Susannah Leydon-Davis (born 5 February 1992) is a New Zealand
badminton
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player. In 2014, she competed at the
Commonwealth Games
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in Glasgow, Scotland.
Career
Originally from Hamilton, Leydon-Davis attended
Hillcrest High School and was Sports Captain in 2009. In 2015 she graduated from the
University of Waikato
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with a Bachelor of Management Studies. She competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow July 2014. Susannah competes in the mixed doubles with her brother
Oliver
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, and they have actively been New Zealand representatives. She and her brother, won the mixed doubles gold medal at the
2014 Oceania Badminton Championships. Teamed up with
Kevin Dennerly-Minturn she won the Waikato International tournament in the mixed doubles event.
Achievements
Oceania Championships
''Women's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Women's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
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BWF International Challenge
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tournament
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BWF International Series
The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
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tournament
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BWF Future Series
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tournament
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Living people
1992 births
Sportspeople from Hamilton, New Zealand
New Zealand female badminton players
Commonwealth Games badminton players for New Zealand
Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
University of Waikato alumni
21st-century New Zealand sportswomen