Chris Kinard (born November 8, 1950, in

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player who was considered the top U.S. singles player in the 1970s, having been the U.S. # 1 ranked men's singles player for 7 of the decade's 10 years. He is married to former badminton player

Utami Kinard Utami Dewi Kinard (born 16 June 1951) is a former world-class badminton player who was considered Indonesia's #1 women's singles player in the 1970s, and became the United States' #1 player in 1981, after marrying former 6 time U.S. men's singl ...

Badminton career

Kinard won the U.S. Men's Singles Championship 6 times (1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981). and was the #1 U.S. player 7 times (1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981). He was a member of every U.S. National Thomas Cup Team from 1969 to 1982 (competition then held every 3 years). Kinard played #1 singles on the '73, '79, & '82 Thomas Cup Teams. He was also the #1 U.S. Singles player on the 1977 Pan American Team. Along with his U.S. titles, Chris Kinard won the South African Open Doubles Championship in 1971, the South African Open Singles Championship in 1980, the Peruvian Open Singles and Doubles Championship in 1976, the Peruvian Mixed Doubles Championship in 1974, and the Mexican Open Mixed Championship in 1979. Kinard also won the triple crown at the National Collegiate Men's Badminton Championships in 1977 winning the collegiate singles and doubles championships and leading his UCLA team to the national team title.

Additional badminton career highlights

1973 - Kinard was invited by the Indonesian Badminton Association to train with its World Champion team, including individual World Champions

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. 1979 - Kinard was chosen to represent badminton in the made for television event, World Rackets Championships. Other athletes included:

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(squash). 1980 - Kinard reached the round of 16 in the World Singles Championships held in Jakarta, Indonesia before losing to eventual champion,

. 1980 - Kinard achieved a career high World Singles Ranking of #9 Kinard represented the U.S. in international competition in the following countries:

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Awards in Badminton

In 1976, he was in Sports Illustrated "Faces in the Crowd" In 1978, he was recipient of the Ken Davidson Sportsmanship Award In 1986, he was inducted into the Cal. State Univ. Los Angeles Athletic Hall of Fame In 2003, he was inducted into the U.S. Badminton Hall of Fame, now Walk of Fame In 2019, he was inducted into the Pasadena Sports Hall of Fame (Pasadena, California)

Major Achievements in Badminton

Titles

Finalist

References

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