Martin Dew


Martin Dew is a former English male badminton player who specialized in doubles.

Career

Dew won two medals in the World Championships, a silver medal in 1983 for men's doubles and a bronze medal in 1987 for mixed doubles. He shared the mixed doubles title at the All-England Championships twice with Gillian Gilks. Dew is also one of the most successful players ever in the European Badminton Championships with four titles, one of them in men's doubles and three in mixed doubles.
He is one of the very few elite players to have completed a Ph.D during his playing career. He gained a Ph.D in 1984 from Hatfield University in the subject of Numerical Optimisation in cooperation with Rolls Royce aeroengines.

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1983Brøndbyhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark

World Cup

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1983Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1982Chandler Sports Hall, Brisbane, Australia

European Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1982Sporthalle, Böblingen, West Germany

IBF World Grand Prix (26 titles, 19 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1983Dutch Open

International tournaments (7 titles, 6 runners-up)

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1981English Masters