Player Profile

Oliver Gwilt

 

Oliver Gwilt

 

 

 

 

 

1 Name & DOB & where do you live?

           

Oliver Gwilt / 28th June 1993 / Guilsfield- Powys.

 

 

2  Discipline- partner?       

             

Daniel Font and Giorgia Hughes.

 

 

3  How did you get started in Badminton?        

           

My Mum and Dad used to run a club in my village.
 

 

4  Interesting fact about yourself that not many people would know?

           

  I straighten my hair like Eddie O'Neill, haha and my partner Dan Font Curls his Hair :)
         
 

5  2-3 of your best achievements to date?

           

 Semi Finals in singles of u17 Quad and Winning the u17 Quad in Doubles.
 

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6  Goals for this season?

           

To improve my fitness, and be up there with the best in the UK.

 

 

7  Sporting heroes?

 

Lee Chong Wei :)

 


8  Coaches you have worked with, (HPC you attend)?

           

Jason Wakefield, Neil Cotrill. Eddie Sutton (Personal Coach), Andy Hartley (Now and then Coaching)

 


9  Long term Badminton Goals?

             

To represent Wales as a senior player in Commonwealth Games, etc.



10 How does it feel to be part of the HPC/Talent group?

             

The HPC in North Wales has two very good coaches and they have improved my badminton, by doing fitness in the session and giving me fitness programmers for home. Also Daniel and I have good training for our doubles. So I enjoy the sessions.