Thelma Kingsbury
Thelma Kingsbury | |
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Kingsbury, circa 1942 | |
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Country | England United States |
Born | (1911-01-12)12 January 1911 Portsmouth, England |
Died | 27 August 1979(1979-08-27) (aged 68) Los Angeles, United States |
Thelma Kingsbury (1911–1979), (later, in succession: Thelma Scovil, Thelma Welcome, Thelma Lougheed) was an English-born, naturalised American sportswoman who won major badminton titles in the British Isles and then in the US from the early 1930s to the early 1950s.
Badminton career
Equally adept in singles and doubles she won two women's singles titles and four women's doubles titles at the prestigious All-England Championships between 1933 and 1937.[1]
In the 1935–1936 season, she achieved a British "Grand Slam" by winning the open singles titles of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.[2] After emigrating from Britain to the US, she won the U.S. women's singles title in 1941 and shared the U.S. women's doubles title with Janet Wright in 1941, 1947, 1948, 1949, and 1950.[3] Though reaching 40 in the early 1950s, she continued to play highly competitive singles matches against such formidable opponents as Ethel Marshall, Margaret Varner, and a teenage Judy Devlin (Hashman). Thelma Kingsbury was among the initial class of players elected to the U.S. Badminton Hall of Fame in 1956.
Personal life
Her sister Leoni Kingsbury was also a leading badminton player.
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- 1900: Ethel Thomson (ENG)
- 1901: Ethel Thomson (ENG)
- 1902: Meriel Lucas (ENG)
- 1903: Ethel Thomson (ENG)
- 1904: Ethel Thomson (ENG)
- 1905: Meriel Lucas (ENG)
- 1906: Ethel Thomson (ENG)
- 1907: Meriel Lucas (ENG)
- 1908: Meriel Lucas (ENG)
- 1909: Meriel Lucas (ENG)
- 1910: Meriel Lucas (ENG)
- 1911: Margaret Tragett (ENG)
- 1912: Margaret Tragett (ENG)
- 1913: Lavinia Radeglia (ENG)
- 1914: Lavinia Radeglia (ENG)
- 1920: Kathleen McKane (ENG)
- 1921: Kathleen McKane (ENG)
- 1922: Kathleen McKane (ENG)
- 1923: Lavinia Radeglia (ENG)
- 1924: Kathleen McKane (ENG)
- 1925: Margaret Stocks (ENG)
- 1926: Marjorie Barrett (ENG)
- 1927: Marjorie Barrett (ENG)
- 1928: Margaret Tragett (ENG)
- 1929: Marjorie Barrett (ENG)
- 1930: Marjorie Barrett (ENG)
- 1931: Marjorie Barrett (ENG)
- 1932: Leoni Kingsbury (ENG)
- 1933: Alice Woodroffe (ENG)
- 1934: Leoni Kingsbury (ENG)
- 1935: Betty Uber (ENG)
- 1936: Thelma Kingsbury (ENG)
- 1937: Thelma Kingsbury (ENG)
- 1938: Daphne Young (ENG)
- 1939: Dorothy Walton (CAN)
- 1947: Marie Ussing (DEN)
- 1948: Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
- 1949: Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen (DEN)
- 1950: Tonny Ahm (DEN)
- 1951: Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen (DEN)
- 1952: Tonny Ahm (DEN)
- 1953: Marie Ussing (DEN)
- 1954: Judy Devlin (USA)
- 1955: Margaret Varner (USA)
- 1956: Margaret Varner (USA)
- 1957: Judy Devlin (USA)
- 1958: Judy Devlin (USA)
- 1959: Heather Ward (ENG)
- 1960: Judy Devlin (USA)
- 1961: Judy Hashman (USA)
- 1962: Judy Hashman (USA)
- 1963: Judy Hashman (USA)
- 1964: Judy Hashman (USA)
- 1965: Ursula Smith (ENG)
- 1966: Judy Hashman (USA)
- 1967: Judy Hashman (USA)
- 1968: Eva Twedberg (SWE)
- 1969: Hiroe Yuki (JPN)
- 1970: Etsuko Takenaka (JPN)
- 1971: Eva Twedberg (SWE)
- 1972: Noriko Nakayama (JPN)
- 1973: Margaret Beck (ENG)
- 1974: Hiroe Yuki (JPN)
- 1975: Hiroe Yuki (JPN)
- 1976: Gillian Gilks (ENG)
- 1977: Hiroe Yuki (JPN)
- 1978: Gillian Gilks (ENG)
- 1979: Lene Køppen (DEN)
- 1980: Lene Køppen (DEN)
- 1981: Hwang Sun-ai (KOR)
- 1982: Zhang Ailing (CHN)
- 1983: Zhang Ailing (CHN)
- 1984: Li Lingwei (CHN)
- 1985: Han Aiping (CHN)
- 1986: Kim Yun-ja (KOR)
- 1987: Kirsten Larsen (DEN)
- 1988: Gu Jiaming (CHN)
- 1989: Li Lingwei (CHN)
- 1990: Susi Susanti (INA)
- 1991: Susi Susanti (INA)
- 1992: Tang Jiuhong (CHN)
- 1993: Susi Susanti (INA)
- 1994: Susi Susanti (INA)
- 1995: Lim Xiaoqing (SWE)
- 1996: Bang Soo-hyun (KOR)
- 1997: Ye Zhaoying (CHN)
- 1998: Ye Zhaoying (CHN)
- 1999: Ye Zhaoying (CHN)
- 2000: Gong Zhichao (CHN)
- 2001: Gong Zhichao (CHN)
- 2002: Camilla Martin (DEN)
- 2003: Zhou Mi (CHN)
- 2004: Gong Ruina (CHN)
- 2005: Xie Xingfang (CHN)
- 2006: Xie Xingfang (CHN)
- 2007: Xie Xingfang (CHN)
- 2008: Tine Rasmussen (DEN)
- 2009: Wang Yihan (CHN)
- 2010: Tine Rasmussen (DEN)
- 2011: Wang Shixian (CHN)
- 2012: Li Xuerui (CHN)
- 2013: Tine Baun (DEN)
- 2014: Wang Shixian (CHN)
- 2015: Carolina Marín (ESP)
- 2016: Nozomi Okuhara (JPN)
- 2017: Tai Tzu-ying (TPE)
- 2018: Tai Tzu-ying (TPE)
- 2019: Chen Yufei (CHN)
- 2020: Tai Tzu-ying (TPE)
- 2021: Nozomi Okuhara (JPN)
- 2022: Akane Yamaguchi (JPN)
- 2023: An Se-young (KOR)
- 2024: Carolina Marín (ESP)
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