ABELA Matthew

Date of Birth: 18 Mar 1999

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Place of birth: PIETA

Birth Country:

Malta

Place of residence : DENMARK

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Badminton	Men's Singles	15

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza BDM Court 2	Men's Singles Group Play Stage - Group H #108 CHN SHI Yu QiSHI Yu Qi 2 MLT ABELA MABELA Matthew 0	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza BDM Court 3	Men's Singles Group Play Stage - Group H #120 SUR OPTI SOPTI Soren MLT ABELA MABELA Matthew	Cancelled

Biographical Information

Highlights

European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Last 64	Men's Singles	2018	Huelva, ESP

Legend
W - Winner, RU - Runner-up, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, L16 - Last 16, L32 - Last 32, L64 - Last 64, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed

Supporting English football club Liverpool, travelling. (badmintoneurope.com, 19 Mar 2020)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, Maltese

Ringsted Badminton Club [Denmark]

Right (development.badmintoneurope.com, 2019)

He began playing badminton at age five. (badmintoneurope.com, 08 Oct 2017)

His father, a badminton coach, used to bring him to training sessions. "I loved it from the very first day." (badmintoneurope.com, 08 Oct 2017)

To win a match at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (Facebook page, 03 Jun 2021; lovinmalta.com 13 Jun 2021)

He has been training at the BEC Centre of Excellence in Holbaek, Denmark, since 2017. (archysport.com, 07 Jun 2021; Instagram profile, 12 Jul 2021)

English footballer Steven Gerrard. (badmintoneurope.com, 19 Mar 2020)

Philosophy:

"Personally, I feel there should be more respect and more help to athletes. It's a tough industry, most of us don't get paid and we do it because we have goals and a passion for our sport and what we do." (lovinmalta.com 13 Jun 2021)

General Interest

General
MOVE TO DENMARK
He moved to Denmark in 2017 when he was invited to join the BEC Centre of Excellence in Holbaek. "My place on the ranking list was around 1000 before I came to Denmark, and now I am around number 300. So it is really going in the right direction, and I can see when I play tournaments that I am developing. It is at a high level here, so Denmark has meant a lot to me." (archysport.com, 07 Jun 2021)

OCCUPATION
He works as a part-time badminton coach at Ringsted Badminton Club in Denmark. (archysport.com, 07 Jun 2021)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/AbelaMatt/
https://instagram.com/mat_abela
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-abela-8220841ab/
Athlete Website: http://matthew.coebadminton.com/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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