Dave Wright (badminton)

David Wright (born 10 April 1965) is a former English badminton international player and two times English National doubles champion.^[2]

Dave Wright
Personal information
Birth name	David Wright
Country	England
Born	(1965-04-10) 10 April 1965 (age 60)[1] Killamarsh, Derbyshire, England
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Handedness	Right
Event	Men's & mixed doubles
BWF profile

Biography

Wright who represented Yorkshire became an English National doubles champion after winning the English National Badminton Championships men's doubles title with Nick Ponting in 1991.^[3] He then repeated the success two years in 1993 later but this time he partnered Julian Robertson.^[4]

Wright represented Great Britain at the 1992 Olympic Games playing in the men's doubles with Nick Ponting. In the first round they beat German pair Stefan Frey and Stephan Kuhl,^[5] but defeated in the second round to Indonesian pair Rexy Mainaky and Ricky Subagja.^[6]

Achievements

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Dutch Open	Sara Sankey	Christian Jakobsen Marianne Rasmussen	5–15, 15–8, 15–12	Winner

IBF International

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1988	Bell's Open	Nick Ponting	Andy Goode Miles Johnson	15–7, 15–7	Winner
1988	Welsh International	Nick Ponting	Mike Adams Chris Rees	15–3, 10–15, 15–8	Winner
1989	Welsh International	Nick Ponting	Miles Johnson Andy Salvidge	15–11, 15–9	Winner
1990	Austrian International	Nick Ponting	Michael Keck Kai Mitteldorf	15–3, 15–11	Winner
1990	Welsh International	Nick Ponting	Mike Bitten Bryan Blanshard	15–5, 10–15, 15–10	Winner
1991	Wimbledon Open	Nick Ponting	Andy Goode Chris Hunt	15–4, 15–10	Winner
1991	Irish International	Nick Ponting	Andy Goode Chris Hunt	15–5, 15–2	Winner
1992	Wimbledon Open	Nick Ponting	Andy Goode Chris Hunt	15–8, 15–4	Winner
1992	Welsh International	Nick Ponting	Michael Adams Chris Rees	15–9, 15–2	Winner
1993	Iceland International	Julian Robertson	Broddi Kristjánsson Oli Bjorn Zimsen	15–2, 15–4	Winner
1994	Mauritius International	Michael Adams	Teh Chong Chen Wong Choong Hann	15–7, 15–7	Winner
1996	Mauritius International	Nitin Panesar	Mahathir Mustaffa Jason Wong	15–6, 15–18, 15–9	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Welsh International	Claire Palmer	Mike Brown Jillian Wallwork	15–11, 15–6	Winner
1992	Wimbledon Open	Sara Sankey	Simon Archer Joanne Davies	5–15, 15–12, 15–11	Winner
1993	Iceland International	Lorraine Thomas	Julian Robertson Kerri McKittrick	15–5, 1–0 retired	Winner
1994	Mauritius International	Karen Chapman	Michael Adams Joanne Davies	11–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1996	Mauritius International	Lorraine Cole	Carl Fenton Justine Willmott	15–4, 15–4	Winner