Fiona Smith (badminton)
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| Birth name | Fiona Elliott | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 November 1963 (age 58) Farnborough, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 8 st 12 lb (124 lb; 56 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Fiona Smith (born Fiona Elliott, 13 November 1963) is a former English female badminton player.
Badminton career[]
Smith is six times English National singles champion and a mixed doubles champion.[1]
She represented England and won four medals. A gold medal in the team event, a silver medal singles and mixed doubles and a bronze medal in the women's doubles, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[2][3]
Four years later she won three further medals (all gold) playing under her married name of Fiona Smith. The gold medals came in the singles, doubles and team event.[4]
In addition to her National and Commonwealth Games successes she was a silver medalist at the 1990 European Championships in Moscow and has over 75 caps for England.[5]
Personal life[]
She gave birth to her son Oli on 4 March 1991. She was coached and trained by her brother Mark Elliott (England Junior International and Surrey County stalwart).
References[]
- ^ "English statistics". Badminton England. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
- ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "European results". Badminton Europe.
- English female badminton players
- Living people
- 1963 births
- Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Badminton players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Badminton players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games