- Mike Tredgett
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Mike Tredgett (born 1949) is a former English badminton player who specialized in doubles and played at the world level for more than a decade, winning numerous international men's doubles and mixed doubles titles.
Tredgett won five medals in the World Championships between 1977 and 1983. He is also one of the most successful players ever in the European Badminton Championships with 5 titles, three of them in men's doubles and two in mixed doubles. He shared three All-England mixed doubles titles (1978, 1980, 1981) with Nora Perry and reached the All-England men's doubles final twice with Ray Stevens (1972, 1980) and twice with Martin Dew (1983, 1984). He won the men's doubles with Stevens at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.
Major achievements
Rank Event Date Venue World Championships 2 Mixed doubles (with Nora Perry) 1980 Jakarta, INA 2 Men's doubles (with Martin Dew) 1983 Copenhague, DEN 3
3Men's doubles (with Ray Stevens)
Mixed doubles (with Nora Perry)1977 Malmö, SWE 3 Mixed doubles (with Karen Chapman) 1983 Copenhague, DEN European Championships 1 Men's doubles 1976 Dublin, IRE 1
1Men's doubles
Mixed doubles1978 Preston, ENG 1 Mixed doubles 1980 Groningen, NED 1 Men's doubles 1984 Preston, ENG 2
2Men's doubles
Mixed doubles1982 Böblingen, GER 3
3Men's doubles
Mixed doubles1974 Vienna, AUT 3 Mixed doubles 1976 Dublin, IRE 3 Men's doubles 1980 Groningen, NED 3 Mixed doubles 1984 Preston, ENG References
- All England champions 1899-2007
- English statistics
- Pat Davis: The Encyclopaedia of Badminton. Robert Hale, London, 1987, p. 169, ISBN 0-7090-2796-6
Categories:- English badminton players
- Commonwealth Games badminton players
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Badminton players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- 1949 births
- Living people
- British badminton biography stubs
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