Martin Dew is a former
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male
badminton
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player who specialized in doubles.
Career
Dew won two medals in the
World Championships
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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
European Badminton Championships
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with four titles, one of them in men's doubles and three in mixed doubles.
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
European resultsEnglish statisticsAll England champions 1899-2007*Pat Davis: ''The Encyclopaedia of Badminton''. Robert Hale, London, 1987, pp. 38–39,
English male badminton players
Living people
1958 births