Alison Humby

Alison Humby
Personal information
Born	7 December 1972 (age 53)
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Sport
Country	England
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Left
Retired	in 1996
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	34 (Women's singles)
	BWF profile
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing England
European Junior Championships

Alison Humby (born 7 December 1972) is an English badminton player. Humby is a three time English junior champion, two-time medalist at the European junior championships and winner of several international tournaments in Netherlands, Hungary, Ireland and the EBU circuit in 1992/93. She chose to retire at the age of 23, ending her twelve year badminton career.

Achievements

World Junior Championships

The Bimantara World Junior Championships was an international invitation badminton tournament for junior players. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 1987 to 1991.

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Joanne Wright	Liu Hong Ye Zhaoying	13–18, 8–15	Bronze

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	BMTE-Törley impozáns sportcsarnokában, Budapest, Hungary	Lotte Thomsen	2–11, 2–11	Bronze

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	BMTE-Törley impozáns sportcsarnokában, Budapest, Hungary	Joanne Wright	Mette Pedersen Trine Pedersen	8–15, 6–15	Silver

IBF International

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Czechoslovakian International	Irina Serova	11–6, 7–11, 7–11	Runner-up
1992	Hungarian International	Tanya Groves	11–5, 11–6	Winner
1992	Welsh International	Suzanne Louis-Lane	5–11, 1–11	Runner-up
1995	Hungarian International	Michelle Rasmussen	9–12, 4–11	Runner-up
1996	La Chaux-de-Fonds International	Marina Andrievskaya	7–11, 11–2, 4–11	Runner-up
1996	Amor International	Tanya Woodward	11–5, 12–10	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Welsh International	Joanne Goode	Cheryl Johnson Julie Bradbury	11–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1991	Irish International	Joanne Goode	Katrin Schmidt Kerstin Ubben	15–12, 15–11	Winner
1992	Czechoslovakian International	Sarah Hore	Joanne Davies Tanya Groves	16–17, 10–15	Runner-up
1992	Hungarian International	Julia Mann	Joanne Davies Tanya Woodward	7–15, 5–15	Runner-up
1993	Austrian International	Joanne Goode	Anne Søndergaard Lotte Thomsen	13–15, 17–14, 11–15	Runner-up
1995	Hungarian International	Tanya Woodward	Irina Gritsenko Ludmila Okuneva	15–5, 15–7	Winner
1996	Portugal International	Tanya Woodward	Emma Constable Tracey Hallam	14–17, 15–4, 7–15	Runner-up

References

↑ "Profile:Alison Humby". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
↑ Brenkley, Stephen (12 October 1996). "Is there life after sport?". www.independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[1] "Profile:Alison Humby". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[2] Brenkley, Stephen (12 October 1996). "Is there life after sport?". www.independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.