Eva Twedberg (earlier Eva Pettersson; later Eva Stuart) is a former Swedish

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 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 BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Pre ...

singles title in 1968 and 1971; the

Danish Open Danish Open may refer to: * Denmark Open a badminton tournament * Danish Open (golf) a defunct golf tournament * Danish Open (tennis) The Danish Open (sponsored as the e-Boks Open) was a professional women's tennis tournament played 2010–12 on i ...

in 1968, 1970, and 1972; the U.S. Open in 1972 and 1973; and the

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

in 1970.Davis, 115. Mrs. Stuart is the most successful player in the history of the

Swedish National Badminton Championships The Swedish National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in Sweden. The tournament started in the season 1936/1937 and is held every year. Past winners References Details of affiliated national ...

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 Elliot Clarke Stuart (born 1946) is a former English international badminton player. Badminton career Stuart was a winner of the All England Open Badminton Championships. He won the 1975 All England Badminton Championships mixed doubles wit ...

and represented Northumberland.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Twedberg, Eva Swedish female badminton players Living people Badminton players at the 1972 Summer Olympics 1943 births 20th-century Swedish women