Caitlin Dransfield

Caitlin Dransfield (born 13 January 1991) is an Australian para-badminton player. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics where badminton made its Paralympics debut.

Dransfield was born on 13 January 1991 with right-sided hemiplegia cerebral palsy. She attended Mount Lawley Senior High School. In 2021, she is employed at Rise and studying a Bachelor of Disability and Community Inclusion at Flinders University.

Her early sporting life was predominantly in tennis. In 2016, she took up para badminton and is a member of the Duncraig Badminton Club in Perth, Western Australia. She is classified as SL4. In 2018, she won Women's Singles (SL3-SL4) and Mixed Doubles at the 2018 Oceania Championships.

At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, competing in the Women's singles SL4, Dransfield lost to Helle Sofie Sagoy of Norway 2-0 in the Group Stage. She then lost to Chanida Srinavakul from Thailand 2-0 but then managed to take a set off Olivia Meier of Canada but still lost 2-1. She was therefore eliminated and did not compete in the quarterfinals.

She is coached by Mark Cunningham in Perth.

Oceania Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Leisuretime Sports Precinct, Geelong, Australia	Celine Aurelie Vinot	21–5, 21–1	Gold
		Anu Francis	21–6, 21–2
		Zashka Gunson	21–2, 21–3
2022	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Carrie Joanne Wilson	21–9, 21–12	Gold

D2ubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Doung Kim Chou	Kenneth Adlawan Phonexay Kinnavong	25–27, 21–18, 22–20	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Leisuretime Sports Precinct, Geelong, Australia	Corrie Keith Robinson	Hayden Bognar Celine Aurelie Vinot	21–3, 21–6	Gold
			Phonexay Kinnavong Anu Francis	21–9, 21–11
			Adam Torey-Toth Zashka Gunson	21–5, 21–5
2022	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Kenneth Adlawan	Oliver Kiran Linton Carrie Joanne Wilson	21–8, 13–21, 23–25	Silver