Michael 'Mike' Graham Tredgett (born 1949) is a former

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player who specialized in doubles and played at the world level for more than a decade, winning numerous international men's doubles and mixed doubles titles.

Badminton career

Tredgett won five medals in the World Championships between 1977 and 1983. He is also one of the most successful players ever in the

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with 5 titles, three of them in men's doubles and two in mixed doubles. He shared three All-England mixed doubles titles (1978, 1980, 1981) with Nora Perry and reached the All-England men's doubles final twice with Ray Stevens (1972, 1980) and twice with

Martin Dew Martin Dew is a former English male badminton player who specialized in doubles. Career Dew won two medals in the World Championships, a silver medal in 1983 for men's doubles and a bronze medal in 1987 for mixed doubles. He shared the mixed ...

(1983, 1984). He won men's doubles with Stevens at the

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. In 1978 he married fellow badminton player Kathryn Whiting (a former English Junior champion).

Achievements

World Championships

''Men's doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. ''Men's doubles''

References

All England champions 1899-2007

English statistics
* Pat Davis: ''The Encyclopaedia of Badminton''. Robert Hale, London, 1987, p. 169,

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tredgett, Mike 1949 births Living people English male badminton players Members of the Order of the British Empire 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 Competitors at the 1981 World Games