Nora Perry

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( Gardner, born 1954) is an

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former

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player noted for her anticipation, racket control, and tactical astuteness. A doubles specialist, Perry won numerous major titles, with a variety of partners, from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. These included six

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mixed doubles and two All-England women's doubles championships. She won both the

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and the 1980 European Championships in women's doubles with Jane Webster. Three years later, she won the 1983 IBF World Championships title in mixed doubles with

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. Generally regarded as one of the greatest female mixed doubles players in the game's history, in 1999 she was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame.

Achievements

''Mixed doubles''

World Cup

''Mixed doubles''

International tournaments

''Mixed doubles''

Notes

References

All England Champions 1899-2007

English results

European results
* Pat Davis: ''The Encyclopaedia of Badminton''. Robert Hale, London, 1987, p. 120-121,

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