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Emma Constable
Emma Constable (née Chaffin; born 10 April 1975) is a retired English badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ... player. Her husband Mark Constable is also a former badminton player. Emma Constable became English Junior Champion in 1992. In 1996 she won the Finnish International and the Portugal International. In 2000 she was successful at the Scottish Open, Irish Open and Iceland International. In 2001 she won the Spanish International. She participated in the 1997 and 2001 World Badminton Championships. Achievements IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. ''Women's doubles'' IBF International ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' References 1975 births Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Greater London to the south and south-west. There are three cities in Essex: Southend, Colchester and Chelmsford, in order of population. For the purposes of government statistics, Essex is placed in the East of England region. There are four definitions of the extent of Essex, the widest being the ancient county. Next, the largest is the former postal county, followed by the ceremonial county, with the smallest being the administrative county—the area administered by the County Council, which excludes the two unitary authorities of Thurrock and Southend-on-Sea. The ceremonial county occupies the eastern part of what was, during the Early Middle Ages, the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Essex. As well as rural areas and urban areas, it forms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Sankey
Sara Sankey née Sara Halsall (born 29 September 1967) is a retired English badminton player. Badminton career In 1990, Sankey represented England when she attended the Commonwealth Games where she won gold medals in the mixed team event and with Fiona Smith in the women's doubles event. She also won a silver medal with Miles Johnson in the mixed doubles. She went on to win a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the women's team event and a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games with Anthony Clark in the mixed doubles event. Sankey represented Great Britain at the 1992 Olympics in the Women's Doubles event with Gillian Gowers Gillian Gowers (born 9 April 1964, in Horfield) is a retired female badminton player from England. Badminton career World Championships She won the bronze medal at the 1985 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Nigel Tier. Olympic Ga .... She retired from playing badminton internationally in 2002 and began coaching with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Lindley (badminton)
David Lindley (born 23 April 1979) is an English badminton player and coach. The right-handler, Lindley started playing badminton at aged six, and in the junior event, he becoming boys' doubles U-19 national champion in 1997 and 1998. Lindley junior also won the mixed doubles bronze medal at the 1997 European Junior Championships in Nymburk, Czech Republic. In the international event, he won double title at the 2000 Scottish and Iceland International, and at the 2006 Slovak International tournaments in the men's and mixed doubles event. In the national event, Lindley who represented Nottinghamshire, was the men's doubles finalist at the national championships in 2004 partnered with Kristian Roebuck, 2006 with Simon Archer, 2007 with Chris Langridge, and in 2008 with Richard Eidestedt, Now he work as assistant pathway coach at the England national badminton team. Achievements European Junior Championships ''Mixed doubles'' BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix has two lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanya Woodward
Tanya Louise Woodward (born 7 October 1970; née Groves) is a former English badminton international player and a former national champion. Biography Woodward represented Sussex at the national tournament and became an English national champion after winning the English National Badminton Championships The English National Badminton Championships is a tournament organised by the Badminton England to crown the best badminton players in England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales ... women's singles title in 1996. She was part of the English junior team that won the silver medal at the 1989 European Junior Championships in Manchester. Achievements IBF International ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' References 1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Worthing English female badminton players {{England-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Humby
Alison Humby (born 7 December 1972) is a retired English badminton player. Humby is a three time English junior champion, two-time medalist at the European junior championships and winner of several international tournaments in Netherlands, Hungary, Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ... and the EBU circuit in 1992/93. She chose to retire at the age of 23, ending her twelve year badminton career. Achievements World Junior Championships The Bimantara World Junior Championships was an international invitation badminton tournament for junior players. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 1987 to 1991. ''Girls' doubles'' European Junior Championships ''Girls' singles'' ''Girls' doubles'' IBF International ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracey Hallam
