Sarah Williams (badminton)
Welsh international badminton player
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Sarah Williams née Doody (born 1961) is a former international badminton player from Wales who competed at two Commonwealth Games and is a ten-times champion of Wales.
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | Q3. 1961[1] Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Badminton | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Penarth Badminton Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Doody, was born in Cardiff and played for Penarth Badminton Club near Cardiff.[2] She represented Glamorgan at county level[3] and Wales at international level.[4]
Doody specialised in doubles and her women's doubles partners included Lesley Roberts[5] and Sian Williams[6] and her mixed doubles partners included Chris Rees and Lyndon Williams during her career.[7]
Doody represented the Welsh team[8] at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland,[9] where she competed in the doubles and mixed team events.[10]
In 1989 she married fellow Welsh international and her doubles partner Lyndon Williams and played under her married name of Sarah Williams thereafter.[11] Williams represented Welsh team again at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[12]
She earned a record 112 caps for her country[13] and was ten-times champion of Wales at the Welsh National Badminton Championships.[14]