Ursula Smith
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Ursula Honour Smith married name Oakley (lahir 1934) is a former English international badminton player.[1]
Masa muda
She lived at 'Fernleigh' 15 Brunswick Sq Herne Bay Kent from age of ten. She attended La Sainte Union RC school in Herne Bay.[2][3] She attended the University of Southampton, where she played for the university badminton team, winning the UAU championship in December 1952 in the Victory Hall of Loughborough College.[4][5] In 1956 she worked at St George's Hospital when at The Lanesborough at Hyde Park Corner, as a nurse.[6] She visited France for 12 months in 1955 to learn French.[7]
Karier bulu tangkis
Smith [8] was a winner of the All England Open Badminton Championships. She won the 1965 All England Open Badminton Championships women's singles.[9]
Smith competed in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica winning the gold medal in the women's doubles and bronze medal in the singles.[10] She represented Herne Bay and Kent.
Kehidupan pribadi
Referensi
- ^ "History". Bulu Tangkis All England.
- ^ Herne Bay Press Friday 19 January 1951, page 1
- ^ Herne Bay Press Friday 14 September 1951, page 2
- ^ Leicester Evening Mail Monday 8 December 1952, page 12
- ^ Loughborough Echo Friday 12 December 1952, page 10
- ^ Herne Bay Press Friday 26 July 1957, page 4
- ^ Herne Bay Press Friday 7 October 1955, page 1
- ^ "Birth". Free BMD.
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. hlm. 74-78. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ "profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.