Martin Dew is a former

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male

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player who specialized in doubles.

Career

Dew won two medals in the

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, a silver medal in 1983 for men's doubles and a bronze medal in 1987 for mixed doubles. He shared the mixed doubles title at the prestigious All-England Championships twice 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 ...

(1982 and 1984). Dew is also one of the most successful players ever in the

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with four titles, one of them in men's doubles and three in mixed doubles.

Achievements

World Championships

''Men's doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. ''Men's doubles''

References

European resultsEnglish statisticsAll England champions 1899-2007
*Pat Davis: ''The Encyclopaedia of Badminton''. Robert Hale, London, 1987, pp. 38–39, English male badminton players Living people 1958 births Badminton players at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton {{England-badminton-bio-stub