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| Full name | Alya Dawn Lewis[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 January 1980 (age 46)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 46 kg (101 lb) (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Badminton | ||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Alya Dawn Lewis (born 29 January 1980)[1] is a badminton player and coach from Jamaica.[2]
Career
[edit]Aged 18, Lewis took part her first international competition at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, on 10 September 1998.[3]
Competing at the Jamaican senior level, Lewis paired with Nigella Saunders to win the ladies' doubles in 2005, 2006, and 2007.[4] She won the ladies' singles in 2010.[4] In 2011, she paired with Christine Leyow-Mayne to win the ladies' doubles and with Bradley Graham to win the mixed doubles.[4][5]
Pairing with Garron Palmer, Lewis won the mixed doubles final in 2009 and 2010.[6][7][8]
Lewis was the number one ranking women's Badminton player in Jamaica for most of 2012.[9]
Between 1997 and 2010, she played 38 matches in her international badminton career, winning 20 of them.[10] Her most recent international match was at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.[10]
She completed the Badminton World Federation Level One coaching course.in 2014,[11] and worked as a coach and a manager for the Jamaica Badminton Association from at least 2013 to 2015.[12][13][14]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "LEWIS Alya Dawn". Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 1 September 2006.
- ↑ "100 per cent Jamaican!". jamaica-gleaner.com. 23 January 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ↑ "Eighteen-year-old Alya Lewis pumps her fist as she stretches to..." Getty Images. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- 1 2 3 "National Senior Champions". Jamaica Badminton Association. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ↑ "Graham, O'Conner are AJ badminton champs - Sport - Jamaica Star - November 29, 2011". old.jamaica-star.com. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ↑ "Jamaica Gleaner Online". mobile.jamaicagleaner.com. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ↑ "Gold for Jamaica's Lewis and Palmer". jamaica-gleaner.com. 25 July 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ↑ "Pyne, Lewis are the national champions". cmslocal.gleanerjm.com. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ↑ "Henry siblings emerge top ShuttleSMASHERS". jamaica-gleaner.com. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- 1 2 "BWF". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ↑ Allen, Ruddy (7 December 2014). "We are injecting new life into badminton, says Valdez". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ↑ "Day 9: Unfortunate turn of events". Charles Pyne Badminton Foundation. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ↑ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ↑ Scott, Livingston (29 July 2015). "High expectations for badminton juniors". The Star (Jamaica). Retrieved 20 February 2022.
External links
[edit]- Alya Lewis at BWFBadminton.com
- Alya Lewis at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
- Alya Lewis at InterSportStats
- Alya Dawn Lewis at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Alya Dawn Lewis at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Jamaican female badminton players
- Jamaican badminton coaches
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Jamaica
- Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Badminton players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games competitors for Jamaica
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Jamaica
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in badminton
- Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Sportspeople from Kingston, Jamaica