Donna Haliday (born 4 February 1981; née Cranston) is a
New Zealand
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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 ...
player. In 2008, she won the mixed doubles title at the
Oceania Championships in
New Caledonia
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with
Henry Tam. She also completed her success by winning the women's and mixed team gold, and making the
women's team
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competed at the
2008 Uber Cup
The 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 25th tournament of the Thomas Cup and 22nd tournament of the Uber Cup, the men's and women's team competition in badminton, respectively. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from May 11 to May 18, 2008.
Host city ...
finals in
Jakarta
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.
In 2010, she competed at the
Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Personal life
Haliday was born in
Raetihi
Raetihi, a small town in the centre of New Zealand's North Island, is located at the junction of New Zealand state highway network, State Highways 4 and 49 in the Manawatū-Whanganui region. It lies in a valley between Tongariro National Park, ...
, and raised in Ohakune.
Her husband is former national badminton rep Andrew Haliday
Achievements
Oceania Championships
''Women's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
BWF Grand Prix
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the
BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold
The BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was run from 2007 to 2017.
Features Prize money
A Grand Prix Gold tournament offered minimum prize money of US$
...
. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the
Badminton World Federation
The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member ...
(BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.
''Mixed doubles''
:
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
:
BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Women's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
:
BWF International Challenge
The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
...
tournament
:
BWF International Series
The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
...
tournament
:
BWF Future Series
The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...
tournament
References
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1981 births
Living people
People from Raetihi
Sportspeople from Manawatū-Whanganui
New Zealand female badminton players
Badminton players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games badminton players for New Zealand
21st-century New Zealand sportswomen