Carlene Starkey (born ) is a former American

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. She is married to former badminton player Rod Starkey. She was member of the American team that won the Uber Cup in 1963.Herbert Scheele ed., The ''International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1965'' (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1965) 95. Carlene Starkey and Larry Saben obtained the mixed doubles title of the U.S. Open in 1968, while together with Caroline Hein and Diane Hales, Carlene won the US National Badminton titles in the women's doubles category in 1971 and 1975. Carlene also competed in the Mexican Open where she won the women's singles in 1974. In the women's doubles event, she won the title in 1962 together with Pat Gallagher, in 1966 teaming up with Lucero Soto de Peniche, in 1967 playing with Diane Hales, in 1971 together with Judianne Kelly, in 1972 with Gay Meyer, and 1974 and 1975 with Maryanne Breckell. She also won the mixed doubles category in 1967 together with Francisco Sañudo, in 1974 with

Flemming Delfs Flemming Delfs (born September 7, 1951) is a former Danish badminton player who was world no. 1 in 1977. He won the All England Championship, the European and the World Championship in the 1970s. Career Delfs is especially noteworthy for winni ...

, and in 1975 with

Paul Whetnall Paul E Whetnall (19 February 1947 – 1 May 2014) was an English badminton player who won national and international titles between 1968 and 1980. He was married to Susan Pound Whetnall who was an outstanding player of the same era. Career Whe ...

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