- Judy Devlin
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bwf_id =Judy Devlin (later Judy Hashman) (born
October 22 ,1935 inWinnipeg ,Manitoba ) is a female formerbadminton player who won more major international titles than any other player of her era.Devlin began playing badminton with her Irish-born father
Frank Devlin when she was seven in the Baltimore, Maryland region of the U.S.A. where her family had settled. Under her father's tutelage she developed a badminton game notable for its power, accuracy, and consistency. After dominating U.S. junior competition she won her first (adult) U.S. championship event, women's doubles, with her sister Sue in 1953. This marked the beginning of the run of success listed below. She married Dick Hashman in 1960, living in England thereafter and eventually becoming an English citizen. [ [http://www.usabadminton.org/wof/Hashman.html USA Badminton Walk of Fame Plaza: Judy Devlin Hashman] ]Career
She won 83 national and international titles. Among these are 31 titles in the USA, 8 titles in Germany, 7 titles in Canada, 4 titles in Holland, 4 titles in Sweden, 3 titles in Ireland, 3 titles in Jamaica, 2 titles in Scotland, and 2 titles in England. She played on U.S.
Uber Cup teams that won three successive world championships (1957, 1960, 1963). In 1972 she won 2 titles (team and women's doubles) at the European Badminton Championships.Judy Devlin is the third most successful player ever in the
All England Badminton Championships , with 17 titles, 10 of them in women's singles and 7 in women's doubles.She was included in the
Badminton Hall of Fame in 1997, together with her father. She was also included in the U. S. Badminton Hall of Fame and the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame.Achievements
References
* [http://www.usabadminton.org/wof/Hashman.html USA Badminton Walk of Fame Plaza: Judy Devlin Hashman]
* [http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/devlinju.shtml Sports Biographies - Devlin, Judy (Mrs. Hashman)] ;Cited:
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