Jean Bardsley

Jean Bardsley (* 1921 or 1922 , nee Jean Eckardt ) is a Canadian badminton , basketball and tennis player . She was also successful in athletics .

Career

Jean Bardsley achieved her greatest success in badminton, where she could win a total of seven national titles. In tennis, she was number one in the Pacific Northwest region in 1952. In British Columbia she won the basketball title with the university team of the UBC before World War II. At the District Championships of Vancouver in 1939 she was second in the high jump, third in the long jump, fifth over 60 and sixth over 100 yards. In 1942 she married James Milton "Jim" Bardsley . In 1946 she was successful at the French Open .

Success in badminton

season	event	discipline	space	Surname
1946	French Open	Ladies singles	1	Jean Bardsley
1949	Canada: Individual Championships	Mixed	1	Darryl Thompson / Jean Bardsley
1949	Canada: Individual Championships	Ladies doubles	1	Claire Lovett / Jean Bardsley
1951	Canada: Individual Championships	Mixed	1	Darryl Thompson / Jean Bardsley
1951	Canada: Individual Championships	Ladies doubles	1	Lois Reid / Jean Bardsley
1953	Canada: Individual Championships	Ladies doubles	1	Lois Reid / Jean Bardsley
1954	Canada: Individual Championships	Mixed	1	Darryl Thompson / Jean Bardsley
1955	Canada: Individual Championships	Mixed	1	Darryl Thompson / Jean Bardsley
1986	Canada: Masters 60 plus	Ladies singles	1	Jean Bardsley
1986	Canada: Masters 60 plus	Ladies doubles	1	Jean Bardsley / K. Hoffman
1987	Canada: Masters 65 plus	Ladies singles	1	Jean Bardsley
1991	Canada: Masters 65 plus	Ladies doubles	1	Jean Bardsley / S. Aoki
1994	Canada: Masters 65 plus	Ladies doubles	1	S. Aoki / Jean Bardsley
1995	Canada: Masters 70 plus	Ladies doubles	1	S. Aoki / Jean Bardsley

credentials

• The Sun (Vancouver), Jun 21, 1963, p. 17