David Richard Hunt (born 1945) is a former English

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

international player and a former national doubles champion.

Biography

Hunt became the English National mixed doubles champion after winning the

English National Badminton Championships The English National Badminton Championships is a tournament organised by the Badminton England to crown the best badminton players in England. The tournament started in 1964 and is held annually. The first winners were Bill Havers and Ursula ...

in 1973 with

Gillian Gilks Gillian M. Gilks (formerly Gillian Perrin, and later Gillian Goodwin; born 20 June 1950) is an English former badminton player who won numerous major titles in all three events (singles, doubles, and mixed doubles) between the late 1960s and t ...

. He was three times singles winner of the French Open in 1974, 1975 and 1977.

References

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