Robyn Ashworth
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | |||||||||||
| Born | 26 February 1981[1] | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Badminton | |||||||||||
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Robyn Ashworth (born 26 February 1981) is a former international badminton player from Wales who competed at two Commonwealth Games and is a doubles champion of Wales.[2]
Biography
[edit]Ashworth represented Gwent at county level[3] and in 1997 she was the number 1 ranked Welsh U17 and U19 player.[4]
She subsequently represented Wales at international level,[5] gaining her first cap at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where she partnered Natasha Groves-Burke in the women's doubles event.[6] At the Games, in addition to the women's doubles, Ashworth participated for the Welsh team[7] in the singles and team events.[8]
Ashworth specialised in doubles play and partnered Matthew Hughes in mixed doubles[9] and Harriett Johnson in women's doubles.[10] She represented the Welsh team again at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, taking part in the doubles events and continued to represent Wales after the 2002 Games.[11]
Ashworth was the women's doubles champion of Wales at the 2005 Welsh National Badminton Championships.[12]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Profile". Badminton Ranks. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ↑ "Profile". BWF. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ↑ "Badminton". South Wales Echo. 4 July 1995. p. 36. Retrieved 2 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Tejrar's strong showing". Gloucestershire Echo. 1 October 1997. p. 38. Retrieved 2 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "£4,000 for appeal". South Wales Echo. 1 April 1999. p. 27. Retrieved 2 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Morgan is soles Welsh winner". South Wales Echo. 9 September 1998. p. 27. Retrieved 2 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Athletes' Profile: Badminton". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ↑ "Wales Kuala Lumpur 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
- ↑ "Badminton". Dundee Courier. 8 December 2001. p. 26. Retrieved 2 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Welsh exits continue at World's". BBC Sport. 30 July 2003. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ↑ "Badminton". Coleraine Times. 10 December 2003. p. 56. Retrieved 2 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "National Championships". Badminton People. Retrieved 2 March 2026.