Thelma Kingsbury
Thelma Kingsbury (born January 12, 1911 , † August 27, 1979 , later known as Thelma Scovil , Thelma Welcome and Thelma Lougheed ) was an English badminton player who later started for the USA . Her father Clarence Kingsbury was a British cyclist and two-time Olympic champion. Her sister Leoni Kingsbury was also a successful badminton player.
Career
Thelma Kingsbury won the All England, the Welsh Open, the Irish Open and the Scottish Open several times . After moving to the USA, she was also successful there at the national championships. In 1956 she was among the first to be inducted into the US Badminton Hall of Fame . Her last place of residence before her death in August 1979 was Los Angeles .
successes
| season | event | discipline | winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | Wales: International Championships | Ladies doubles | Hazel Hogarth / Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1931 | Wales: International Championships | Ladies singles | Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1933 | All of England | Ladies doubles | Marjorie Bell / Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1933 | Wales: International Championships | Ladies doubles | Betty Uber / Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1934 | All of England | Ladies doubles | Marjorie Henderson / Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1934 | Ireland: International Championships | Ladies singles | Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1934 | Wales: International Championships | Ladies doubles | Betty Uber / Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1935 | All of England | Ladies doubles | Marjorie B. Henderson / Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1935 | Wales: International Championships | Ladies singles | Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1935 | Scotland: International Championships | Ladies singles | Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1935 | Scotland: International Championships | Ladies doubles | Marjorie B. Henderson / Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1935 | Wales: International Championships | Ladies singles | Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1935 | Wales: International Championships | Ladies doubles | Betty Uber / Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1936 | Scotland: International Championships | Ladies singles | Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1936 | Scotland: International Championships | Ladies doubles | Marjorie B. Henderson / Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1936 | Ireland: International Championships | Ladies singles | Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1936 | All of England | Ladies doubles | Marjorie B. Henderson / Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1936 | Wales: International Championships | Mixed | Raymond White / Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1936 | All of England | Ladies singles | Telma Kingsbury |
| 1936 | Scotland: International Championships | Mixed | Ian Maconachie / Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1937 | Scotland: International Championships | Ladies doubles | Marjorie B. Henderson / Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1937 | Scotland: International Championships | Mixed | Ian Maconachie / Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1937 | All of England | Mixed | Ian Maconachie / Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1937 | All of England | Ladies singles | Telma Kingsbury |
| 1941 | US Open | Ladies singles | Thelma Kingsbury |
| 1941 | US Open | Ladies doubles | Thelma Kingsbury / Janet Wright |
| 1947 | US Open | Ladies doubles | Thelma Kingsbury / Janet Wright |
| 1948 | US Open | Ladies doubles | Thelma Scovil / Janet Wright |
| 1949 | US Open | Ladies doubles | Thelma Scovil / Janet Wright |
| 1950 | US Open | Ladies doubles | Thelma Scovil / Janet Wright |
credentials
- Pat Davis: The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness, Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 106-107.
- Herbert Scheele (Ed.): The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: JA Jennings Ltd., 1971) 163, 209, 273, 312, 313, 317.
- All England Champions 1899-2007
- English Association statistics
- Pat Davis: The Encyclopaedia of Badminton . Robert Hale, London, 1987, p. 92, ISBN 0-7090-2796-6
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kingsbury, Thelma |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scovil, Thelma; Welcome, Thelma; Lougheed, Thelma |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American-English badminton player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1911 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 1979 |