| Richard Vaughan | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | April 16, 1978 Caerphilly, Wales[1] |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 82 kg (180 lb; 12.9 st) |
| Country | Wales |
| Handedness | Right |
| Men's singles | |
| Highest Ranking | 7 [1] (2002) |
| Current Ranking | 25 (July 5, 2007) |
| BWF Profile | |
Richard Vaughan (born April 16, 1978) is a Welsh badminton player from Llanbradach, Caerphilly, Wales.[2] Vaughan is currently the Chief Executive of Badminton Ireland and has a MBA from Leicester University; MA Sports Development from Bath University, having previously achieved a BSc(Hons) in Economics and Politics. Vaughan married Piret Hamer (Vaughan) on 2 May 2008, in Tallinn, Estonia.
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Richard Vaughan won a bronze medal at the 2000 European Badminton Championships losing to Peter Gade (Denmark) in the semi final. He also won a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, beating Susilo (Singapore), and Gupta (India) on the way to the semi final where he lost to Lee (Malaysia). Highest World ranking of No7 (2002), and sustained GB No1 position for over a decade.
To date he has 107 caps representing Wales (March 2009).
Vaughan has competed twice in badminton at the Summer Olympics.
Vaughan played badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics in men's singles, beating Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand in the first round and Rasmus Wengberg of Sweden in the 2nd round, before losing to World Champion Sun Jun of China, 13-15 13-15.[2]
He also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics despite contracting a virus similar to glandular fever which seriously impaired his preparation for the Athens Olympics. In men's singles, he defeated Marco Vasconcelos of Portugal in the first round. In the round of 16, Vaughan was himself defeated by Shon Seung-Mo of Korea, the eventual Silver Medalist.[2]