Lyndon Williams

Lyndon John Williams (born October 1964) is a former badminton player, coach, and para-coach, and is a 15-times champion of Wales.

Biography Williams won the boys' doubles title at the European Junior Champions in 1983

Williams represented the Welsh team at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he competed in the doubles, mixed doubles and mixed team events. He was also the men's doubles bronze medallist at the European Championships in 1988.

Williams collected fifteen Welsh National Badminton Championships titles, achieved 62 caps for Wales, and reached a career high as world number 11. He ended his career as badminton player due to back injury at the age of 24.

After retiring from playing, Williams worked for Badminton Wales for 18 years up until 2007 as national coach, performance manager and finally as executive director. He involvement in disability badminton started in the early 1990s, and became vice-president of International Badminton Association for the Disabled (IBAD), before the 2010 integration into the Badminton World Federation (BWF). He was involved with Para-Badminton as a member of the BWF Para-Badminton Commission and was chair of the four Nations Para-Badminton committee for a number of years.

He moved to Scotland in 2007 and co-founded the Lothian Disability Badminton Club in January 2008 and remained chair until 2016. He also returned to coaching, working with Edinburgh Councils Badminton Academy for six years and was awarded Sport Scotlands Disability Coach of the year in 2012 before retiring from coaching in 2019.

Williams has written several disability coaching modules and worked for Disability Sport Wales as a consultant. He was involved with researching the history of Badminton Wales as well as helping to establish the Welsh Ex-International players club in 2022. Williams is the Chair of Badminton Wales history working group, leading up to the organisation's 100th year celebrations in 2028.

Achievement

European Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1988 Badmintonsenteret, Kristiansand, Norway Chris Rees Michael Kjeldsen Jens Peter Nierhoff 8–15, 7–15 Bronze Bronze

European Junior Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1983 Helsinkian Sports Hall, Helsinki, Finland Chris Rees Claus Thomsen Karsten Schultz 15–12, 18–16 Gold Gold

IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1987 Scottish Open Chris Rees Michael Kjeldsen Jens Peter Nierhoff 4–15, 4–15 Runner-up

IBF International Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1986 Welsh Open Chris Rees Martin Dew Darren Hall 7–15, 12–15 Runner-up