Dennis Coke

Dennis Coke (born 7 October 1993) is a Jamaican badminton player who competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore.[1][2] In 2009, he won the boys' singles and doubles at the All Jamaica Junior Championships.[3] At the BWF International tournament, he was the men's doubles runner-up at the 2015 Carebaco International and mixed doubles runner-up at the 2017 Jamaica International.[4][5] He also won the bronze medal at the 2016 Pan Am Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Wynter.[6] In 2017, he won the Jamaican National Badminton Championships in the men's singles and doubles event partnered with Anthony McNee.[7] Coke was part of the national team that won the men's team bronze at the 2018 Pan Am Men's Team Championships. In 2018, he competed at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[8]

Dennis Coke
Personal information
Country Jamaica
Born (1993-10-07) 7 October 1993
Kingston, Jamaica
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking218 (MS 22 February 2018)
121 (MD 5 April 2018)
149 (XD 30 November 2017)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Jamaica
Pan Am Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Campinas Mixed doubles
Pan Am Men's Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tacarigua Men's team
BWF profile

Coke graduated from the G.C Foster College, and now works as P.E. teacher at St. Anne's Primary School.[8]

Achievements

Pan Am Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Clube Fonte São Paulo,
Campinas, Brazil		 Jamaica Katherine Wynter Canada Nyl Yakura
Canada Brittney Tam		 11–21, 9–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 5 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Suriname International Jamaica Anthony McNee Guatemala Rodolfo Ramírez
Guatemala Jonathan Solís		 Walkover 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Suriname International Jamaica Anthony McNee Jamaica Gareth Henry
Jamaica Samuel O'Brien Ricketts		 8–21, 21–19, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Carebaco International Jamaica Anthony McNee Jamaica Gareth Henry
Jamaica Dayvon Reid		 16–21, 22–20, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Jamaica International Jamaica Tahlia Richardson Guatemala Jonathan Solís
Guatemala Diana Corleto Soto		 21–23, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Suriname International Jamaica Katherine Wynter Cuba Leodannis Martinez
Cuba Tahimara Oropeza		 16–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Peru International Jamaica Katherine Wynter Peru Mario Cuba
Peru Katherine Winder		 9–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Jamaica International Jamaica Katherine Wynter Canada Toby Ng
Canada Rachel Honderich		 9–21, 8–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References
  1. "Players: Dennis Coke". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  2. "Dennis Coke". www.olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  3. "All Jamaica Junior Champions". badmintonjamaica.org. Jamaica Badminton Association. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  4. "Jamaica is Carebaco Champion!". badmintonjamaica.org. Jamaica Badminton Association. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  5. "Two silver for Jamaica at global badminton tourney". www.jamaicaobserver.com. The Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  6. "Pomoceno faz aniversário e leva prata de presente no Pan de Badminton". globoesporte.globo.com (in Portuguese). Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  7. "Coke upsets Henry at All-Jamaica Badminton Championship". rjrnewsonline.com. RJR News. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  8. "Participants: Dennis Coke". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
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