Paula Kilvington (born 1957) 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 champion.

Biography

Kilvington became an English National doubles champion after winning the

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women's doubles title with

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in 1984. She had previously finished runner-up in the doubles in 1982 and was an English junior champion in 1975. She represented Yorkshire and also won the 1979

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Achievements

European Junior Championships

''Girls' singles'' ''Girls' doubles''

International tournaments (10 titles, 10 runners-up)

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles''

References

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