Dave Wright (badminton)

Dave Wright
Personal information
Birth nameDavid Wright
Country England
Born (1965-04-10) 10 April 1965 (age 59)[1]
Killamarsh, Derbyshire, England
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
HandednessRight
EventMen's & mixed doubles
BWF profile

David Wright (born 10 April 1965) is a former English badminton international player and two times English National doubles champion.[2]

Biography

Wright who represented Yorkshire became an English National doubles champion after winning the English National Badminton Championships men's doubles title with Nick Ponting in 1991.[3] He then repeated the success two years in 1993 later but this time he partnered Julian Robertson.[4]

Wright represented Great Britain at the 1992 Olympic Games playing in the men's doubles with Nick Ponting. In the first round they beat German pair Stefan Frey and Stephan Kuhl,[5] but defeated in the second round to Indonesian pair Rexy Mainaky and Ricky Subagja.[6]

Achievements

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1992 Dutch Open England Sara Sankey Denmark Christian Jakobsen
Denmark Marianne Rasmussen 		5–15, 15–8, 15–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

IBF International

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1988 Bell's Open England Nick Ponting England Andy Goode
England Miles Johnson 		15–7, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1988 Welsh International England Nick Ponting
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1989 Welsh International England Nick Ponting England Miles Johnson
England Andy Salvidge 		15–11, 15–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1990 Austrian International England Nick Ponting Germany Michael Keck
Germany Kai Mitteldorf 		1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1990 Welsh International England Nick Ponting Canada Mike Bitten
Canada Bryan Blanshard 		15–5, 10–15, 15–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1991 Wimbledon Open England Nick Ponting England Andy Goode
England Chris Hunt 		15–4, 15–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1991 Irish International England Nick Ponting England Andy Goode
England Chris Hunt 		15–5, 15–2 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1992 Wimbledon Open England Nick Ponting England Andy Goode
England Chris Hunt 		15–8, 15–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1992 Welsh International England Nick Ponting England Michael Adams
Wales Chris Rees 		15–9, 15–2 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1993 Iceland International England Julian Robertson Iceland Broddi Kristjánsson
Iceland Oli Bjorn Zimsen 		15–2, 15–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1994 Mauritius International England Michael Adams Malaysia Teh Chong Chen
Malaysia Wong Choong Hann 		15–7, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1996 Mauritius International England Nitin Panesar Malaysia Mahathir Mustaffa
Malaysia Jason Wong 		15–6, 15–18, 15–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1989 Welsh International England Claire Palmer England Mike Brown
England Jillian Wallwork 		15–11, 15–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1992 Wimbledon Open England Sara Sankey England Simon Archer
England Joanne Davies 		5–15, 15–12, 15–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1993 Iceland International England Lorraine Thomas England Julian Robertson
England Kerri McKittrick 		15–5, 1–0 retired 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1994 Mauritius International England Karen Chapman England Michael Adams
England Joanne Davies 		11–15, 9–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1996 Mauritius International England Lorraine Cole England Carl Fenton
England Justine Willmott 		15–4, 15–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

References

  1. ^ "Profile". BWF.
  2. ^ "Facts and Records" (PDF). Badminton England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. ^ ""For the Record." Times, 25 Feb. 1991, p. 35". Times Digital Archives.
  4. ^ ""For the Record." Times, 8 Feb. 1993, p. 24". Times Digital Archives.
  5. ^ "OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992: Troke choked". www.independent.co.uk. 31 July 1992. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  6. ^ "BARCELONA '92 OLYMPICS : DAILY REPORT : WATER POLO : Wilson Starts Off With 16 Saves to Lead U.S. Past Australia, 8-4". www.latimes.com. 2 August 1992. Retrieved 28 May 2020.


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