Robert William James "Bobby" Milroy (born October 9, 1978) is a male

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player, coach, businessman and spokesman from

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Career

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 The Czech Open in badminton is an international open held in the Czech Republic since 1993. This tournament followed the Czechoslovakian Open and is often used by European, in particular Danish, new generation talents as jump board into the Europe ...

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Iceland International The Iceland International in badminton is an international open held in Iceland since 1986. The tournament belongs to the European Badminton Circuit. In 2008, the event had to be cancelled due to the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis The I ...

, 2005

Hungarian International The Hungarian International in badminton is an international open held in Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to ...

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Peru International The Peru International or Peru Challenge is an open international badminton tournament in Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by ...

, 2008 Pakistan International.http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=E5A70AEF-A0F8-4FBB-9240-188788A77717&draw=1 He has made an additional 9 finals in international competition between 1999–2009. He maintained a world ranking within the top 20 from October 13, 2005, until March 30, 2006. Milroy has represented the Canadian National Badminton team since 1998 and has competed in the 1998, 2002 and 2006 CommonWealth Games. He has also competed in 4 World Championships.

President of the World Badminton Players Federation

Bobby Milroy was elected President of the World Badminton Player's Federation (BPF) in 2003 at the world championships in Birmingham. During his Administration, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) created the SuperSeries Tour, implemented a policy of equal prize money for men and women, and awarded the players voting rights within the BWF. In September, 2007 the Canadian Olympic Committee awarded Milroy the 2007 AthletesCan Leadership Award for his accomplishments as President of the BPF. 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. He was succeeded by Kaveh Mehrabi.

President of ClearOne Sports Ltd.

Bobby Milroy was President of ClearOne Sports Ltd. from May 2009 – September 2011. During this time, the company expanded the ClearOne Badminton operation from two training centres in Richmond BC to additional locations in Port Coquitlam, Calgary, Alberta and Orlando, Florida. He was a co-founder with Darryl Yung of the ClearOne Badminton Academy (COBA) which trained and produced some of Canada's 2012 Olympic hopefuls and top juniors. He 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. The event was the first Canadian tournament to attract Olympic and World Champions such as Taufik Hidayat, Lee Yong Dae, Zhu Lin and Tony Gunawan. The 2011 edition of the event was broadcast on SHAW TV and throughout Asia.

References

External links

* * * * http://www.slam.ca/SlamCommonwealth/sep12_bob.html * http://www.canadaopen.ca/about * http://www2.capilanou.ca/services/athletics/news/badmintonnews/badacademy.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20120402104919/http://twicsy.com/i/oxkJK * http://www.canadaopen.ca/node/30 * http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-87514.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20120401203848/http://www.badmintonlife.com/2006/bobby-milroy-makes-a-speech-at-the-ibf-annual-general-meeting/ * http://www.bwfbadminton.org/photobook.aspx?id=5493
Pakistan Open
{{DEFAULTSORT:Milroy, Bobby 1978 births Living people Canadian badminton coaches Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Businesspeople from Edmonton Canadian male badminton players Commonwealth Games badminton players for Canada Sportspeople from Edmonton