Jane Webster (born 2 August 1956), now known as Jane Sutton, is a retired
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badminton
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player noted for her strong and consistent shot-making. Though competitive at a world-class level in singles, her greatest success came in doubles competition.
Career
She won the
1980 IBF World Championships
The 1980 IBF World Championships were held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1980.
Medalists Medal table
Events
References
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in women's doubles with
Nora Perry. The same year they also won the
1980 European Badminton Championships
The 7th European Badminton Championships were held in Groningen (city), Groningen (Netherlands), between 17 and 20 April 1980, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the ''Nederlandse Badminton Bond''.
Medalists
Results Semi-finals ...
, and in 1981 they captured the
All England Doubles title. Webster and Perry were silver medalists in defense of their title at the then triennial
World Championships
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in 1983. She won the
English National ladies doubles title in 1978–79 with
Gillian Gilks
Gillian Gilks (formerly Gillian Perrin, and later Gillian Goodwin; born 20 June 1950) is an English former badminton player who won numerous major titles in all three events (singles, doubles, and mixed doubles) between the late 1960s and the ...
and the 1981–82 and 1982–83 titles with Nora Perry. Webster also won the English National Ladies Singles title in the 1981–82 season, her best in singles which included victories in the
Dutch Open and the Indian Masters Invitation. Webster shared the
Japan Open Ladies Doubles Title in 1982 with Nora Perry. Her last major title before retiring was the 1984
Indonesian Open ladies doubles crown, again, with Nora Perry. She represented England 85 times in international team matches.
Major achievements
References
All England champions 1899–2007Statistics at badmintonengland.co.ukEuropean competition results
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1956 births
Living people
English female badminton players
Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Badminton players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
World Games medalists in badminton
World Games silver medalists
Competitors at the 1981 World Games
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