Michelle Claire Edwards

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

Michelle Claire Edwards
Personal information
Country	South Africa
Born	(1974-07-11) 11 July 1974 (age 49) Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	300 (WS 26 August 2010) 40 (WD 22 March 2012) 51 (XD 14 July 2011)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  South Africa All-Africa Games 2003 Abuja Women's doubles 2003 Abuja Mixed team 2007 Algiers Women's doubles 2003 Abuja Women's singles 2003 Abuja Mixed doubles 2007 Algiers Women's singles 2007 Algiers Mixed team 2007 Algiers Mixed doubles African Championships 1998 Rose Hill Mixed doubles 2002 Casablanca Women's doubles 2002 Casablanca Mixed team 2004 Rose Hill Women's singles 2004 Rose Hill Women's doubles 2004 Rose Hill Mixed team 2006 Algiers Women's doubles 2006 Algiers Mixed team 2007 Rose Hill Women's doubles 2009 Nairobi Mixed team 2010 Kampala Women's doubles 2010 Kampala Mixed doubles 2011 Marrakesh Women's doubles 2011 Marrakesh Mixed team 2012 Addis Ababa Women's doubles 2012 Addis Ababa Mixed doubles 1998 Rose Hill Women's singles 1998 Rose Hill Women's doubles 2006 Algiers Mixed doubles 2007 Rose Hill Mixed doubles 2007 Rose Hill Mixed team 2011 Marrakesh Mixed doubles 2002 Casablanca Women's singles 2002 Casablanca Mixed doubles 2004 Rose Hill Mixed doubles 2009 Nairobi Women's doubles Africa Team Championships 2008 Rose Hill Women's team 2010 Kampala Women's team 2012 Addis Ababa Women's team
BWF profile

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.^[1]

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Achievements

All African Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Indoor Sports Halls National Stadium, Abuja, Nigeria	Grace Daniel		Silver
2007	Salle OMS El Biar, Algiers, Algeria	Grace Daniel	16–21, 14–21	Silver

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Indoor Sports Halls National Stadium, Abuja, Nigeria	Chantal Botts	Grace Daniel   Susan Ideh		Gold
2007	Salle OMS El Biar, Algiers, Algeria	Chantal Botts	Grace Daniel   Susan Ideh	21–12, 9–21, 22–20	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Indoor Sports Halls National Stadium, Abuja, Nigeria	Stewart Carson	Chris Dednam   Antoinette Uys		Silver
2007	Salle OMS El Biar, Algiers, Algeria	Roelof Dednam	Georgie Cupidon   Juliette Ah-Wan	17–21, 21–19, 13–21	Bronze

African Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Rose Hill, Mauritius	Lina Fourie	11–2, 8–11, 7–11	Silver
2002	Mohammed V Indoor Sport Complex, Casablanca, Morocco	Juliette Ah-Wan	4–7, 4–7, 4–7	Bronze
2004	National Badminton Centre, Rose Hill, Mauritius	Chantal Botts	11–4, 11–2	Gold

