Alison Humby
Personal information
CountryEngland
Born (1972-12-07) 7 December 1972 (age 51)
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Retiredin 1996
HandednessLeft
Women's singles & Doubles
Highest ranking34 (Women's singles)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  England
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 1991 Budapest Girls' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Budapest Girls' singles
BWF profile

Alison Humby (born 7 December 1972) is a retired English badminton player.[1] 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.[2]

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 England Joanne Wright China Liu Hong
China Ye Zhaoying 		13–18, 8–15 Bronze Bronze

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1991 Budapest, Hungary Denmark Lotte Thomsen 2–11, 2–11 Bronze Bronze

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1991 Budapest, Hungary England Joanne Wright Denmark Mette Pedersen
Denmark Trine Pedersen 		8–15, 6–15 Silver Silver

IBF International

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1992 Czechoslovakian International Austria Irina Serova 11–6, 7–11, 7–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1992 Hungarian International England Tanya Groves 11–5, 11–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1992 Welsh International England Suzanne Louis-Lane 5–11, 1–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1995 Hungarian International Denmark Michelle Rasmussen 9–12, 4–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1996 La Chaux-de-Fonds Sweden Marina Andrievskaya 7–11, 11–2, 4–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1996 Amor International England Tanya Woodward 11–5, 12–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1990 Welsh International England Joanne Goode England Cheryl Johnson
England Julie Bradbury 		11–15, 8–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1991 Irish International England Joanne Goode Germany Katrin Schmidt
Germany Kerstin Ubben 		15–12, 15–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1992 Czechoslovakian International England Sarah Hore England Joanne Davies
England Tanya Groves 		16–17, 10–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1992 Hungarian International England Julia Mann England Joanne Davies
England Tanya Woodward 		7–15, 5–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1993 Austrian International England Joanne Goode Denmark Anne Søndergaard
Denmark Lotte Thomsen 		13–15, 17–14, 11–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1995 Hungarian International England Tanya Woodward Kazakhstan Irina Gritsenko
Kazakhstan Ludmila Okuneva 		15–5, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1996 Portugal International England Tanya Woodward England Emma Constable
England Tracey Hallam 		14–17, 15–4, 7–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

References

  1. ^ "Profile:Alison Humby". bwfbadminton.com. 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.
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