Andrew Smith (badminton)

Andrew Michael Smith ( born June 3, 1984 in Portsmouth) is an English badminton player. He belonged to the British Olympic squad and launched in a single tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Smith's highest number of placement in the world ranking is 15th place

Career

Andrew Smith won the New Zealand International 2004, the Australian Open in 2004 and 2005, and the Vietnam Open in 2006. In 2008, Smith reached the semi-finals of the BWF Super Series tournament in Singapore and the quarterfinals of the India Open. In 2012 he won the Slovenia International.

In the Badminton World Cup 2006 Andrew Smith won his first-round match against Spaniard Pablo Abián 21-15 and 21:13. In the following match, he defeated the Indonesian Sony Dwi Kuncoro with 19:21 and 13:21. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Andrew Smith took part in the badminton singles tournament. In the first round he beat Petr Koukal from the Czech Republic in three sets. In the next round, he left with the same result against Marc Zwiebler.