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Rose Hill, Mauritius	Meagen Burnett	Monique Ric-Hansen   Lina Fourie	2–15, 14–17	Silver
2002	Mohammed V Indoor Sport Complex, Casablanca, Morocco	Chantal Botts	Miriam Sude   Grace Daniel		Gold
2004	National Badminton Centre, Rose Hill, Mauritius	Chantal Botts	Miriam Sude   Grace Daniel		Gold
2006	Salle OMS El Biar, Algiers, Algeria	Stacey Doubell	Juliette Ah-Wan   Catherina Paulin	21–12, 23–21	Gold
2007	Stadium Badminton Rose Hill, Rose Hill, Mauritius	Chantal Botts	Grace Daniel   Karen Foo Kune	21–19, 21–12	Gold
2009	Moi International Sports Complex, Nairobi, Kenya	Annari Viljoen	Grace Daniel   Mary Gideon	21–19, 10–21, 19–21	Bronze
2010	Sharing Youth Center, Kampala, Uganda	Annari Viljoen	Maria Braimoh   Susan Ideh	21–6, 21–6	Gold
2011	Salle Couverte Zerktouni, Marrakesh, Morocco	Annari Viljoen	Maria Braimoh   Susan Ideh	21–9, 21–16	Gold
2012	Arat Kilo Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Annari Viljoen	Grace Daniel   Susan Ideh	21–16, 21–19	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Rose Hill, Mauritius	Anton Kriel	Johan Kleingeld   Lina Fourie	15–11, 15–0	Gold
2002	Mohammed V Indoor Sport Complex, Casablanca, Morocco	Dorian James	Johan Kleingeld   Chantal Botts	4–7, 4–7, 4–7	Bronze
2004	National Badminton Centre, Rose Hill, Mauritius	Dorian James	Greg Okuonghae   Grace Daniel	15–6, 9–15, 8–15	Bronze
2006	Salle OMS El Biar, Algiers, Algeria	Dorian James	Georgie Cupidon   Juliette Ah-Wan	16–21, 21–17, 16–21	Silver
2007	Stadium Badminton Rose Hill, Rose Hill, Mauritius	Chris Dednam	Georgie Cupidon   Juliette Ah-Wan	16–21, 21–11, 15–21	Silver
2010	Sharing Youth Center, Kampala, Uganda	Dorian James	Roeloff Dednam   Annari Viljoen	21–13, 21–14	Gold
2011	Salle Couverte Zerktouni, Marrakesh, Morocco	Dorian James	Willem Viljoen   Annari Viljoen	13–21, 12–21	Silver
2012	Arat Kilo Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Dorian James	Enrico James   Stacey Doubel	21–16, 21–6	Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	South Africa International	Annalize van Staden	11–7, 11–4	Winner
1997	South Africa International	Lina Fourie	11–6, 3–11, 11–6	Winner
1997	Mauritius International	Wendy Taylor	4–11, 11–7, 11–6	Winner
1998	South Africa International	Lina Fourie	10–13, 4–11	Runner-up
2000	South Africa International	Chantal Botts	11–4, 11–0	Winner
2001	South Africa International	Amrita Sawaram	11–0, 11–7	Winner
2001	Mauritius International	Amrita Sawaram	7–1, 7–2, 7–5	Winner
2002	South Africa International	Catherina Paulin	7–7, 7–2, 7–0	Winner
2002	Mauritius International	Amrita Sawaram	11–1, 11–3	Winner
2009	South Africa International	Negin Amiripour	21–15, 21–18	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Mauritius International	Meagen Burnett	Rebecca Pantaney   Justine Willmott	15–0, 5–15, 15–10	Winner
1997	South Africa International	Meagen Burnett	Lina Fourie   Tracey Thompson	12–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1997	Mauritius International	Meagen Burnett	Kirsteen McEwan   Wendy Taylor	5–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1998	South Africa International	Meagen Burnett	Karen Coetzer   Lina Fourie	15–4, 15–11	Winner
2001	South Africa International	Chantal Botts	Marika Daubern   Beverley Meerholz	15–1, 15–13	Winner
2002	South Africa International	Chantal Botts	Marika Daubern   Antoinette Uys	7–2, 8–6, 7–2	Winner
2005	South Africa International	Chantal Botts	Shama Aboobakar   Amrita Sawaram	15–5, 15–7	Winner
2007	South Africa International	Chantal Botts	Jade Morgan   Annari Viljoen	21–23, 18–21	Runner-up
2007	Mauritius International	Chantal Botts	Maja Tvrdy   Ana Moura	16–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2008	Mauritius International	Chantal Botts	Kerry-Lee Harrington   Stacey Doubell	21–7, 17–21, 21–14	Winner
2008	Kenya International	Chantal Botts		21–14, 21–8	Winner
