuga Veeran
Name | |
DOB | 20/6/1986 |
Occupation | Badminton player |
Education | Bachelor of Business - Economics and Trade |
Right/Left Handed | Right Handed |
Specialist Events | Everything |
World Ranking May 2010 | Mixed Doubles - 52 Women's Doubles - 77 Women's Singles - 122 |
Glenn Warfe
Name | ||
DOB | 19 January 1984 | |
Occupation | Badminton Australia Development Manager, Part Time Coach and Athlete. | |
Education | Batchelor of Commerce - Sports Management/Marketing, Deakin University | |
Right/Left Handed | Right Handed | |
Specialist Events | Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles | |
World Ranking May 2010 | Men's Doubles 81 |
Chad Whitehead
Name | |
DOB | 23 October 1987 |
Occupation | Army Reserve Rifleman |
Education | Completed Year 12 |
Right/Left Handed | Right Handed |
Specialist Events | Singles Men's Doubles and Mixed Doubles |
World Ranking May 2010 | Men's Doubles - 93 (with Saliya Gunaratne) Mixed Doubles - 161 (with Leanne Choo) Men's Singles - 306 |
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