Sara Sankey

Sara Sankey
Personal information
Birth name Sara Halsall[1]
Country  England
Born (1967-09-29) 29 September 1967
Event Women's
Medal record
Badminton
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
1990 AucklandWomen's doubles
1990 AucklandMixed team
1998 Kuala LumpurWomen's team
1990 AucklandMixed doubles
2002 ManchesterMixed doubles

Sara Sankey (born 29 September 1967)[2] is a retired English badminton player.

In 1990, Sankey attended the Commonwealth Games where she won gold medals in the mixed team event[3] and with Fiona Smith in the women's doubles event.[4] She also won a silver medal with Miles Johnson in the mixed doubles.[5] She went on to win a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the women's team event[6] and a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games with Anthony Clark in the mixed doubles event.[7]

Sankey represented Great Britain at the 1992 Olympics in the Women's Doubles event with Gillian Gowers.[1]

She retired from playing badminton internationally in 2002 and began coaching with All Stars Elite Badminton Club.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Hilton, Nick (7 June 2012). "Merseyside's 100 Olympians: No. 49 Sara Sankey". liverpoolecho. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Sara SANKEY - Olympic Badminton | Great Britain". International Olympic Committee. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Badminton Team Event - Mixed Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Badminton Doubles - Women Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Badminton Doubles - Mixed Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Kuala Lumpur 1998 Gold Medalists". resemblance.org. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "It's Medal Mania as the Games Come to an End | UK Sport". www.uksport.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Sara Sankey". All Stars Elite Badminton. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
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