Nora Perry

Nora Perry MBE (born 1954 as Nora Gardner) 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.

For the nineteenth-century American author, see Nora Perry (writer).

Nora Perry
Personal information
Birth nameNora Gardner
Country England
Born1954 (age 65–66)
Medal record
Badminton
Representing  Great Britain
World Games
1981 Santa Clara Women's doubles
1981 Santa Clara Mixed doubles
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
1978 Edmonton Women's doubles
1978 Edmonton Mixed doubles
1978 Edmonton Team
1974 Christchurch Mixed doubles

Major achievements
Rank Event Date Venue
World Championships
1 Women's doubles 1980 Jakarta, Indonesia
1 Mixed doubles 1983 Copenhagen, Denmark
2 Mixed doubles 1980 Jakarta, Indonesia
2 Women's doubles 1983 Copenhagen, Denmark
3 Women's doubles 1977 , Malmö, Sweden
3 Mixed doubles 1977 , Malmö, Sweden
European Championships
1 Women's doubles 1978 Preston, England
1 Mixed doubles 1978 Preston, England
1 Women's doubles 1980 Groningen, Netherlands
1 Mixed doubles 1980 Groningen, Netherlands
2 Women's doubles [1] 1974 Vienna, Austria
2 Women's doubles [1] 1976 Dublin, Ireland
2 Women's doubles 1982 Böblingen, Germany
2 Mixed doubles 1982 Böblingen, Germany
3 Mixed doubles 1976 Dublin, Ireland
All England Open
1 Women's doubles 1980, 1981 Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, England
1 Mixed doubles 1975,[1] 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985 Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, England

Notes
  1. As Nora Gardner
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References
  • 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


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