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Marjorie Barrett
Personal information
Country England

Marjorie Barrett born Lucy Marjory East was a former English badminton player. She started playing badminton in the village of Shaldon in Devon where Meriel Lucas was a member. After becoming a member of the Crystal Palace Club she married Frederick Barrett in 1915.[1] The left hander became a force after the war and secured five All England singles titles.[2] Her husband died in 1932 and she remarried in 1949 to another badminton player Percy Macfarlane. She died in 1968, aged 79 in Newton Abbott

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Medal Year Event
Gold medal – first place 1926 Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1927 Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1929 Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1930 Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1931 Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1928 Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 1929 Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 1930 Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 1932 Women's doubles

References

  1. ^ "Mrs Barrett". Badminton England.
  2. ^ Davis, Pat (1983). Guinness Book of Badminton. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-271-X.
  3. ^ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.