Marje Henderson
English badminton player
Badminton player
Marje Henderson | |
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Personal information | |
Country | England |
Born | Third quarter 1905 Portsmouth |
Died | 2000 (aged 95) |
Kathleen Marjorie Henderson (née Bell), known as Marje (1905–2000) was an English international badminton player.[1]
Badminton career
Henderson born in 1905 [2] was a four times winner of the All England Open Badminton Championships. She won four consecutive women's doubles with Thelma Kingsbury from 1933 to 1936. The first success was in her maiden name of Bell.[3]
In addition she won the Scottish Open in 1935, 1937 and 1937.
After marrying James Henderson in 1933 she played under her married name.[4]
Legacy
A plaque commemorates her achievements in her home town of Portsmouth and Henderson claimed that she was the first woman in international badminton to wear shorts.[5]
References
- ^ "History". All England Badminton.
- ^ "Birth". Free BMD.
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 74–78. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "Honour for first badminton player to wear short shorts". The News. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
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- 1899: Meriel Lucas & Mary Graeme (ENG)
- 1900: Meriel Lucas & Mary Graeme (ENG)
- 1901: Daisy St. John & E. Moseley (ENG)
- 1902: Ethel Thomson & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
- 1903: Mabel Hardy & Dorothea Douglass (ENG)
- 1904: Ethel Thomson & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
- 1905: Ethel Thomson & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
- 1906: Ethel Thomson & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
- 1907: G. L. Murray & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
- 1908: G. L. Murray & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
- 1909: G. L. Murray & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
- 1910: Muriel Bateman & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
- 1911: Dorothy Cundall & Alice Gowenlock (ENG)
- 1912: Dorothy Cundall & Alice Gowenlock (ENG)
- 1913: Hazel Hogarth & Muriel Bateman (ENG)
- 1914: Eveline Peterson & Margaret Tragett (ENG)
- 1920: Lavinia Radeglia & Violet Elton (ENG)
- 1921: Kathleen McKane & Margaret Stocks (ENG)
- 1922: Hazel Hogarth & Margaret Tragett (ENG)
- 1923: Hazel Hogarth & Margaret Tragett (ENG)
- 1924: Kathleen McKane & Margaret Stocks (ENG)
- 1925: Hazel Hogarth & Margaret Tragett (ENG)
- 1926: Violet Elton (ENG) & A. M. Head (IRE)
- 1927: Hazel Hogarth & Margaret Tragett (ENG)
- 1928: Marjorie Barrett & Violet Elton (ENG)
- 1929: Marjorie Barrett & Violet Elton (ENG)
- 1930: Marjorie Barrett & Violet Elton (ENG)
- 1931: Marian Horsley & Betty Uber (ENG)
- 1932: Marjorie Barrett & Leoni Kingsbury (ENG)
- 1933: Marje Henderson & Thelma Kingsbury (ENG)
- 1934: Marje Henderson & Thelma Kingsbury (ENG)
- 1935: Marje Henderson & Thelma Kingsbury (ENG)
- 1936: Marje Henderson & Thelma Kingsbury (ENG)
- 1937: Diana Doveton & Betty Uber (ENG)
- 1938: Diana Doveton & Betty Uber (ENG)
- 1939: Tonny Ahm & Ruth Dalsgaard (DEN)
- 1947: Tonny Ahm & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
- 1948: Tonny Ahm & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
- 1949: Queenie Allen & Betty Uber (ENG)
- 1950: Tonny Ahm & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
- 1951: Tonny Ahm & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
