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Birth name | Nora Gardner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 15 June 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nora Perry MBE (née Gardner, born 1954) is an English former badminton player noted for her anticipation, racket control, and tactical astuteness. A doubles specialist, Perry won numerous major titles, with a variety of partners, from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. These included six All-England mixed doubles and two All-England women's doubles championships. She won both the 1980 IBF World Championships and the 1980 European Championships in women's doubles with Jane Webster. Three years later, she won the 1983 IBF World Championships title in mixed doubles with Thomas Kihlström. Generally regarded as one of the greatest female mixed doubles players in the game's history, in 1999 she was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame.
Achievements
[edit]Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1983 | Brøndbyhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark | ![]() |
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15–1, 15–11 | ![]() |
World Cup
[edit]Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1984 | Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia | ![]() |
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15–18, 15–13, 15–8 | ![]() |
International tournaments
[edit]Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1982 | Denmark Open | ![]() |
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15–11, 15–9 | ![]() |
1982 | Victor Cup | ![]() |
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9–15, 15–9, 15–9 | ![]() |
1982 | Scandinavian Cup | ![]() |
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18–15, 15–12 | ![]() |
1983 | Japan Open | ![]() |
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15–5, 15–2 | ![]() |
1983 | Swedish Open | ![]() |
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15–7, 15–1 | ![]() |
1983 | All England Open | ![]() |
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18–16, 11–15, 15–6 | ![]() |
Rank | Event | Date | Venue |
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World Championships | |||
1 | Women's doubles | 1980 | ![]() |
2 | Mixed doubles | 1980 | ![]() |
2 | Women's doubles | 1983 | ![]() |
3 | Women's doubles | 1977 | ![]() |
3 | Mixed doubles | 1977 | ![]() |
European Championships | |||
1 | Women's doubles | 1978 | ![]() |
1 | Mixed doubles | 1978 | ![]() |
1 | Women's doubles | 1980 | ![]() |
1 | Mixed doubles | 1980 | ![]() |
2 | Women's doubles[1] | 1974 | ![]() |
2 | Women's doubles[1] | 1976 | ![]() |
2 | Women's doubles | 1982 | ![]() |
2 | Mixed doubles | 1982 | ![]() |
3 | Mixed doubles | 1976 | ![]() |
All England Open | |||
1 | Women's doubles | 1980, 1981 | ![]() |
1 | Mixed doubles | 1975,[1] 1978, 1980, 1981, 1985 | ![]() |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- All England Champions 1899-2007
- English results
- European results
- Pat Davis: The Encyclopaedia of Badminton. Robert Hale, London, 1987, p. 120-121, ISBN 0-7090-2796-6
External links
[edit]- Nora Perry at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
- Nora Perry at BWFbadminton.com
- Nora Gardner at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Badminton - Double Women (GBR): Nora Perry & Jane Webster at the World Games