Iris Rogers (née Cooley), is a former English badminton player.
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| Country | England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1930 (age 93–94) Kensington, Greater London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Badminton career
editBorn Iris L Cooley [1] she came to prominence in the early fifties when playing doubles. Partnering June Timperley née White the pair broke the stranglehold of the Danish pairs during the era of Danish domination by claiming three All England women's doubles titles. She also claimed an All England mixed doubles titles with John Best.[2]
Although mainly concentrating on doubles Rogers was also a very good singles player reaching the final of the All England in 1954 before losing out to Judy Devlin. Other successes included nine Irish open titles, nine Scottish open titles, three Dutch opens, one Swedish open and one Danish open title.
She represented England and won a silver medal in the women's doubles with Angela Bairstow, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[3][4][5][6]
Personal life
editShe married in William Rogers in 1956 and competed as Rogers and not Cooley afterwards.
Medal record at the All England Badminton Championships
edit| Medal | Year | Event |
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1953 | Women's doubles |
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1954 | Mixed doubles |
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1954 | Women's singles |
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1954 | Women's doubles |
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1955 | Women's doubles |
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1956 | Women's doubles |
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1957 | Women's doubles |
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1958 | Women's doubles |
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1959 | Women's doubles |
References
edit- ^ "Birth". Free BMD.
- ^ Davis, Pat (1983). Guinness Book of Badminton. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-271-X.
- ^ "1966 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Kingston 1966: Silver medallists - We Are England". Archived from the original on 23 January 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.