Nigella Saunders

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Nigella Saunders
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Women's Badminton
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Santo Domingo 2003 Singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Santo Domingo 2003 Mixed

Nigella Jekyll Saunders (born 7 December 1979) is a female badminton player from Jamaica, who won two medals (gold and bronze) at the 2003 Pan American Games. Saunders played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Mia Audina of the Netherlands in the round of 32. In her home country, she won more than a dozen titles at the Jamaican National Badminton Championships.

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