Eva Twedberg (earlier Eva Pettersson; later Eva Stuart) is a former Swedish
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...
player who won women's singles at numerous international championships. Noted for her stamina and swift court coverage, her peak years were the late 1960s and the early 1970s. Among other titles, she won the
World Invitational Championships held in Glasgow, in 1971 in both singles and doubles, the prestigious
All-England
The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the Badminton World Federation, BWF's latest grading system, it was given BWF Super Series, Super Series st ...
singles title in 1968 and 1971; the
Danish Open in 1968, 1970, and 1972; the
U.S. Open in 1972 and 1973; and the
European Championships in 1970.
[Davis, 115.] Mrs. Stuart is the most successful player in the history of the
Swedish National Badminton Championships with a combined total of 44 titles in national restricted and national open competition earned between 1960 and 1976. During the latter part of her badminton career she married the Northumberland county and England badminton internationalist
Elliot Stuart and represented Northumberland.
Achievements
European Championships
International tournaments
External links
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References
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Swedish female badminton players
Living people
Badminton players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
1943 births
20th-century Swedish women