Nora Perry

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Nora Perry

Personal information
Birth name	Nora Gardner

Country	England

Nora Perry (née Nora Gardner) is a former English female badminton player noted for her anticipation, racket control, and tactical astuteness. A doubles and mixed doubles specialist, she won numerous major titles, with a variety of partners, from the mid 1970's to the mid 1980's, including six All-England mixed doubles and two All-England women's doubles championships. In 1999 she was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame.

[edit] Career

She won the 1980 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Jane Webster. The same year they also won the 1980 European Badminton Championships.

Three years later, she won the 1983 IBF World Championships title in mixed doubles with Thomas Kihlström.

[edit] Major achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
World Championships
1	Women's doubles	1980	Jakarta, INA
1	Mixed doubles	1983	Copenhague, DEN
2	Mixed doubles	1980	Jakarta, INA
2	Women's doubles	1983	Copenhague, DEN
3	Women's doubles	1977	Malmö, SWE
3	Mixed doubles	1977	Malmö, SWE
European Championships
1	Women's doubles	1978	Preston, ENG
1	Mixed doubles	1978	Preston, ENG
1	Women's doubles	1980	Groningen, NED
1	Mixed doubles	1980	Groningen, NED
2	Women's doubles ^[1]	1974	Vienna, AUT
2	Women's doubles ^[1]	1976	Dublin, IRL
2	Women's doubles	1982	Böblingen, GER
2	Mixed doubles	1982	Böblingen, GER
3	Mixed doubles	1976	Dublin, IRL
International Opens
1	Mixed doubles Women's doubles	1975 ^[1], 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985 1980, 1981	All England Open