Nhat Nguyen (, ; born 16 June 2000) is a Vietnamese-born Irish badminton player.
Biography Nguyen was born in the suburbs of Hanoi, Vietnam and moved to Cavan, Ireland with his parents and older sister, when he was six years old. He began representing Ireland internationally when he received his Irish passport and citizenship in 2017; before that he was unable to travel outside Ireland to compete overseas. He was the gold medalist at the 2016 European U17 Championships in the boys' singles event, and also won bronze in the doubles event partnered with Paul Reynolds. In the same year, he clinched the men's singles title at the Irish National Championships. Nguyen won his first senior international title at the Polish International in the men's doubles event with Reynolds, and the men's singles title at the Welsh International after that. He also competed for Ireland in the men's singles events at 2019 European Games, the 2023 European Games, and the 2024 Summer Olympics.
He is the younger brother of Ireland's first European Weightlifting Championships medalist, Tham Nguyen Gough.
At the 2026 China Open, Nguyen became the first Irish badminton player to reach the quarterfinals of a BWF World Tour Super 1000 tournament, securing his spot by saving three match points to defeat Ayush Shetty.
Achievements
European Junior Championships Boys' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2018 Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia Christo Popov 7–21, 21–16, 18–21 Bronze
BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 1 runner-up) Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2017 Welsh International Gurusai Dutt 21–16, 23–21 Winner 2017 Irish Open Alexander Roovers 19–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2023 Irish Open Alex Lanier 21–13, 21–19 Winner 2024 Irish Open Tan Jia Jie 22–20, 14–21, 21–19 Winner
Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Polish International Paul Reynolds Daniel Benz Andreas Heinz 21–19, 25–23 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
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