Marten Mendez

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Augustin Marten Mendez (born August 28, 1916 - † August 25, 1994 ) was an American badminton player from San Diego .

Career

Marten Mendez was in 1949 with the American team in the Thomas Cup finals, but lost in the semifinals against the eventual winner Malaya. Three years later, the American men's team even made it to the finals, but lost there again to Malaya and became vice world champion. Marten Mendez won the open US championships in 1949, 1950 and 1952. He was inducted into the US Badminton Hall of Fame in 1967 and into the San Diego Breitbard Hall of Fame in 1981.

Sporting successes

season event discipline space Surname
1949 US Open Men's singles 1 Marten Mendez
1949 Thomas Cup Men's team 3 USA ( David G. Freeman , Wynn Rogers , Clinton Stephens , Bob Williams , Marten Mendez, Carl Loveday )
1950 US Open Men's singles 1 Marten Mendez
1951 US Open Men's singles 2 Marten Mendez
1951 US Open Mixed 2 Marten Mendez / Helen Gibson
1952 US Open Men's singles 1 Marten Mendez
1952 Thomas Cup Men's team 2 USA ( Dick Mitchell , Wynn Rogers, Bobby Williams, Marten Mendez, Carl Loveday)

Remarks

  1. ↑ Probable life data from the Social Security Death Index , in which several people with the name A. Mendez are listed for the possible years of birth 1916 and 1917, but only one from San Diego, where the badminton player lived.

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personal data
SURNAME Mendez, Marten
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mendez, Augustin Marten; Mendez, A. Marten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American badminton player
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1916
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 1994