Kerrin Harrison is a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

 player. Along with Glenn Stewart

Glenn Stewart (badminton)

Glenn Stewart is a New Zealand badminton player who competed for New Zealand at the 1986 and 1990 Commonwealth Games.Stewart with Kerrin Harrison won a bronze in the mens’ doubles at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, and also won the mens' doubles at the 1986 French Open.-External links:*...

 he won a bronze medal

Bronze medal

A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...

 in the badminton men's doubles at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

1986 Commonwealth Games

The 1986 Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland for the second time. The Games were held from 24 July-2 August 1986.-Organisation and Controversy:...

 in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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, Scotland

Scotland

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He attended Westlake Boys High School on the North Shore, Auckland from 1979 to 1982.

Kerrin won the mens French Badminton singles open in 1986. And along with Glenn Stewart also won the mens French Badminton doubles open in 1986.

Along with Phillip Horne, Kerrin Harrison represented New Zealand in Badminton mens doubles, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games

1990 Commonwealth Games

The 1990 Commonwealth Games were held in Auckland, New Zealand from 24 January-3 February 1990. It was the 14th Commonwealth Games, and part of New Zealand's 1990 sesquicentennial celebrations. Participants competed in ten sports: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, judo,...

 in Auckland, New Zealand.

At the age of 28 Kerrin represented New Zealand at the 1992 summer Olympics in Barcelona in both the mens singles and doubles for Badminton

He was a New Zealand representative for ten years.

He recently won the mens masters (over 45s) Badminton singles in New Zealand, 17-20 Sept 2009.

External links

• http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~wlake/awards/awards.pdf
• http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-2406-0-0-0&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=9984537