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Heather Ward
Heather Maureen Ward (later Heather Nielsen; born 1938) is a former English badminton player who won international championships and competed at an elite level during a two decade span from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. Biography Noted for her grace and athleticism, she won women's doubles with American Margaret Varner at the 1958 All England Badminton Championships (then the world's most prestigious tournament for individual competitors). The following year Ward interrupted the reign of the great Judy Devlin (Hashman) by defeating her in the 1959 All England Badminton Championships The 1959 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley, London, England, from 18 to 21 March 1959. Final results Results Men's singles Section 1 =Section 2= Women's singles Section 1 Section 2 +Denotes seed ... women's singles final. During the 1960s her badminton career was hampered by a variety of factors including athletic injury, marriage and motherhoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All England Open Badminton Championships
The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premier status in 2011. The world's first open tournament was held in the English town of Guildford in 1898, the success of which paved the way for the All England's inaugural edition, which was held at London's Horticultural Halls in 1899. Although the inaugural edition consisted of just the doubles format, the singles were introduced from the second edition onward. It was eventually considered – especially after the first Thomas Cup series in 1949 – the unofficial world championship of the sport until 1977, when the International Badminton Federation launched its official championships. There were two instances when it was halted – from 1915 to 1919 (due to World War I) and from 1940 to 1946 (due to World War II). Historical venues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 All England Badminton Championships ...
The 1958 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley, London, England, from 19–23 March 1958. Final results Results Men's singles Section 1 =Section 2= Women's singles Section 1 Section 2 References {{All England All England Open Badminton Championships All England Badminton Championships All England Open Badminton Championships in London All England Badminton Championships All England Badminton Championships All England Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 All England Badminton Championships ...
The 1959 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley, London, England, from 18 to 21 March 1959. Final results Results Men's singles Section 1 =Section 2= Women's singles Section 1 Section 2 +Denotes seed References {{All England All England Open Badminton Championships All England All England Open Badminton Championships in London All England Badminton Championships All England Badminton Championships All England Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 per side). Badminton is often played as a casual outdoor activity in a yard or on a beach; formal games are played on a rectangular indoor court. Points are scored by striking the shuttlecock with the racquet and landing it within the opposing side's half of the court. Each side may only strike the shuttlecock once before it passes over the net. Play ends once the shuttlecock has struck the floor or if a fault has been called by the umpire, service judge, or (in their absence) the opposing side. The shuttlecock is a feathered or (in informal matches) plastic projectile which flies differently from the balls used in many other sports. In particular, the feathers create much higher drag, causing the shuttlecock to decelerate more rapidly. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Varner
Margaret Varner Bloss (born October 4, 1927) is a retired American athlete and professor of physical education from El Paso, Texas who excelled in three distinctly different racket sports: badminton, squash, and tennis. She is the only person to have represented the US at the highest level of international competition in all three sports,Profile usabadminton.org; accessed October 29, 2016. and is the only person to have won the U.S. national singles championships of both badminton and squash or to have been inducted into the respective U.S. halls of fame of both sports.2006 U.S. Nationals - Past Champions ocbadmintonclub.com; accessed Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Devlin
Judy Devlin (later Judy Hashman) (born 22 October 1935 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a former badminton player who won more major international titles than any other player of her era. Devlin began playing badminton with her Irish-born father Frank Devlin when she was seven in the Baltimore, Maryland region of the U.S.A. where her family had settled. Under her father's tutelage she developed a badminton game notable for its power, accuracy, and consistency. After dominating U.S. junior competition she won her first (adult) U.S. championship event, women's doubles, with her older sister Susan Devlin in 1953. This marked the beginning of the run of success listed below. She married Dick Hashman in 1960, living in England thereafter and eventually becoming a British citizen. Career Competing before the establishment of an official world championships for individual players and before badminton's entry into the Olympic Games, Devlin won 86 national and international titles. Among thes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 All England Badminton Championships ...
The 1970 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley Arena, London, England, from 18–22 March 1970. Final results Agnes Geen married and became Agnes Van der Meulen, Marjan Ridder married and became Marjan Luesken and Lonny Funch married and became Lonny Bostofte. Men's singles Section 1 Section 2 + Denotes seed Women's singles Section 1 Section 2 References {{All England All England Open Badminton Championships All England All England Open Badminton Championships in London All England Badminton Championships All England Badminton Championships All England Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etsuko Toganoo
(formerly Etsuko Takenaka) is a retired Japanese badminton player noted for her consistency and impassive demeanor, who won numerous international titles during the 1970s. Along with her contemporaries Hiroe Yuki (Niinuma) and Noriko Takagi (Nakayama), she is one of three Japanese women to have won both singles (1970) and doubles (1972, 1973, 1975, 1977) at the prestigious All-England Championships. These three helped Japan to dominate the Uber Cup (women's world team) competition from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. In 1977 Mrs. Toganoo won the women's doubles with Emiko Ueno at the first IBF World Championships The BWF World Championships, formerly known as IBF World Championships, and also known as the World Badminton Championships, is a badminton tournament sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournament is one of the most prestigious i ....Davis, 109. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Japanese female badmin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Nielsen (badminton)
Anders Ward Nielsen (24 February 1967 – 29 July 2010) was a badminton player who competed for England. Badminton career Nielsen represented Great Britain in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He represented England and won a gold medal in the mixed team and a bronze medal in the men's singles event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He represented England 40 times between 1987 and 1996 and won bronze in the 1992 and 1994 European Badminton Championships. He was twice the English National champion in 1992 and 1995. He died of cancer in 2010. Family His mother was Heather Ward Heather Maureen Ward (later Heather Nielsen; born 1938) is a former English badminton player who won international championships and competed at an elite level during a two decade span from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. Biography Noted for he .... References External links * * * * * * 1967 births 2010 deaths English male badminton players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Female Badminton Players
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1938 Births
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