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Kevin Dennerly-Minturn
Kevin James Dennerly-Minturn (born 18 May 1989) is a New Zealand badminton player.[1][2] In 2014, he competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[3] CareerDennerly-Minturn is an Auckland player on the international circuit and is also from the College Rifles badminton club. He comes from a very active and sporting family. From an early age he was gifted at a number of sports including cricket but pursued his passion for badminton and is now a key feature of the New Zealand doubles set up. He is based in Denmark for most of the year playing and training in the tough European environment.[4] In 2008, he was the semi-finals in the men's and mixed doubles event at the Oceania Championships and won bronze.[5] He also won bronze in 2014 and silver in 2015 in the men's doubles event partnered with Oliver Leydon-Davis.[6][7] Partner with Oliver, he won the 2012 Auckland and 2013 Mexico International tournaments.[8][9] In the mixed doubles, he won the Waikato International tournament teamed up with Susannah Leydon-Davis.[10] In 2017, he won the silver medal at the Oceania Championships in the men's doubles event partnered with Niccolo Tagle.[11] In the mixed doubles event, he teamed-up with Danielle Tahuri, and they reach the semi-final round but was defeated by the top seeds from Australia.[12] In recent times Kevin has undertaken endurance sports, culminating in the completion of the Western Australia Ironman with a time of 16 hours 43 minutes. AchievementsOceania ChampionshipsMen's doubles
Mixed doubles
BWF International Challenge/SeriesMen's doubles
Mixed doubles
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