2008	South Africa International	Chantal Botts	Jade Morgan   Annari Viljoen	12–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2009	Kenya International	Annari Viljoen	Dhanya Nair   Anita Ohlan	21–17, 15–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2009	South Africa International	Annari Viljoen	Negin Amiripour   Sahar Zamanian	21–16, 21–14	Winner
2010	Uganda International	Annari Viljoen	Stacey Doubell   Jade Morgan	14–21, 21–11, 21–18	Winner
2010	Kenya International	Annari Viljoen	Maria Braimoh   Susan Ideh	21–10, 12–21, 21–10	Winner
2010	South Africa International	Annari Viljoen	Özge Bayrak   Öznur Çalışkan	12–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2010	Botswana International	Annari Viljoen	Stacey Doubell   Jade Morgan	21–12, 21–15	Winner
2011	Mauritius International	Annari Viljoen	Nicole Grether   Charmaine Reid	10–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2011	Kenya International	Annari Viljoen	Özge Bayrak   Neslihan Yiğit	15–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2011	Botswana International	Annari Viljoen	Michelle Butler-Emmett   Stacey Doubell	21–12, 21–14	Winner
2011	South Africa International	Annari Viljoen	Özge Bayrak   Neslihan Yiğit	10–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2012	Uganda International	Annari Viljoen	Özge Bayrak   Neslihan Yiğit	Walkover	Winner
2012	South Africa International	Annari Viljoen	Shama Aboobakar   Stacey Doubell	21–19, 15–21, 21–13	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	South Africa International	Johan Kleingeld	Alex Nel   Annalize van Staden	15–5, 15–8	Winner
1999	Botswana International	Anton Kriel	Jose John   Niru Singhal	15–0, 15–4	Winner
2000	South Africa International	Anton Kriel	Johan Kleingeld   Karen Coetzer	3–15, 15–12, 15–5	Winner
2005	South Africa International	Dorian James	Greg Okuonghae   Grace Daniel	13–15, 15–12, 15–13	Winner
2007	Mauritius International	Chris Dednam	Georgie Cupidon   Juliette Ah-Wan	21–9, 21–17	Winner
2008	Mauritius International	Dorian James	Chris Dednam   Annari Viljoen	21–16, 15–21, 21–11	Winner
2008	South Africa International	Chris Dednam	Stephan Beeharry   Shama Aboobakar	21–17, 21–12	Winner
2009	Kenya International	Chris Dednam	Dorian James   Annari Viljoen	21–11, 21–13	Winner
2009	South Africa International	Dorian James	Willem Viljoen   Jade Morgan	21–11, 21–17	Winner
2010	Uganda International	Dorian James	Georgios Charalambidis   Anne Hald Jensen	14–21, 21–19, 21–7	Winner
2010	South Africa International	Dorian James	Chris Dednam   Annari Viljoen	21–14, 10–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2010	Botswana International	Dorian James	Enrico James   Stacey Doubell	21–19, 21–11	Winner
2011	Mauritius International	Dorian James	Abdelrahman Kashkal   Hadia Hosny	21–16, 21–11	Winner
2011	Kenya International	Dorian James	Lê Hà Anh   Lê Thu Huyền	25–23, 14–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2011	Botswana International	Dorian James	Ola Fagbemi   Susan Ideh	21–16, 11–21, 21–19	Winner
2012	Uganda International	Dorian James	Willem Viljoen   Annari Viljoen	7–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2012	South Africa International	Dorian James	Willem Viljoen   Annari Viljoen	15–21, 21–16, 12–21	Runner-up

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  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. . www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
2. "London 2012 Badminton Women's Doubles". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 21 August 2014.

External links

• Michelle Claire Edwards at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com  
• Michelle Claire Edwards at BWFbadminton.com  
• Michelle Claire Edwards at Olympics.com
• at Olympic.org (archived)
• Michelle Claire Edwards at Olympedia  
• at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)