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Ursula Smith
Personal information
Country	England
Born	1934
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  England Uber Cup 1963 Wilmington Women's team Commonwealth Games 1966 Kingston Women's doubles 1966 Kingston Women's singles Asian Championships 1965 Lucknow Women's doubles 1965 Lucknow Women's singles 1965 Lucknow Mixed doubles

Ursula Honour Smith married name Oakley (born 1934) is a former English international badminton player.

Early life

She lived at 'Fernleigh' 15 Brunswick Sq Herne Bay Kent from age of ten. She attended La Sainte Union RC school in Herne Bay. 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. In 1956 she worked at St George's Hospital when at The Lanesborough at Hyde Park Corner, as a nurse. She visited France for 12 months in 1955 to learn French.

Badminton career

Smith was a winner of the All England Open Badminton Championships. She won the 1965 All England Open Badminton Championships women's singles.

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. She represented Herne Bay and Kent.

Personal life

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References

1. "History". All England Badminton.
2. Herne Bay Press Friday 19 January 1951, page 1
3. Herne Bay Press Friday 14 September 1951, page 2
4. Leicester Evening Mail Monday 8 December 1952, page 12
5. Loughborough Echo Friday 12 December 1952, page 10
6. Herne Bay Press Friday 26 July 1957, page 4
7. Herne Bay Press Friday 7 October 1955, page 1
8. "Birth". Free BMD.
9. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 74-78. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
10. "profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.

• Alumni of the University of Southampton
• English female badminton players
• 1934 births
• Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
• Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton
• Living people
• Badminton players at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
• Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
• People from Herne Bay, Kent
• 20th-century English sportswomen