Susan Whetnall (born 11 December 1942 in Swanley, née Susan Pound) is a former English

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player, noted for her anticipation and shot-making ability, who won numerous international titles in doubles and mixed doubles from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s. She was married to another English former international player,

Paul Whetnall Paul E Whetnall (19 February 1947 – 1 May 2014) was an English badminton player who won national and international titles between 1968 and 1980. Career Whetnall was noted for his shot-making accuracy and tactical astuteness. In his most succe ...

, from 1968 until his death in May 2014.

Badminton career

All England

Whetnall shared three women's doubles titles (1969, 1970, 1976) and two mixed doubles titles (1968, 1974) at the All-England Championships which was then considered the world's most prestigious tournament for individual players.

Commonwealth Games

She represented

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and won a

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and

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, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in

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. Four years later she won two more medals at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in

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, New Zealand.

European Championships

Whetnall won five gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze medal in the

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between 1968 and 1976, making her one of the most successful players ever in this biennial tournament. She was elected to the Badminton Hall of Fame in 2009.

Major achievements

Commonwealth Games

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

European Championships

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

International tournaments (32 titles, 3 runners-up)

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

References

All England champions 1899-2007

Statistics at badmintonengland.co.uk

European results
*Pat Davis: ''The Encyclopaedia of Badminton''. Robert Hale, London, 1987, p. 180, {{DEFAULTSORT:Whetnall, Susan English female badminton players People from Swanley Badminton players at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games gold medallists in badminton Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in badminton Living people 1942 births Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games 20th-century English sportswomen