Alex Sim

Alex Sim
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Northern Irish)
Bornc.1987[1]
Sport
SportBadminton
ClubAlpha BC, Lisburn

Alexander Padraig Samuel Sim (born c.1987), is a former international badminton player from Northern Ireland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Sim was a member of the Alpha Badminton Club in Lisburn[2] and represented Ireland at various age-levels.[3]

He represented Ulster at provincial level[4] and represented the all-Ireland team at international level.[5]

Sim represented the 2006 Northern Irish team[6] at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia,[7] where he competed in men's singles event.[8] Sim had based himself in the Copenhagen, Denmark leading up to the Games,[9] and continued to play in the Danish league afterwards.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Badminton: Battling Sim finally falls to classy Dane Ulsing". Belfast Telegraph. 10 December 2004. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "Alpha Players top in tournament". Ulster Star. 4 January 2002. p. 47. Retrieved 7 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Keery, Sim steal show". Belfast Telegraph. 26 April 2003. p. 21. Retrieved 7 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Ul;ster's U17s off in search of glory". Ireland's Saturday Night. 10 April 2004. p. 25. Retrieved 7 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Sim plays trump card to advance in singles". Belfast Telegraph. 8 December 2006. p. 32. Retrieved 7 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "N Ireland Commonwealth Games team". BBC Sport. 7 February 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "Big Games hunters". Ireland's Saturday Night. 2 November 2005. p. 30. Retrieved 7 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Northern Ireland Melbourne 2006". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "Evans spurred on by past injury heartache". Irish Independent. 1 February 2006. p. 59. Retrieved 7 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Badminton stars aim to defy odds at Euros". Irish Independent. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
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