Sara Sankey
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Birth name | Sara Halsall[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 29 September 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Women's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sara Sankey née Sara Halsall (born 29 September 1967)[2] is a retired English badminton player.
Badminton career
In 1990, Sankey represented England[3] when she attended the Commonwealth Games where she won gold medals in the mixed team event[4] and with Fiona Smith in the women's doubles event.[5] She also won a silver medal with Miles Johnson in the mixed doubles.[6] She went on to win a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the women's team event[7] and a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games with Anthony Clark in the mixed doubles event.[8][9]
Sankey represented Great Britain at the 1992 Olympics in the Women's Doubles event with Gillian Gowers.[1]
She retired from playing badminton internationally in 2002 and began coaching with All Stars Elite Badminton Club.[10]
References
- ^ a b Hilton, Nick (7 June 2012). "Merseyside's 100 Olympians: No. 49 Sara Sankey". liverpoolecho. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Sara SANKEY - Olympic Badminton | Great Britain". International Olympic Committee. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Badminton Team Event - Mixed Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Badminton Doubles - Women Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Badminton Doubles - Mixed Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Kuala Lumpur 1998 Gold Medalists". resemblance.org. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "It's Medal Mania as the Games Come to an End | UK Sport". www.uksport.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Sara Sankey". All Stars Elite Badminton. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- 1967 births
- Living people
- English female badminton players
- Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players of Great Britain
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- Badminton players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Badminton players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton