Susan Whetnall
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Whetnall at the 1970 Dutch Open. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1942-12-11) 11 December 1942 (age 81) Swanley, Kent, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Susan Whetnall (born 11 December 1942 in Swanley, née Susan Pound) is a former English badminton player, noted for her anticipation and shot-making ability, who won numerous international titles in doubles and mixed doubles from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s. She was married to another English former international player, Paul Whetnall, from 1968 until his death in May 2014.
Badminton career
All England
Whetnall shared three women's doubles titles (1969, 1970, 1976) and two mixed doubles titles (1968, 1974) at the All-England Championships which was then considered the world's most prestigious tournament for individual players.
Commonwealth Games
She represented England and won a gold medal and bronze medal, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1][2] Four years later she won two more medals at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.[3]
European Championships
Whetnall won five gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze medal in the European Badminton Championships between 1968 and 1976, making her one of the most successful players ever in this biennial tournament. She was elected to the Badminton Hall of Fame in 2009.
Major achievements (partial list)
Rank | Event | Date | Venue |
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European Championships | |||
1 1 | Women's doubles (with Margaret Boxall) Mixed doubles (with Tony Jordan) | 1968 | Bochum, GER |
1 1 | Women's doubles (with Margaret Boxall) Mixed doubles (with David Eddy) | 1970 | Port Talbot, WAL |
1 | Women's doubles (with Gillian Gilks) | 1976 | Dublin, IRL |
2 2 | Women's doubles (with Nora Gardner) Mixed doubles (with Elliot Stuart) | 1974 | Vienna, AUT |
3 | Women's singles | 1976 | Dublin, IRL |
Open Championships | |||
1 1 | Women's doubles Mixed doubles | 1970 | Canadian Open |
1 1 1 | Women's singles Women's doubles Mixed doubles | 1970 1970, 1975, 1976 1975 | Dutch Open |
References
- All England champions 1899-2007
- Statistics at badmintonengland.co.uk
- European results
- Pat Davis: The Encyclopaedia of Badminton. Robert Hale, London, 1987, p. 180, ISBN 0-7090-2796-6
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- 1899: Meriel Lucas & Mary Graeme (ENG)
- 1900: Meriel Lucas & Mary Graeme (ENG)
- 1901: Daisy St. John & E. Moseley (ENG)
- 1902: Ethel Thomson & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
- 1903: Mabel Hardy & Dorothea Douglass (ENG)
- 1904: Ethel Thomson & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
- 1905: Ethel Thomson & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
- 1906: Ethel Thomson & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
- 1907: G. L. Murray & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
- 1908: G. L. Murray & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
- 1909: G. L. Murray & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
- 1910: Muriel Bateman & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
- 1911: Dorothy Cundall & Alice Gowenlock (ENG)
- 1912: Dorothy Cundall & Alice Gowenlock (ENG)
- 1913: Hazel Hogarth & Muriel Bateman (ENG)
- 1914: Eveline Peterson & Margaret Tragett (ENG)
- 1920: Lavinia Radeglia & Violet Elton (ENG)
- 1921: Kathleen McKane & Margaret Stocks (ENG)
- 1922: Hazel Hogarth & Margaret Tragett (ENG)
- 1923: Hazel Hogarth & Margaret Tragett (ENG)
- 1924: Kathleen McKane & Margaret Stocks (ENG)
- 1925: Hazel Hogarth & Margaret Tragett (ENG)
- 1926: Violet Elton (ENG) & A. M. Head (IRE)
- 1927: Hazel Hogarth & Margaret Tragett (ENG)
- 1928: Marjorie Barrett & Violet Elton (ENG)
- 1929: Marjorie Barrett & Violet Elton (ENG)
- 1930: Marjorie Barrett & Violet Elton (ENG)
- 1931: Marian Horsley & Betty Uber (ENG)
- 1932: Marjorie Barrett & Leoni Kingsbury (ENG)
- 1933: Marje Henderson & Thelma Kingsbury (ENG)
- 1934: Marje Henderson & Thelma Kingsbury (ENG)
