Kerrin Charters Harrison (born 27 April 1964, Kerrin Harrison Biography and Olympic Results) is a New Zealand badminton player.
Along with Glenn Stewart, he won a bronze medal in the badminton men's doubles at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.
He attended Westlake Boys High School on the North Shore, Auckland from 1979 to 1982. Kerrin won the men's French Badminton singles open in 1986. And along with Glenn Stewart also won the men's French Badminton doubles open in 1986. Along with Phillip Horne, Kerrin Harrison represented New Zealand in Badminton men's doubles, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.
At the age of 28 Kerrin represented New Zealand at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona in both the men's singles and doubles for Badminton He was a New Zealand representative for ten years. He won the men's masters (over 45s) Badminton singles in New Zealand, 17–20 September 2009.
Achievements
Commonwealth Games Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1986 Meadowbank Sports Centre,Edinburgh, Scotland Glenn Stewart Paul Kong Michael Scandolera 15–12, 15–11 Bronze
Oceania Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1999 Sleeman Sports Complex,Brisbane, Australia Grant Walker David Bamford Peter Blackburn 13–15, 14–17 Silver
IBF International Men's singles YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult1986French Open Graeme Robson Winner1987New Zealand International Glenn Stewart15–11, 15–5 Winner1987Australian Open Michael Scandolera1–15, 15–5, 15–6 Winner1988New Zealand International Philip Horne15–10, 12–15, 6–15 Runner-up1989New Zealand International Glenn Stewart10–15, 15–13, 15–11 Winner
Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1986 French Open Glenn Stewart Christophe Jeanjean Benoît Pitte Winner 1987 New Zealand International Glenn Stewart Graeme Robson Steve Wilson 15–12, 15–7 Winner 1987 Australian Open Glenn Stewart Peter Roberts Michael Scandolera 18–14, 15–11 Winner 1988 New Zealand International Glenn Stewart Kevin Ross Ryan Whittle 15–3, 15–8 Winner 1989 New Zealand International Glenn Stewart Stephen Lobb Jacob van Selm 15–5, 15–4 Winner 1990 New Zealand International Glenn Stewart Dean Galt Nicholas HallWalkover Runner-up 1991 New Zealand International Dean Galt Peter Blackburn Darren McDonald3–15, 8–15 Runner-up 1993 New Zealand International Dean Galt Nicholas Hall Grant Walker15–11, 15–7 Winner
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1987 New Zealand International Katrin Lockey Graeme Robson Toni Whittaker9–15, 15–17 Runner-up 1988 New Zealand International Katrin Lockey Graeme Robson Toni Whittaker12–15, 4–15 Runner-up 1989 New Zealand International Lynne Horne Graeme Robson Toni Whittaker8–15, 12–15 Runner-up 1993 New Zealand International Tammy Jenkins Dean Galt Liao Yuejin5–15, 5–15 Runner-up
References
External links https://web.archive.org/web/20090206064048/http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~wlake/awards/awards.pdf http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-2406-0-0-0&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=9984537