Badminton player
| Jane Webster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Jane Anne Webster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1956-08-02) 2 August 1956 (age 68) Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jane Webster (born 2 August 1956), now known as Jane Sutton, is a retired English badminton player noted for her strong and consistent shot-making. Though competitive at a world-class level in singles, her greatest success came in doubles competition.
Career
She won the 1980 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Nora Perry. The same year they also won the 1980 European Badminton Championships, and in 1981 they captured the All England Doubles title. Webster and Perry were silver medalists in defense of their title at the then triennial World Championships in 1983. She won the English National ladies doubles title in 1978–79 with Gillian Gilks and the 1981–82 and 1982–83 titles with Nora Perry. Webster also won the English National Ladies Singles title in the 1981–82 season, her best in singles which included victories in the Dutch Open and the Indian Masters Invitation. Webster shared the Japan Open Ladies Doubles Title in 1982 with Nora Perry. Her last major title before retiring was the 1984 Indonesian Open ladies doubles crown, again, with Nora Perry. She represented England 85 times in international team matches.
Major achievements
| Rank | Event | Date | Venue |
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| World Championships | |||
| 1 | Women's doubles | 1980 |  Jakarta, Indonesia
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| 2 | Women's doubles | 1983 |  Copenhagen, Denmark
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| European Championships | |||
| 2 | Ladies Singles | 1978 |  Preston, England
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| 1 | Women's doubles | 1980 |  Groningen, Netherlands
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| 2 | Women's doubles | 1982 |  Böblingen, Germany
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| All England Open | |||
| 1 | Women's doubles | 1981 | Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, England
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References
External links
- Jane Anne Webster at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Badminton - Double Women (GBR): Nora Perry & Jane Webster at the World Games
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- 1956 births
- Living people
- English female badminton players
- Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Badminton players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- World Games medalists in badminton
- World Games silver medalists for Great Britain
- Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Medalists at the 1981 World Games
- 20th-century English sportswomen
- English badminton biography stubs