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Donna Victoria Kellogg MBE Personal information Birth name Donna Victoria Kellogg MBE Born 20 January 1978
Derby, EnglandHeight 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Country England
Handedness Right Coach Andy Wood and Julian Robertson Mixed & Women's Doubles Highest Ranking 4 (in WD)
5 (in XD)Current Ranking 5 (in XD) (June 7, 2007) BWF Profile Donna Victoria Kellogg MBE (born 20 January 1978 in Derby) is an English badminton player. She first played badminton at the age of 10.
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Career
Her first representative match for England was against China at the World Championships 1997 in Scotland. The best performances of her career are winning the European Women's Doubles Gold medal in 2000 with Jo 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.
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 Zhao Tingting and Wei Yili of China in the round of 16.
2006
Kellogg reached the mixed doubles final at the 2006 IBF World Championships with Anthony Clark, losing in the final against Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson.
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
In 1999 she graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in Sports Science. Her occupation/professional qualification is BSC Physical Education, Sport Science and Recreational Management.
Kellogg was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.[1]
Footnotes
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59446. p. 18. 12 June 2010.
External links
Categories:- 1978 births
- Living people
- English badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players of Great Britain
- Alumni of Loughborough University
- Commonwealth Games badminton players
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Badminton players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Badminton players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- People from Derby
- British badminton biography stubs
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