Barbara Sutton née Barbara Giles is a retired female badminton player from England.

Career

She won a bronze medal at the

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in women's doubles with

Karen Bridge Karen Beckman (Bridge) (1960 – June 2020) was a female badminton player of England. Career She won a bronze medals at the 1980 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Barbara Sutton. She represented England and won a gold medal in th ...

. She represented England and won a

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in the team event and a

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in the mixed doubles, at the

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in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She married fellow badminton player

Eddy Sutton Edward H Sutton (born 1948) is a former English badminton international player and a former national champion. Biography Sutton became the English National doubles champion after winning the English National Badminton Championships in 1975 wit ...

in 1977.

References

English female badminton players Living people Badminton players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games 1953 births {{England-badminton-bio-stub