Fiona Smith (badminton)


Fiona Smith is an English former badminton player.

Badminton career

Smith is six times English National singles champion and a mixed doubles champion.
She represented England and won four medals. A gold medal in the team event, a silver medal singles and mixed doubles and a bronze medal in the women's doubles, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Four years later she won three further medals playing under her married name of Fiona Smith. The gold medals came in the singles, doubles and team event.
In addition to her National and Commonwealth Games successes she was a silver medalist at the 1990 European Championships in Moscow and has over 75 caps for England.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1986Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland

European Championships

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1990Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, Moscow, Soviet Union

European Junior Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1981Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland

IBF World Grand Prix (7 titles, 8 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1985Carlton Intersport-Cupsilver2

IBF International (16 titles, 9 runners-up)

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1983Welsh Internationalsilver2

Personal life

She gave birth to her son Oli on 4 March 1991. She was coached and trained by her brother Mark Elliott.