Sandra Dimbour

Sandra Dimbour
Dimbour won the 1999 Australian International
Personal information
CountryFrance
Born (1970-06-13) 13 June 1970 (age 54)
Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
ResidenceLimours, France
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
HandednessRight
EventWomen's singles & doubles
BWF profile

Sandra Dimbour (born 13 June 1970) is a French badminton player from Racing Club de France, Paris.[1] Join the INSEP in 1989, Dimbour competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics in 1992, 1996, and 2000.[2][3] She had won 15 times National Championships, 8 in the singles, 5 in the women's doubles, and 2 in the mixed doubles event.[4] After retirement from the international tournament, she started a career as a badminton coach.[2] Dimbour was a member of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee from 2002-2009.[5]

Achievements

IBF International

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1988 Spanish International 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1993 Strasbourg International 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1994 Mauritius International England Tanya Woodward 11–6, 6–11, 11–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1994 Slovenian International Austria Irina Serova 9–11, 8–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1996 Slovenian International Slovenia Maja Pohar 11–5, 12–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1996 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse England Tracey Hallam 11–12, 12–11, 12–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1996 Spanish International Denmark Tanja Berg 11–8, 2–11, 10–12 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1998 Czech International Russia Ella Karachkova 9–11, 7–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1998 Spanish International Canada Julia Chen 8–11, 8–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1999 Australian International Netherlands Brenda Beenhakker 11–3, 11–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1999 Slovenian International Slovenia Maja Pohar 8–11, 6–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1999 Spanish International Japan Takako Ida 2–11, 0–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1996 Spanish International France Sandrine Lefèvre Spain Dolores Marco
Spain Esther Sanz 		17–15, 15–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

References

  1. ^ "Sandra Dimbour" (in French). L'Internaute. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Sandra Dimbour : " Je regrette de ne pas avoir été performante aux JO "" (in French). cultureSPORT. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Sandra Dimbour". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  4. ^ "France Yearbook 2016". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Vies d' athlètes" (PDF) (in French). French National Olympic and Sports Committee. pp. 5, 37. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
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