Alison Humby

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Alison Humby
Personal information
CountryEngland
Born (1972-12-07) 7 December 1972 (age 52)
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Retiredin 1996
HandednessLeft
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking34 (Women's singles)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
European Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1991 Budapest Girls' doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1991 BudapestGirls' singles
BWF profile

Alison Humby (born 7 December 1972) is an English badminton player. [1] Humby is a three time English junior champion, two-time medalist at the European junior championships and winner of several international tournaments in Netherlands, Hungary, Ireland and the EBU circuit in 1992/93. She chose to retire at the age of 23, ending her twelve year badminton career. [2]

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Achievements

World Junior Championships

The Bimantara World Junior Championships was an international invitation badminton tournament for junior players. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 1987 to 1991.

Girls' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1990 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Flag of England.svg Joanne Wright Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Hong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ye Zhaoying
13–18, 8–15 Med 3.png Bronze

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1991 BMTE-Törley impozáns sportcsarnokában, Budapest, Hungary Flag of Denmark.svg Lotte Thomsen 2–11, 2–11 Med 3.png Bronze

Girls' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1991 BMTE-Törley impozáns sportcsarnokában, Budapest, Hungary Flag of England.svg Joanne Wright Flag of Denmark.svg Mette Pedersen
Flag of Denmark.svg Trine Pedersen
8–15, 6–15 Med 2.png Silver

IBF International

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1992 Czechoslovakian International Flag of Austria.svg Irina Serova 11–6, 7–11, 7–11Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1992 Hungarian International Flag of England.svg Tanya Groves 11–5, 11–6Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1992 Welsh International Flag of England.svg Suzanne Louis-Lane 5–11, 1–11Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1995Hungarian International Flag of Denmark.svg Michelle Rasmussen 9–12, 4–11Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1996La Chaux-de-Fonds International Flag of Sweden.svg Marina Andrievskaya 7–11, 11–2, 4–11Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1996Amor International Flag of England.svg Tanya Woodward11–5, 12–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1990 Welsh International Flag of England.svg Joanne Goode Flag of England.svg Cheryl Johnson
Flag of England.svg Julie Bradbury
11–15, 8–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1991 Irish International Flag of England.svg Joanne Goode Flag of Germany.svg Katrin Schmidt
Flag of Germany.svg Kerstin Ubben
15–12, 15–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1992 Czechoslovakian International Flag of England.svg Sarah Hore Flag of England.svg Joanne Davies
Flag of England.svg Tanya Groves
16–17, 10–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1992 Hungarian International Flag of England.svg Julia Mann Flag of England.svg Joanne Davies
Flag of England.svg Tanya Woodward
7–15, 5–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1993 Austrian International Flag of England.svg Joanne Goode Flag of Denmark.svg Anne Søndergaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Lotte Thomsen
13–15, 17–14, 11–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1995Hungarian International Flag of England.svg Tanya Woodward Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Irina Gritsenko
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Ludmila Okuneva
15–5, 15–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1996 Portugal International Flag of England.svg Tanya Woodward Flag of England.svg Emma Constable
Flag of England.svg Tracey Hallam
14–17, 15–4, 7–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

References

  1. "Profile:Alison Humby". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. Brenkley, Stephen (12 October 1996). "Is there life after sport?" . www.independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.