Tracey Jayne Hallam (born 24 March 1975) is a former English badminton player. Career Hallam played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In women's singles, she defeated Juliane Schenk of Germany and Camilla Martin of Denmark in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Hallam lost to Mia Audina of the Netherlands 11–0, 11–9. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games Hallam won the gold in the women's team event and bronze in the singles event. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games she won the gold in the mixed team event and silver in the singles event. She won gold in the women's singles at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. She participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the Women's singles event but she was knocked out in the third round by Xu Huaiwen of Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal International
The Portugal Open in badminton is an international open held annually in Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ... since 1965. It is currently a part of the European Badminton Circuit. Previous winners Performances by nation References External linksInternationalBadminton.org: 2006 results{dead link, date=March 2018 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes Badminton tournaments Badminton tournaments in Portugal Sports competitions in Portugal Recurring sporting events established in 1965 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenda Conijn
Brenda is a feminine given name in the English language. Origin The overall accepted origin for the female name Brenda is the Old Nordic male name ''Brandr'' meaning both ''torch'' and ''sword'': evidently the male name Brandr took root in areas of the British Isles under Nordic dominance and through being heard as '"Brenda" was eventually adopted as a female name. The name Brenda was probably influenced by the iconic Gaelic male name Brendan: although linguistically it is unlikely that the name Brendan would yield the name Brenda as its feminine form, the name Brenda is widely considered a feminine form of the name Brendan in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. History The British Isles Occurring in the medieval legend of Madoc - the purported son of the 12th century historical Welsh ruler Owain Gwynedd by Brenda the daughter of a Viking overlord in Ireland - the name Brenda was apparently until the 19th century confined to the Northern Isles being an evident remnant of the Northern I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Van Hooren
Nicole Gerarda Everdina van Hooren (born 11 June 1973) is a Dutch former badminton player. She and Lotte Jonathans who were partnered since February 1998, competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where the duo reached the quarter-finals, but lost to the Chinese pair of Huang Nanyan Huang Nanyan (, born April 11, 1977, in Guangxi) is a badminton player from the People's Republic of China. Career A women's doubles specialist, Huang won a number of top tier titles in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The first of these came at ... and Yang Wei. Achievements European Championships ''Women's doubles'' European Junior Championships ''Girls' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006. ''Women's doubles'' IBF International ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hooren, Nicole van 1973 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monique Hoogland
Monique Hoogland (born 25 August 1967) is a Dutch retired badminton player from Duinwijck club. Hoogland along with Erica van den Heuvel Henrica Petronella Johanna Maria van den Heuvel (-van Dijck) (born 12 June 1966 in Helmond, North Brabant), known as Erica van Dijck, is a retired female badminton player from the Netherlands. She won the silver medal in mixed doubles at the 19 ..., won the bronze in Women's doubles at the 1998 European Championships. She is also a 5-time former National champion. During her training session in 1996 for Olympic qualification at the Amersfoort in the Netherlands, she completely tore of her Achilles tendon and missed the Olympic games due to severity of injury. Achievements European Championships ''Women's doubles'' IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983. ''Women's doubles'' IBF International ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liza Parker
Liza Smith (née Parker; born 30 October 1980) is a retired English badminton player. Career summary Smith played for almost 10 years in her career. Meantime she reached No. 14 in the world in mixed doubles and No. 15 in women's doubles as well as being No. 3 in England in women's doubles. Her best year on the international circuit was 2004 when she won both mixed and women's doubles titles at the Canadian Open as well as winning the Norwegian and Iceland women's doubles titles. She was also a Hertfordshire county stalwart and played for Redstar Mulhouse in France. She made her debut for country when she played women's doubles with Jo Davies against China in 1999 but only won a total of six caps. She was born in the era of other prominent doubles stars from England and wasn't fortunate enough to represent the country at the Olympics or Commonwealth games. She has also the degree in Physiotherapy from University of London. Achievements European Junior Championships ''Girls' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland International
The Iceland International in badminton is an international open held in Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ... since 1986. The tournament belongs to the EBU Circuit. In 2008, the organisation of this event had to be cancelled due to the 2008–2012 Icelandic financial crisis. Previous winners Performances by nation {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" , - ! colspan="10" , Top Nations , - ! Rank ! Nation ! MS ! WS ! MD ! WD ! XD ! Total , - , 1 , align="left" , , 5 , 13 , 8 , 13 , 8 , 47 , - , 2 , align="left" , , 7 , 3 , 9 , 2 , 9 , 30 , - , 3 , align="left" , , 7 , 3 , 4.5 , 7 , 6 , 27.5 , - , 4 , align="left" , , , 4 , 4.5 , 4 , 2 , 14.5 , - , 5 , align="left" , , 4 , 3 , 1 , 1.5 , 4 , 13.5 , - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
