Sandra Dimbour

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Sandra Dimbour
1999 Internationaux d'Australie SD.jpg
Dimbour won the 1999 Australian International
Personal information
CountryFrance
Born (1970-06-13) 13 June 1970 (age 53)
Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Residence Limours, France
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
HandednessRight
EventWomen's singles & doubles
BWF profile

Sandra Dimbour (born 13 June 1970) is a French badminton player from Racing Club de France, Paris. [1] Join the INSEP in 1989, Dimbour competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics in 1992, 1996, and 2000. [2] [3] She had won 15 times National Championships, 8 in the singles, 5 in the women's doubles, and 2 in the mixed doubles event. [4] After retirement from the international tournament, she started a career as a badminton coach. [2] Dimbour was a member of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee from 2002-2009. [5]

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Achievements

IBF International

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1988 Spanish International Flag placeholder.svgGold medal icon.svgWinner
1993Strasbourg InternationalFlag placeholder.svgGold medal icon.svgWinner
1994 Mauritius International Flag of England.svg Tanya Woodward 11–6, 6–11, 11–5Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1994 Slovenian International Flag of Austria.svg Irina Serova 9–11, 8–11Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1996Slovenian International Flag of Slovenia.svg Maja Pohar 11–5, 12–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1996 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Flag of England.svg Tracey Hallam 11–12, 12–11, 12–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1996Spanish International Flag of Denmark.svg Tanja Berg 11–8, 2–11, 10–12Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1998 Czech International Flag of Russia.svg Ella Karachkova 9–11, 7–11Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1998Spanish International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Julia Chen 8–11, 8–11Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1999 Australian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Brenda Beenhakker 11–3, 11–5Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1999Slovenian International Flag of Slovenia.svg Maja Pohar8–11, 6–11Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1999Spanish International Flag of Japan.svg Takako Ida 2–11, 0–11Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1996 Spanish International Flag of France.svg Sandrine Lefèvre Flag of Spain.svg Dolores Marco
Flag of Spain.svg Esther Sanz
17–15, 15–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Sandra Dimbour : " Je regrette de ne pas avoir été performante aux JO "" (in French). cultureSPORT. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
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  5. "Vies d' athlètes" (PDF) (in French). French National Olympic and Sports Committee. pp. 5, 37. Retrieved 29 March 2018.