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Michelle Claire Edwards (born 11 July 1974) is a South African badminton player.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Achievements
  • 2.1 All African Games
  • 2.2 African Championships
  • 2.3 BWF International Challenge/Series
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Career

Edwards played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Aparna Popat of India in the round of 32 in the women's singles. In the women's doubles, Edwards and her partner Chantal Botts were defeated by Nicole Grether and Juliane Schenk of Germany in the round of 32.

In 2007, she won 3 medals in badminton at the 2007 All-Africa Games, a gold medal in women's doubles with Chantal Botts, a silver medal in women's singles, and a bronze medal in mixed doubles.

She also participated in the Summer Olympic Games of 2008 and 2012 in the women's doubles event. At the 2008 Summer Olympics she competed with Chantal Botts, they lost to Taipei in the first round. In the 2012 Summer Olympics, her partner was Annari Viljoen. Together, they reached the quarter finals, where they lost to the Russian pair of Valeria Sorokina and Nina Vislova.

Achievements

All African Games

Women's singles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

African Championships

Women's singles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

: BWF International Challenge tournament: BWF International Series tournament: BWF Future Series tournament

References

External links

• Michelle Claire Edwards at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Michelle Claire Edwards at BWFbadminton.com
• Michelle Claire Edwards at the International Olympic Committee
• Michelle Claire Edwards at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Michelle Claire Edwards at the Commonwealth Games Federation