11 Facts About Bobby Milroy

Robert William James "Bobby" Milroy was born on October 9,1978 and is a male badminton player, coach, businessman and spokesman from Canada.

Bobby Milroy won the men's singles at the 1996 Canadian National Junior Championships.

Since 1997, Milroy has won two gold medals, three silver medals and five bronze medals at the Canadian National Championships.

Bobby Milroy has won 7 international championships, including the 2002 Swiss Open, 2002 Czech International, 2003 Iceland International, 2005 Hungarian International, 2005 Iceland International, 2006 Peru International, 2008 Pakistan International.

Bobby Milroy maintained a world ranking within the top 20 from October 13,2005, until March 30,2006.

Bobby Milroy has represented the Canadian National Badminton team since 1998 and has competed in the 1998,2002 and 2006 CommonWealth Games.

Bobby Milroy was elected President of the World Badminton Player's Federation in 2003 at the world championships in Birmingham.

Bobby Milroy was the keynote speaker at the 2007 AthletesCan Forum, in Whitehorse, Canada and a guest speaker at the 2008 IOC Women in Sport Forum, in Jordan.

Bobby Milroy served as Chairman of Pedro Yang's election campaign for the IOC Athletes Commission at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Bobby Milroy was a co-founder with Darryl Yung of the ClearOne Badminton Academy which trained and produced some of Canada's 2012 Olympic hopefuls and top juniors.

Bobby Milroy served as Chairman of the 2010 and 2011 Canada Open Badminton event at the Richmond Olympic Oval, which was attended by over 250 players from 45 countries.