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| Died | 19 September 1995 (aged 75) Ruxton, Maryland | ||||||||||||||
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Clinton Paulson Stephens (1919-1995), was a male United States badminton player. [1]
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Clinton Paulson Stephens (1919-1995), was a male United States badminton player. [1]
After gaining a degree at the City College of New York in 1938 Stephens served in the US Army and was awarded two bronze stars. He married Patricia Roberts in 1948. After retiring he worked as an investment banker.
Stephens won the mixed doubles in 1949 All England Badminton Championships with his wife Patricia Stephens. [2] Stephens also won a bronze medal in the 1949 Thomas Cup and the mixed doubles in the 1948 U.S. National Badminton Championships. [3]
Wong Peng Soon, was a Malayan/Singaporean badminton player who reigned as a top player in Malaya from the 1930s to the 1950s when it was a single nation. Noted for his smooth but powerful strokes and graceful footwork, he won the singles title seven times in Singapore and eight times in Malaya during this period, as well as being the top player in the All England, the Danish Open, the Indian and Philippines championships to name a few.
The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premier status in 2011, and designated a Super 1000 event at the birth of the World Tour in 2018. The Super 1000 events, held in four historic strongholds of the sport of badminton are the highest level events below the World Championships and Olympic Games tournaments, and broadly equivalent in stature, though apart from the All-England not in historicity, to the Grand Slam tournaments in tennis.
Erland Kops was a badminton player from Denmark who won numerous major international singles and doubles titles from the late 1950s to the early 1970s.
Thomas Kihlström is a former badminton player from Sweden known for his agility, tactical astuteness, and coolness under pressure. Though an impressive singles player early in his career, his greatest successes came in doubles. Kihlström is a fine doubles player with a superb technique and lovely touch. Partnering Stefan Karlsson, they have been one of the consistent pairs and making them as one of the great doubles pairs in the world in their era.
Liang Chun-sheng, known in Indonesia as Tjun Tjun, is a retired Chinese-Indonesian badminton player.
Hiroe Yuki was a Japanese badminton player. She won numerous major international titles from the late 1960s to the late 1970s.
Wolfgang Bochow was a badminton player from West Germany who rated among the world's best in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Tall and powerful, he had one of the strongest backhands in the game.
John David Eddy is a retired badminton player from England who won national and international titles from the late 1960s to the early 1980s.
Roland Maywald is a former German badminton player who won numerous (West) German national and other European titles from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s.
Thelma Kingsbury (1911–1979), was an English-born, naturalised American sportswoman who won major badminton titles in the British Isles and then in the US from the early 1930s to the early 1950s.
Christopher Phillip Langridge is a retired British badminton player. He competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won three medals. He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal in the men's doubles, partnered with Marcus Ellis. They also won gold medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2019 European Games.
Marcus Ellis is a British badminton player. He was the men's doubles champion in the English National Championships. Ellis and Chris Langridge won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, also gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. At the 2019 Minsk European Games, Ellis captured two gold medals; in the men's doubles with Langridge and in the mixed doubles event with Lauren Smith.
Yuta Watanabe is a Japanese badminton player. He is a member of the Nihon Unisys team, and national team A representative. Known for his quick and explosive movements with signature drop shots on court, Watanabe, together with Arisa Higashino, had won 2 consecutive bronze medals in the mixed doubles event at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, as well as being four-time BWF World Championships medalists.
Queenie Mary Allen, later Queenie Webber, was an English badminton player from the 1930s into 1950s. She won the women's doubles title at the All England Open Badminton Championships in 1949 with Betty Uber. She also won international competitions in Denmark, Scotland, South Africa, Ireland, and France.
Lim Say Hup (1935-2005), was a male badminton player from Malaysia.
Patricia Anne "Patsey" Stephens was a female United States badminton international.
Helen Jennifer Horton is a former English badminton player.
Roger J Mills (1942–2020) was a former English international badminton player and coach.
Elliot Clarke Stuart is a former English international badminton player.
Darmadi is an Indonesian badminton player from the 60s to 70s.
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