Shannon Pohl
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| Born | 9 November 1980 Arlington Heights, IL, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5'5 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | ||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Michael Kjeldsen | ||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 69 | ||||||||||||||
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Shannon Pohl (born 9 November 1980) is a badminton player from the United States.
Career
[edit]Shannon was the highest-ranked American badminton player in the world in women's singles in 2009. Her top ranking is #69 in the world in women's singles. Shannon was a member of the United States World Championship Badminton Team in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009. She has represented the United States in badminton tournaments in 46 countries.[1]
She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim and reached the round of 32.
Coaching
[edit]Shannon is currently head coach and director of the Shannon Pohl Badminton Academy in Vernon Hills, IL. She is a USA Badminton Level 2 Elite Talent Coach and she was the US Assistant National Coach for the 2010 Jr. Pan American Championships.[2]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Coaching". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
- American female badminton players
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Maccabiah Games gold medalists for the United States
- Maccabiah Games silver medalists for the United States
- Competitors at the 2013 Maccabiah Games
- Maccabiah Games medalists in badminton
- 21st-century American Jews
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- Sportspeople from Arlington Heights, Illinois