Richard Vaughan (badminton)

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Richard Vaughan
Personal information
CountryWales
Born (1978-04-16) 16 April 1978 (age 45)
Caerphilly, Wales [1]
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st)
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Highest ranking7 [1]  (2002)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Manchester Men's singles
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Glasgow Men's singles
European Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1997 Nymburk Boys' singles
BWF profile

Richard Vaughan (born 16 April 1978) is a Welsh and British badminton player from Llanbradach, Caerphilly, Wales. [2] Vaughan was the Chief Executive of Badminton Ireland between 2011 - 2015.

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In 2014 Vaughan joined the board of Badminton Europe (a member of the Badminton World Federation). He chairs the high-performance commission, which has overseen the development of a World Training Centre in Denmark.

Between 2015 - 2020 Vaughan was the CEO of Squash Australia, [3] where he oversaw the sport rebranding, topping the medal table at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. [4] A new National Training Centre was opened on the Gold Coast in late 2018. [5] In 2019, Vaughan established the 'Friends of Squash Parliament competition with the current Sports Minister Anika Wells and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

In late 2020 Vaughan joined the board at Equestrian Australia as a Non-Executive Director, Chairing the Finance Committee.

Education

Vaughan holds an MBA from Leicester University and an MA in Sports Development from Bath University, having previously achieved a BSc(Hons) in economics and politics.[ citation needed ] He is currently completing a Ph.D. study at the University of Canberra via a Sports Integrity Australia scholarship.[ citation needed ] He has a long interest in athletes’ impact on the integrity of sport, demonstrated by his stance on Darfur in the build-up to Beijing 2008. [6]

Career

Richard Vaughan won a bronze medal at the 2000 European Badminton Championships, losing to Peter Gade (Denmark) in the semi-final. He also won a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, beating world No3 Susilo (Singapore) and Gupta (India) on the way to the semi-final, where he lost to Lee (Malaysia). His highest world ranking was number 7 (2002). He beat the World No1 Roslin Hashim (Malaysia) at the Danish Open 2001 and Swiss Open 2002. In 2004 Vaughan beat the World Champion Xia Xuanze (China) at the All England Super Series. [7] He has 97 caps representing Wales (March 2009).[ citation needed ] In 2005 he established the Richard Vaughan Badminton Academy (see below), based in the UK, helping establish many British and European players.

Vaughan has competed twice in badminton at the Summer Olympics. Vaughan played badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics in men's singles, beating world No5 Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand in the first round and Swedish No1 Rasmus Wengberg of Sweden in the 2nd round, before losing to World No1 and World Champion Sun Jun of China, 13–15 13–15. [2] He also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics despite contracting a virus similar to glandular fever, which seriously impaired his preparation for the Athens Olympics. In men's singles, he defeated Marco Vasconcelos of Portugal in the first round. In the round of 16, Vaughan was defeated by Shon Seung-Mo of Korea, the eventual silver medalist. [2]

Best Grand Prix results

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2002 Bolton Arena, Manchester, England Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Tsuen Seng Med 3.png Bronze

European Championships

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2000 Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Gade 3–15, 4–15 Med 3.png Bronze

European Junior Championships

Boys' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1997 Nymburk, Czech Republic Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dicky Palyama 15–11, 11–15, 15–18 Med 2.png Silver

World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2000 Polish Open Flag of Ukraine.svg Vladislav Druzchenko 12–15, 12–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1999 Polish Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Rio Suryana 9–15, 15–6, 12–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2006 Canadian International Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2006 Waikato International Flag of New Zealand.svg John Moody 21–11, 16–21, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2006 Victorian International Flag of India.svg Nikhil Kanetkar 22–20, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2006 Estonian International Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2006 Mauritius International Flag of Italy.svg Klaus Raffeiner 21–11, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2006 Kenya International Flag of Uganda.svg Edwin Ekiring 21–16, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2006 South Africa International Flag placeholder.svgGold medal icon.svgWinner
2003 Peru International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tjitte Weistra 15–4, 15–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2003 Giraldilla International Flag of Japan.svg Sho Sasaki 15–11, 6–15, 12–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2003 Guatemala International Flag of Japan.svg Hidetaka Yamada 11–15, 15–10, 15–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2002 South Africa International Flag of South Africa.svg Stewart Carson 7–1, 7–0, 7–0Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2002 Spanish International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dicky Palyama 4–7, 1–7, 7–5Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2001 Bulgarian International Flag of England.svg Andrew South 7–2, 5–7, 7–2Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2000 Cuba International Flag of Finland.svg Jyri Aalto 15–8, 15–6Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2000 Canadian International Flag of Finland.svg Jyri Aalto 12–15, 15–7, 9–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2000 Welsh International Flag of England.svg Andrew South 1–7, 7–2, 7–5Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2000 Dutch International Flag of Ukraine.svg Vladislav Druzchenko 15–10, 6–15, 11–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2000 Croatian International Flag of Finland.svg Jyri Aalto 15–10, 15–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1999 Welsh International Flag of Sweden.svg Rasmus Wengberg 17–16, 17–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1999 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Flag of India.svg Pullela Gopichand 13–15, 15–14, 6–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1999 Slovenian International Flag of Denmark.svg Kasper Ødum 15–4, 11–15, 15–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1999 Chile International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bobby Milroy 15–9, 15–5Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1999 Peru International Flag of Indonesia.svg Ardy Wiranata 15–7, 2–15, 9–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1998 Argentina International Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1998 Brazil International Flag of Norway.svg Jim Ronny Andersen 15–6, 15–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1998 Spanish International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gerben Bruijstens 15–5, 15–1Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009 Cyprus International Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Sarah Thomas Flag of New Zealand.svg Henry Tam
Flag of New Zealand.svg Donna Haliday
18–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2009 Banuinvest International Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Sarah Thomas Flag of Ukraine.svg Valeriy Atrashchenkov
Flag of Ukraine.svg Elena Prus
19–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Richard Vaughan Badminton Academy

The Richard Vaughan Badminton Academy is a group of young Welsh badminton players. It is a prominent school for badminton in Wales, and specifically badminton in Cardiff. The founder and head coach is Richard Vaughan, [8] a two time Olympian, who is based in Cardiff, Wales.

Richard is supported by Donal O Halloran, Piret Vaughan, Liam Ingram and Alistair Casey. Dr. Leon Vaughan provides injury prevention programs in addition to the treatment of injuries.

Notable Alumni

Partnerships

In June 2006 it announced a 5-year partnership with Finsbury Food Group with the aim of providing the funds to secure coach resources and fund tournament participation in the buildup to the London 2012 Olympics. Other local business supporters includes FD Systems [9] and Accounting Software Direct. [10]

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