David Hunt (badminton)

{{short description|English badminton player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = David Hunt | image = | image_size =  | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = British (English) | citizenship = | residence = | birth_date = November 1945 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/OjGhSF88g83-0toud7uZ0w5XpAY/appointments|title=Director Information Badminton Association of England|publisher=Companies House}}</ref> | birth_place = Portsmouth | death_date = | death_place = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | website = | country = | sport = | event = | league = | league_type = | employer = | agent = | height = | weight = | universityteam = | club = | turnedpro = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | coaching = | retired = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = }}

'''David Richard Hunt''' (born 1945) is a former English [[badminton]] international player an also d a former national doubles champion.<ref>{{cite book|last=Davis|first=Pat|title=Guinness Book of Badminton, page 86|year=1983|publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd|isbn=0-85112-271-X}}</ref>

==Biography== Hunt became the English National mixed doubles champion after winning the [[English National Badminton Championships]] in 1973 with [[Gillian Gilks]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS219117451/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=597ff097|title="Hollow victory for Stevens." Times, 11 Dec. 1972, p. 13|publisher=Times Digital Archive}}</ref> He was three times singles winner of the French Open in 1974, 1975 and 1977.

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