Martin Dew (born 16 August 1958) is a former English male

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player who specialized in doubles.

Career

Dew won two medals in the

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, a silver medal in 1983 for men's doubles and a bronze medal in 1987 for mixed doubles. He shared the mixed doubles title at the prestigious All-England Championships twice with Gillian Gilks (1982 and 1984). Dew is also one of the most successful players ever in the

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with four titles, one of them in men's doubles and three in mixed doubles. He is one of the very few elite players to have completed a Ph.D during his playing career. He gained a Ph.D in 1984 from Hatfield University in the subject of Numerical Optimsation in coperation with Rolls Royce aeroengines.

Achievements

World Championships

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

World Cup

''Mixed doubles''

Commonwealth Games

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

European Championships

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix (26 titles, 19 runners-up)

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

International tournaments (7 titles, 6 runners-up)

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

References

European resultsEnglish statisticsAll England champions 1899-2007
*Pat Davis: ''The Encyclopaedia of Badminton''. Robert Hale, London, 1987, pp. 38–39,

External links

* * * 1958 births Living people English male badminton players Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists in badminton Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in badminton Badminton players at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Long stubs with short prose {{England-badminton-bio-stub