Paula Kilvington

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Paula Kilvington
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Born1957 (age 6465) [1]
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Paula Kilvington (born 1957) is a former English badminton international player and a former national champion. [2]

Biography

Kilvington became an English National doubles champion after winning the English National Badminton Championships women's doubles title with Gillian Gilks in 1984. She had previously finished runner-up in the doubles in 1982 [3] and was an English junior champion in 1975. [4] She represented Yorkshire and also won the 1979 Hungarian International.

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References

  1. "1957 births". Free BMD.
  2. "National champions, p. 41" (PDF). Badminton England.
  3. "Eaton, Richard. "Badminton." Times, 14 Dec. 1981, p. 17". Times Digital Archive.
  4. Davis, Pat (1983). Guinness Book of Badminton, page 75. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN   0-85112-271-X.