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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 August 1961 [1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Badminton | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Sandelford BC, Coleraine Alpha BC, Lisburn | ||||||||||||||
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Graham Henderson (born 29 August 1961), is a former international badminton player from Northern Ireland who competed at two Commonwealth Games and was a five-time champion of Ireland.
Henderson was born on 29 August 1961 and came from a famous sporting family, his uncles George Henderson and Noel Henderson were both Irish badminton internationals, the latter also being a rugby international player. He was educated at University of Ulster, Jordanstown, where he graduated with a sports degree. [1] He was a member of the Sandelford Badminton Club in Coleraine [1] and Alpha Badminton Club of Lisburn [2] and gained Irish caps at U18 and U21 level. [1] His brother-in-law Scott Huey was another badminton international for Ireland. [1] Henderson represented Ulster at provincial level [3] and the all-Ireland team, making a full senior debut in 1984. [4]
He specialised in doubles play and partners included Eugene McKenna [5] and Bruce Topping in the men's doubles [3] and Jayne Plunkett [6] and Holly Lane and Nikki Lane in mixed doubles. [7]
Henderson represented the 1994 Northern Irish team [8] at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada, [9] where he competed in the badminton tournament. [10] At the Games he played singles and partnered Bruce Topping in the men's doubles and Jayne Plunkett in the mixed doubles. [1]
In August 1996 Henderson married Claire Russell. [11] He attended a second Commonwealth Games for the 1998 Northern Irish team [12] at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he competed in two events. [13]
By 1999 he had earned 50 international caps. [7] He was a five-time Irish champion at the Irish National Badminton Championships, winning the men's doubles in 2002 [14] and the mixed doubles in 1984, 1985, 1988 and 1992. [15]
