Donna Kellogg


Donna Victoria Kellogg, is an English former badminton player. She is the European Champion, winning the women's doubles titles in 2000, 2006 and the mixed doubles title in 2008. She won the silver medal at the 2006 World Championships. Kellogg also won the women's doubles title at the [Badminton at the 1998 European Badminton Championships|1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Commonwealth Games], and was part of the England winning team at the 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games.

Career

Kellogg first played badminton at the age of 10. Her first representative match for England was against China at the 1997 World Championships in Scotland. The best performances of her career are winning the European women's doubles gold medal in 2000 with Joanne Goode and in 2006 with Gail Emms.
Kellogg's highest world ranking is fourth in women's doubles, with a national ranking of first in the same event.

1998 Commonwealth Games

She represented England and won two gold medals and a bronze medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2004 Summer Olympics

Kellogg competed with Gail Emms in women's doubles at the 2004 Summer Olympics. They defeated Koon Wai Chee and Li Wing Mui of Hong Kong in the first round, but were defeated by Wei Yili and Zhao Tingting of China in the round of 16.

2006 World Championships and Commonwealth Games

Kellogg reached the mixed doubles final at the 2006 World Championships with Anthony Clark, losing in the final against Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms. She also won a silver medal and bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

2008 Summer Olympics

She and partner Gail Emms faced China in doubles at the 2008 Olympics in the round of 16. They lost the first match.

Personal life

Kellogg was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2010 Birthday Honours.

Achievements

World Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2006Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain

Commonwealth Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1998Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

European Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1998Winter Sports Palace, Sofia, Bulgaria

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1997Nymburk, Czech Republic

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation. Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.
Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007All England Open

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1997Swedish Open

IBF International

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2003Austrian International

Record against selected opponents

Mixed doubles results with Anthony Clark against Superseries finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.