{{short description|English badminton player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Ray Sharp | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1945|4|23}} | birth_place = Dartford, Kent<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=dKm84cy24bCpgaoczFVSpg&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=25 January 2026|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | coach = | retired = | medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Men's badminton }} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }} {{MedalBronze | 1970 Edinburgh | Men's singles }} }}
'''Raymond Sharp''' (born 23 April 1945) is a former badminton player from England.
== Biography == Sharp was a two times national champion after winning the singles at the English National Badminton Championships in 1968 and 1969.
Sharp represented the England team<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108075655/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3037/19/all |title=England Edinburgh 1970 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=25 January 2026}}</ref> at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003126/19700407/851/0048 |title=Eddy named for the Games |work=Wolverhampton Express and Star |date=7 April 1970 |p=48 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=25 January 2026}}</ref> He competed in the badminton events, winning a bronze medal in the singles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/court.htm#BADMINTON |title=Commonwealth Games Medallists |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=25 January 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970/athletes|title=1970 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970|title=Edinburgh, 1970 Team|publisher=Team England}}</ref>
== Achievements == === Commonwealth Games === ''Men's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#FFE4B5" | align="center" | 1970 | align="left" | Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Suresh Goel | align="left" | 15–9, 15–12 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze '''Bronze''' |}
=== International tournaments === ''Men's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- | align="center" | 1969 | align="left" | Scottish Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|MAS}} Oon Chong Hau | align="left" | 9–15, 4–15 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- | align="center" | 1969 | align="left" | Irish Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|MEX}} Roy Díaz González | align="left" | 15–11, 7–15, 15–11 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |}
''Men's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- | align="center" | 1969 | align="left" | Scottish Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Whetnall | align="left" | {{flagicon|SCO}} Mac Henderson<br />{{flagicon|SCO}} Robert McCoig | align="left" | 18–16, 13–15, 18–14 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- | align="center" | 1977 | align="left" | Belgian International | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Ray Rofe | align="left" | {{flagicon|FRG}} Hans-Dietrich Emmers<br />{{flagicon|FRG}} Bernd Wessels | align="left" | 15–5, 11–15, 15–7 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{BWFB|94644}} * {{BWFT|EEB3C018-D99B-481E-9BBE-03B1160D6AEA|member_id=94644}} * {{CGF profile}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharp, Ray}} Category:1945 births Category:English male badminton players Category:Badminton players at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in badminton Category:Living people Category:Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
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