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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | |||||||||||
| Born | c.1950 [1] | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | |||||||||||
| Club | St Jude's BC | |||||||||||
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David Doherty (born c.1950), is a former international badminton player from Northern Ireland who competed at the Commonwealth Games and was a three-time champion of Ireland. He was also an Irish international squash player.
Doherty was a member of the St. Jude's Badminton Club. [2] He represented Ulster at the provincial level [3] and all-Ireland at the international level. [4]
Although primarily a singles player, he also competed in doubles [5] and partners included Colin Bell, Clifford McIlwaine [3] and Barbara Beckett. [6]
Doherty represented the Northern Irish team [7] at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, [8] where he competed in the singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles events. [9]
He was a three-times Irish champion at the Irish National Badminton Championships, winning the men's doubles with Clifford McIlwaine in 1972, 1973 and 1974. [10] [11]
A quantity surveyor by profession he also played squash for Ireland, making his debut in January 1978. [4]