- 1935: Marje Henderson & Thelma Kingsbury (ENG)
- 1936: Marje Henderson & Thelma Kingsbury (ENG)
- 1937: Diana Doveton & Betty Uber (ENG)
- 1938: Diana Doveton & Betty Uber (ENG)
- 1939: Tonny Ahm & Ruth Dalsgaard (DEN)
- 1947: Tonny Ahm & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
- 1948: Tonny Ahm & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
- 1949: Queenie Allen & Betty Uber (ENG)
- 1950: Tonny Ahm & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
- 1951: Tonny Ahm & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
- 1952: Tonny Ahm & Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen (DEN)
- 1953: Iris Cooley & June White (ENG)
- 1954: Judy Devlin & Susan Devlin (USA)
- 1955: Iris Cooley & June White (ENG)
- 1956: Judy Devlin & Susan Devlin (USA)
- 1957: Anni Hammergaard Hansen & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
- 1958: Margaret Varner (USA) & Heather Ward (ENG)
- 1959: Iris Rogers & June Timperley (ENG)
- 1960: Judy Devlin & Susan Devlin (USA)
- 1961: Judy Hashman (USA) & Sue Peard (IRE)
- 1962: Judy Hashman (USA) & Tonny Holst-Christensen (DEN)
- 1963: Judy Hashman (USA) & Sue Peard (IRE)
- 1964: Karin Jørgensen & Ulla Rasmussen (DEN)
- 1965: Karin Jørgensen & Ulla Strand (DEN)
- 1966: Judy Hashman (USA) & Sue Peard (IRE)
- 1967: Imre Rietveld (NED) & Ulla Strand (DEN)
- 1968: Retno Kustijah & Minarni (INA)
- 1969: Margaret Boxall & Susan Whetnall (ENG)
- 1970: Margaret Boxall & Susan Whetnall (ENG)
- 1971: Noriko Takagi & Hiroe Yuki (JPN)
- 1972: Machiko Aizawa & Etsuko Takanaka (JPN)
- 1973: Machiko Aizawa & Etsuko Takanaka (JPN)
- 1974: Margaret Beck & Gillian Gilks (ENG)
- 1975: Machiko Aizawa & Etsuko Takanaka (JPN)
- 1976: Gillian Gilks & Susan Whetnall (ENG)
- 1977: Etsuko Toganoo & Emiko Ueno (JPN)
- 1978: Mikiko Takada & Atsuko Tokuda (JPN)
- 1979: Imelda Wiguno & Verawaty Wiharjo (INA)
- 1980: Gillian Gilks & Nora Perry (ENG)
- 1981: Nora Perry & Jane Webster (ENG)
- 1982: Lin Ying & Wu Dixi (CHN)
- 1983: Wu Jianqiu & Xu Rong (CHN)
- 1984: Lin Ying & Wu Dixi (CHN)
- 1985: Han Aiping & Li Lingwei (CHN)
- 1986: Chung Myung-hee & Hwang Hye-young (KOR)
- 1987: Chung Myung-hee & Hwang Hye-young (KOR)
- 1988: Chung So-young & Kim Yun-ja (KOR)
- 1989: Chung Myung-hee & Chung So-young (KOR)
- 1990: Chung Myung-hee & Hwang Hye-young (KOR)
- 1991: Chung So-young & Hwang Hye-young (KOR)
- 1992: Lin Yanfen & Yao Fen (CHN)
- 1993: Chung So-young & Gil Young-ah (KOR)
- 1994: Chung So-young & Gil Young-ah (KOR)
- 1995: Gil Young-ah & Jang Hye-ock (KOR)
- 1996: Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN)
- 1997: Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN)
- 1998: Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN)
- 1999: Chung Jae-hee & Ra Kyung-min (KOR)
- 2000: Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN)
- 2001: Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN)
- 2002: Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN)
- 2003: Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN)
- 2004: Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN)
- 2005: Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN)
- 2006: Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN)
- 2007: Wei Yili & Zhang Yawen (CHN)
- 2008: Lee Hyo-jung & Lee Kyung-won (KOR)
- 2009: Zhang Yawen & Zhao Tingting (CHN)
- 2010: Du Jing & Yu Yang (CHN)
- 2011: Wang Xiaoli & Yu Yang (CHN)
- 2012: Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei (CHN)
- 2013: Wang Xiaoli & Yu Yang (CHN)
- 2014: Wang Xiaoli & Yu Yang (CHN)
- 2015: Bao Yixin & Tang Yuanting (CHN)
- 2016: Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi (JPN)
- 2017: Chang Ye-na & Lee So-hee (KOR)
- 2018: Christinna Pedersen & Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN)
- 2019: Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan (CHN)
- 2020: Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota (JPN)
- 2021: Mayu Matsumoto & Wakana Nagahara (JPN)
- 2022: Nami Matsuyama & Chiharu Shida (JPN)
- 2023: Kim So-yeong & Kong Hee-yong (KOR)
- 2024: Baek Ha-na & Lee So-hee (KOR)