Marcus Ellis was born on 14 September 1989 and is a British badminton player.
11 Facts About Marcus Ellis
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Marcus Ellis was the men's doubles champion in the English National Championships.
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At the 2019 Minsk European Games, Marcus Ellis captured two gold medals; in the men's doubles with Langridge and in the mixed doubles event with Lauren Smith.
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Marcus Ellis, the youngest son of Sheila and John Ellis, was born on 14 September 1989 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
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Marcus Ellis started playing badminton aged seven when his father took him to the Colne Valley Leisure Centre in Slaithwaite.
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Marcus Ellis was first educated at Clough Head Junior School in Huddersfield, before attending Colne Valley High School, a state comprehensive school in the village of Linthwaite.
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Marcus Ellis attended high school with Alex Smithies, now the goalkeeper for Huddersfield Town Football Club.
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Marcus Ellis won the men's doubles at the Denmark International in 2013 with Paul van Rietvelde.
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Marcus Ellis opened the 2020 season by achieved his biggest triumph as in just his second tournament of the season, he won his first Super 300 event in Thailand Masters partnered with Lauren Smith.
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Marcus Ellis competed at the 2021 European Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine, and won a silver medal in the mixed doubles with Smith and a bronze in the men's doubles with Langridge.
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In 2022, Marcus Ellis competed at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England as mixed doubles second seed with his partner Lauren Smith.