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Country | England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1934 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ursula Honour Smith married name Oakley (born 1934) is a former English international badminton player. [1]
She lived at 'Fernleigh' 15 Brunswick Sq Herne Bay Kent from age of ten. She attended La Sainte Union RC school in Herne Bay. [2] [3] She attended the University of Southampton, where she played for the university badminton team, winning the UAU championship in December 1952 in the Victory Hall of Loughborough College. [4] [5] In 1956 she worked at St George's Hospital when at The Lanesborough at Hyde Park Corner, as a nurse. [6] She visited France for 12 months in 1955 to learn French. [7]
Smith [8] was a winner of the All England Open Badminton Championships. She won the 1965 All England Open Badminton Championships women's singles. [9]
Smith competed in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica winning the gold medal in the women's doubles and bronze medal in the singles. [10] She represented Herne Bay and Kent.
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Country | England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1934 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ursula Honour Smith married name Oakley (born 1934) is a former English international badminton player. [1]
She lived at 'Fernleigh' 15 Brunswick Sq Herne Bay Kent from age of ten. She attended La Sainte Union RC school in Herne Bay. [2] [3] She attended the University of Southampton, where she played for the university badminton team, winning the UAU championship in December 1952 in the Victory Hall of Loughborough College. [4] [5] In 1956 she worked at St George's Hospital when at The Lanesborough at Hyde Park Corner, as a nurse. [6] She visited France for 12 months in 1955 to learn French. [7]
Smith [8] was a winner of the All England Open Badminton Championships. She won the 1965 All England Open Badminton Championships women's singles. [9]
Smith competed in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica winning the gold medal in the women's doubles and bronze medal in the singles. [10] She represented Herne Bay and Kent.