Marcus Ellis

Marcus Ellis, the youngest son of Sheila and John Ellis, was born on 14 September 1989 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. He has an elder brother James. Ellis started playing badminton aged seven when he father took him to the Colne Valley Leisure Centre in Slaithwaite.

Ellis was first educated at Clough Head Junior School in Hudderfield, before attending Colne Valley High School, a state comprehensive school in the village of Linthwaite. He attended high school with Alex Smithies, now the goalkeeper for Huddersfield Town Football Club. He then studied for 6 months at Huddersfield New College before deciding to move away from Huddersfield at the age of 17 so he may train at the National Badminton Centre in Milton Keynes.

In the early years of his professional career, Ellis teamed up with a number of players in the doubles, such as Tom Wolfenden and Peter Mills in the men's doubles, and Gabby Adcock and Mariana Agathangelou in the mixed. He won the men's doubles at the Denmark International in 2013 with Paul van Rietvelde.

In September 2014, he teamed up with Chris Langridge. They won their first men's doubles title in December 2014 in the Italian Open, and their first title in the English National Badminton Championships in February 2015, which they won again in 2016. They also won the Welsh International in 2015. They were defeated in the 2016 European Championships in La Roche-sur-Yon in the semi-finals to gain a bronze. They have also won medals in the European Team Championships – a silver in the Mixed Team in 2015, and a bronze medal in the Men's Team in 2016.

During the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Ellis and Langridge were ranked No. 22 in the world, but they managed to win a bronze, the first medal in badminton men's doubles won by a British team in the Olympics.

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Riocentro - Pavilion 4, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Chris Langridge	Chai Biao Hong Wei	21–18, 19–21, 21–10	Bronze

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Chris Langridge	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	19–21, 14–21	Bronze

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Dutch Open	Gabrielle White	Mads Pieler Kolding Kamilla Rytter Juhl	15–21, 13–21	02 ! Runner-up

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Austrian Open	Chris Langridge	Kenya Mitsuhashi Yuta Watanabe	21–14, 21–16	01 ! Winner
2015	Welsh International	Chris Langridge	Adam Cwalina Przemysław Wacha	21–16, 16–21, 21–16	01 ! Winner
2015	White Nights	Chris Langridge	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	10–21, 12–21	02 ! Runner-up
2014	Italian International	Chris Langridge	Michael Fuchs Johannes Schoettler	21–11, 21–19	01 ! Winner
2013	Italian International	Paul van Rietvelde	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Kim Astrup Sorensen	25–23, 16–21, 21–19	01 ! Winner
2012	Welsh International	Paul van Rietvelde	Peter Briggs Harley Towler	16–21, 21–9, 21–16	01 ! Winner
2012	Belgian International	Paul van Rietvelde	Adam Cwalina Koen Ridder	18–21, 17–21	02 ! Runner-up
2012	Portugal International	Paul van Rietvelde	Zvonimir Durkinjak Nikolaj Overgaard	12–21, 20–22	02 ! Runner-up
2011	Irish International	Peter Mills	Adam Cwalina Michal Logosz	15–21, 15–21	02 ! Runner-up
2011	Scottish International	Peter Mills	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	19–21, 19–21	02 ! Runner-up
2010	Scottish International	Peter Mills	Chris Adcock Andrew Ellis	21–19, 11–21, 21–15	01 ! Winner
2010	Norwegian International	Peter Mills	Ingo Kindervater Johannes Schöttler	17–21, 21–23	02 ! Runner-up
2010	Bulgarian International	Peter Mills	Martin Campbell Angus Gilmour	21–14, 21–10	01 ! Winner
2010	Czech International	Peter Mills	Chris Langridge Robin Middleton	9–21, 19–21	02 ! Runner-up
2009	Belgian International	Peter Mills	Ruud Bosch Koen Ridder	28–30, 12–21	02 ! Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	French International	Alyssa Lim	Robert Blair Imogen Bankier	17–21, 17–21	02 ! Runner-up
2012	Welsh International	Gabrielle White	Chris Langridge Heather Olver	22–20, 21–16	01 ! Winner
2012	Scottish International	Gabrielle White	Ruud Bosch Selena Piek	21–16, 21–16	01 ! Winner
2012	Czech International	Gabrielle White	Chris Langridge Heather Olver	20–22, 7–6 Retired	02 ! Runner-up
2012	Belgian International	Gabrielle White	Chris Langridge Heather Olver	9–21, 21–10, 21–17	01 ! Winner
2012	Spanish Open	Gabrielle White	Ronan Labar Emilie Lefel	21–9, 21–13	01 ! Winner
2012	Portugal International	Gabrielle White	Zvonimir Durkinjak Stasa Poznanovic	21–17, 15–21, 24–22	01 ! Winner
2011	Irish International	Heather Olver	Dave Khodabux Selena Piek	21–19, 21–17	01 ! Winner
2009	Belgian International	Heather Olver	Wouter Claes Nathalie Descamps	21–9, 25–23	01 ! Winner
2009	Norwegian International	Heather Olver	Robin Middleton Mariana Agathangelou	21–19, 21–17	01 ! Winner

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament

     BWF Future Series tournament