Sonia Cox

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Sonia Cox (* 1936 ; † 2001 ) was a New Zealand badminton player .

Career

Sonia Cox set the national level in New Zealand women's badminton for a decade. From 1953 to 1960 she won 14 national titles. In 1961 she won the German Open in women's doubles with Judy Hashman and came second in the women's singles. At the All England she was twice in the semi-finals in the late 1960s. She lived in England until the 1980s. She died in New Zealand in 2001.

Sporting successes

season event discipline space Surname
1953 New Zealand: Individual Championships Ladies doubles 1 NM Fleming / S. Cox
1953 New Zealand: Individual Championships Ladies singles 1 Sonia Cox
1954 New Zealand: Individual Championships Ladies singles 1 Sonia Cox
1955 New Zealand: Individual Championships Ladies doubles 1 Heather Robson / Sonia Cox
1955 New Zealand: Individual Championships Ladies singles 1 Sonia Cox
1956 New Zealand: Individual Championships Ladies doubles 1 NM Fleming / S. Cox
1956 New Zealand: Individual Championships Ladies singles 1 Sonia Cox
1956 New Zealand: Individual Championships Mixed 1 PD Skelt / S. Cox
1957 New Zealand: Individual Championships Ladies doubles 1 NM Fleming / S. Cox
1957 New Zealand: Individual Championships Ladies singles 1 Sonia Cox
1957 New Zealand: Individual Championships Mixed 1 NR Thompson / S. Cox
1959 New Zealand: Individual Championships Mixed 1 NR Thompson / S. Cox
1960 New Zealand: Individual Championships Ladies singles 1 Sonia Cox
1960 New Zealand: Individual Championships Ladies doubles 1 Sonia Cox / Elizabeth M. Meyer
1961 German Open Ladies singles 2 Sonia Cox
1961 German Open Ladies doubles 1 Judy Hashman / Sonia Cox

credentials

personal data
SURNAME Cox, Sonia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand badminton player
DATE OF BIRTH 1936
DATE OF DEATH 2001
Place of death New Zealand