Stuart Gomez(born 15 November 1982 in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

) is a male badminton player from

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. Gomez played the

2007 BWF World Championships The 2007 BWF World Championships is the 16th tournament of BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships). It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 13 to 19 August 2007. Host city selection Aarhus and Kuala Lumpur were the candida ...

in men's singles, and was defeated in the first round by

Muhammad Hafiz Hashim Muhammad Hafiz bin Hashim (born 13 September 1982) is a former Malaysian badminton player whose biggest success is having won the 2003 All England Open Badminton Championships. He is currently the Malaysia national junior under-15 singles coac ...

, of Malaysia, 21–8, 21–7. He represented Australia at the Beijing

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, but was defeated in the first round by

Erwin Kehlhoffner Erwin Kehlhoffner (born 6 December 1983 in Strasbourg) is a badminton player from France affiliated with ASL Robertsau club. Career In the junior event, he won the national singles title in 2002, and also the doubles titles in 2001 and 2002. K ...

, of France, 19–21, 22–20, 21–15. Gomez is the only Australian men's singles badminton athlete to outright qualify for the Olympics, not needing the Oceania Continental Representation Placing which is often gifted to Australians as New Zealand require that their athletes are "capable of achieving a top 16 placing at the Games in the Individual Event, with the potential to win an Olympic Diploma (top 8 placing)". He is also the last Australian men's singles Olympian to qualify for the Olympics with no Australian qualifying for 2012 London Olympics or 2016 Rio Olympics. Gomez represented Australia in the 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010 Thomas Cup as well as the 2005 and 2007 Sudirman Cup.

References

External links

BWF Player Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gomez, Stuart Australian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Australia 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Sydney