- 1952: Tonny Ahm & Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen (DEN)
- 1953: Iris Cooley & June White (ENG)
- 1954: Judy Devlin & Susan Devlin (USA)
- 1955: Iris Cooley & June White (ENG)
- 1956: Judy Devlin & Susan Devlin (USA)
- 1957: Anni Hammergaard Hansen & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
- 1958: Margaret Varner (USA) & Heather Ward (ENG)
- 1959: Iris Rogers & June Timperley (ENG)
- 1960: Judy Devlin & Susan Devlin (USA)
- 1961: Judy Hashman (USA) & Sue Peard (IRE)
- 1962: Judy Hashman (USA) & Tonny Holst-Christensen (DEN)
- 1963: Judy Hashman (USA) & Sue Peard (IRE)
- 1964: Karin Jørgensen & Ulla Rasmussen (DEN)
- 1965: Karin Jørgensen & Ulla Strand (DEN)
- 1966: Judy Hashman (USA) & Sue Peard (IRE)
- 1967: Imre Rietveld (NED) & Ulla Strand (DEN)
- 1968: Retno Kustijah & Minarni (INA)
- 1969: Margaret Boxall & Susan Whetnall (ENG)
- 1970: Margaret Boxall & Susan Whetnall (ENG)
- 1971: Noriko Takagi & Hiroe Yuki (JPN)
- 1972: Machiko Aizawa & Etsuko Takanaka (JPN)
- 1973: Machiko Aizawa & Etsuko Takanaka (JPN)
- 1974: Margaret Beck & Gillian Gilks (ENG)
- 1975: Machiko Aizawa & Etsuko Takanaka (JPN)
- 1976: Gillian Gilks & Susan Whetnall (ENG)
- 1977: Etsuko Toganoo & Emiko Ueno (JPN)
- 1978: Mikiko Takada & Atsuko Tokuda (JPN)
- 1979: Imelda Wiguna & Verawaty Wiharjo (INA)
- 1980: Gillian Gilks & Nora Perry (ENG)
- 1981: Nora Perry & Jane Webster (ENG)
- 1982: Lin Ying & Wu Dixi (CHN)
- 1983: Wu Jianqiu & Xu Rong (CHN)
- 1984: Lin Ying & Wu Dixi (CHN)
- 1985: Han Aiping & Li Lingwei (CHN)
- 1986: Chung Myung-hee & Hwang Hye-young (KOR)
- 1987: Chung Myung-hee & Hwang Hye-young (KOR)
- 1988: Chung So-young & Kim Yun-ja (KOR)
- 1989: Chung Myung-hee & Chung So-young (KOR)
- 1990: Chung Myung-hee & Hwang Hye-young (KOR)
- 1991: Chung So-young & Hwang Hye-young (KOR)
- 1992: Lin Yanfen & Yao Fen (CHN)
- 1993: Chung So-young & Gil Young-ah (KOR)
- 1994: Chung So-young & Gil Young-ah (KOR)
- 1995: Gil Young-ah & Jang Hye-ock (KOR)
- 1996: Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN)
- 1997: Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN)
- 1998: Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN)
- 1999: Chung Jae-hee & Ra Kyung-min (KOR)
- 2000: Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN)
- 2001: Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN)
- 2002: Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN)
- 2003: Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN)
- 2004: Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN)
- 2005: Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN)
- 2006: Gao Ling & Huang Sui (CHN)
- 2007: Wei Yili & Zhang Yawen (CHN)
- 2008: Lee Hyo-jung & Lee Kyung-won (KOR)
- 2009: Zhang Yawen & Zhao Tingting (CHN)
- 2010: Du Jing & Yu Yang (CHN)
- 2011: Wang Xiaoli & Yu Yang (CHN)
- 2012: Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei (CHN)
- 2013: Wang Xiaoli & Yu Yang (CHN)
- 2014: Wang Xiaoli & Yu Yang (CHN)
- 2015: Bao Yixin & Tang Yuanting (CHN)
- 2016: Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi (JPN)
- 2017: Chang Ye-na & Lee So-hee (KOR)
- 2018: Christinna Pedersen & Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN)
- 2019: Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan (CHN)
- 2020: Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota (JPN)
- 2021: Mayu Matsumoto & Wakana Nagahara (JPN)
- 2022: Nami Matsuyama & Chiharu Shida (JPN)
- 2023: Kim So-yeong & Kong Hee-yong (KOR)
- 2024: Baek Ha-na & Lee So-hee (KOR)