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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | Q3. 1961[1] Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Badminton | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Penarth Badminton Club | ||||||||||||||
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Sarah Williams née Doody (born 1961) is a former international badminton player from Wales who competed at two Commonwealth Games and is a ten-times champion of Wales.
Biography
[edit]Doody, was born in Cardiff and played for Penarth Badminton Club near Cardiff.[2] She represented Glamorgan at county level[3] and Wales at international level.[4]
Doody specialised in doubles and her women's doubles partners included Lesley Roberts[5] and Sian Williams[6] and her mixed doubles partners included Chris Rees and Lyndon Williams during her career.[7]
Doody represented the Welsh team[8] at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland,[9] where she competed in the doubles and mixed team events.[10]
In 1989 she married fellow Welsh international and her doubles partner Lyndon Williams and played under her married name of Sarah Williams thereafter.[11] Williams represented Welsh team again at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[12]
She earned a record 112 caps for her country[13] and was ten-times champion of Wales at the Welsh National Badminton Championships.[14]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
- ↑ "Lesley upset by lack of faith". South Wales Echo. 17 January 1987. p. 39. Retrieved 25 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Welsh title bid ends in final". North Wales Weekly News. 9 February 1989. p. 96. Retrieved 25 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Big guns face Irish". Ulster Star. 1 November 1985. p. 50. Retrieved 25 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Badminton:Pat Stewart". Belfast News-Letter. 1 December 1984. p. 22. Retrieved 25 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Ulster Open takes on a new look". Ireland's Saturday Night. 5 November 1983. p. 7. Retrieved 25 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Mixed Doubles". Edinburgh Evening News. 31 July 1986. p. 12. Retrieved 25 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Badminton". Daily Express. 30 July 1986. p. 31. Retrieved 26 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Edinburgh ahoy!". South Wales Daily Post. 20 June 1986. p. 55. Retrieved 26 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Wales Brisbane 1982". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
- ↑ "Russians take on Wales". South Wales Echo. 14 November 1989. p. 23. Retrieved 25 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Wales Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ↑ "Badminton Wales History". Welsh Badminton. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
- ↑ "National Championships". Badminton People. Retrieved 26 February 2026.