Gayle Lloyd

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Gayle Lloyd
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CountryFlag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Born (1984-08-03) August 3, 1984 (age 34)
Leicester, United Kingdom

Gayle Lloyd (born 3 August 1984) is a British born Guernsey female badminton player. [1] She has competed at the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and 2014 representing Guernsey. [2] [3]

Guernsey island in the bailiwick of Guernsey

Guernsey is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy. It lies roughly north of Saint-Malo and to the west of Jersey and the Cotentin Peninsula. With several smaller nearby islands, it forms a jurisdiction within the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. The jurisdiction is made up of ten parishes on the island of Guernsey, three other inhabited islands, and many small islets and rocks.

Commonwealth Games multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth Games are an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and has taken place every four years since then. The Commonwealth Games were known as the British Empire Games from 1930 to 1950, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1954 to 1966, and British Commonwealth Games from 1970 to 1974. It is the world's first multi-sport event which inducted equal number of women’s and men’s medal events and was implemented recently in the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

2010 Commonwealth Games 19th edition of the Commonwealth Games

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Gayle has also competed at the Island Games and has clinched gold medals in the women's doubles events in 2009 and 2011. [4]

Island Games international multi-sports event

The Island Games are an international multi-sports event organised by the International Island Games Association (IIGA). Competitor teams each represent different island communities which are IIGA members. Currently all competitor teams represent non-sovereign territories of European nations - some within European waters and some further overseas.

2009 Island Games

The XIII Island Games were held in Åland, Finland, June 27-July 4, 2009. For the 13th edition of the Games, 25 teams competed in 14 different sports.

2011 Island Games

The XIV Island Games was a major international multi-sport event held from 25 June to 1 July 2011, in the Isle of Wight, England. A total of 2,306 athletes from 24 islands competed in 15 sports and 190 events. The 2011 Island Games was the second Island Games to be hosted by the Isle of Wight. Previously, the Isle of Wight hosted the 1993 Island Games.

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References

  1. "Gayle Lloyd". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  2. "Glasgow 2014 - Gayle Lloyd Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  3. "Glasgow 2014: Gayle Lloyd and Elena Johnson progress". BBC Sport. 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  4. "Island Games Results Isle of Wight 2011 | Sports | Badminton | Women's Singles". www.natwestiowresults2011.com. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
Badminton World Federation badminton association

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member nations, the BWF has since expanded to 176 member nations around the world. On 24 September 2006, at the Extraordinary General Meeting in Madrid, it was decided to adopt the new name Badminton World Federation (BWF).