{{short description|English badminton player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Sally Podger | birth_name = Sally Leadbeater | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|2|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Guernsey]], United Kingdom | country = England | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[badminton]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Badminton World Cup|World Cup]]}} {{MedalBronze | [[1983 Badminton World Cup|1983 Kuala Lumpur]] | Mixed doubles}} {{MedalCompetition | [[Uber Cup]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[1984 Thomas & Uber Cup|1984 Kuala Lumpur]] | Women's team}} {{MedalCompetition | [[Badminton at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}} {{MedalGold | [[Badminton at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|1982 Brisbane]] | Mixed team}} {{MedalSilver| 1982 Brisbane | Women's singles}} {{MedalBronze| 1982 Brisbane | Women's doubles}} {{MedalCompetition | [[European Badminton Championships|European Championships]] }} {{MedalGold | [[1984 European Badminton Championships|1984 Preston]] | Mixed team }} {{MedalSilver | 1984 Preston | Women's singles }} {{MedalCompetition | [[European Junior Badminton Championships|European Junior Championships]] }} {{MedalGold | [[1979 European Junior Badminton Championships|1979 Mülheim]] | Girls' doubles }} {{MedalSilver | 1979 Mülheim | Mixed team }} }}
'''Sally Podger''' (born 8 February 1962 as '''Sally Leadbeater''') is an English [[badminton]] player.
==Early and personal life== Podger grew up in [[Guernsey]]. At the age of 18, she moved to Portsmouth to gain more badminton experience.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sally worlds of exciting badminton |url=https://worldbadminton.com/museum/publications/Badminton/documents/v01_n16_198006.pdf |publisher=The Official Journal of the Badminton Association of England |date=June 1980 |access-date=8 April 2025}}</ref> She married Andrew Podger on 6 August 1981 in Vale Paris Church, Guernsey.<ref>''Aberdeen Press'' Wednesday 23 September 1981, page 21</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Ross |first=Louis |title=Sally the Island bride |url=https://worldbadminton.com/museum/publications/Badminton/documents/v03_n08_198110.pdf |publisher=The Official Journal of the Badminton Association of England |page=24 |date=October 1981 |access-date=8 April 2025}}</ref>
==Badminton career== Podger represented [[England at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|England]] and won a gold medal in the team event, a silver medal in the singles and a bronze medal in the doubles, at the [[1982 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Brisbane]], Queensland, Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/brisbane-1982/athletes|title=1982 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41765|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=22 August 2019|archive-date=4 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804060934/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41765|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Achievements== ===World Cup=== ''Mixed doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#F3E6D7" | align="center" | [[1983 Badminton World Cup|1983]] | align="left" | Stadium Negara, [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia | align="left" | {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Jesper Helledie]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Dew]]<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gillian Gilks]] | align="left" | 9–15, 7–15 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze''' |}
===Commonwealth Games=== ''Women's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#FFE4B5" | align="center" | [[Badminton at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|1982]] | align="left" | [[Sleeman Sports Complex|Chandler Sports Hall]], [[Brisbane]], Australia | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Helen Troke]] | align="left" | 11–4, 3–11, 5–11 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver''' |}
''Women's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#FFE4B5" | align="center" | [[Badminton at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|1982]] | align="left" | [[Sleeman Sports Complex|Chandler Sports Hall]], [[Brisbane]], Australia | align="left" |{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Karen Chapman (badminton)|Karen Chapman]] | align="left" |{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ami Ghia]]<br />{{flagicon|IND}} [[Kanwal Thakur Singh]] | align="left" | 11–15, 15–6, 15–8 |style="text-align:left; background: white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze''' |}
===European Championships=== ''Women's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | [[1984 European Badminton Championships|1984]] | align="left" | [[Guild Hall]], [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston, England]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Helen Troke]] | align="left" | 5–11, 2–11 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | [[File:Med 2.png|Silver]] '''Silver''' |}
===European Junior Championships=== ''Girls' doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#AABBCC" | align="center" | [[1979 European Junior Badminton Championships|1979]] | align="left" | Carl Diem Halle,<br />[[Mülheim|Mülheim an der Ruhr]], West Germany | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gillian Clark (badminton)|Gillian Clark]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Charlotte Pilgaard]]<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Bettina Kristensen]] | align="left" | 15–12, 15–9 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 1.png|Gold]] '''Gold''' |}
===IBF World Grand Prix=== The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.
''Women's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D4F1C5" | align="center" | 1983 | align="left" | [[Scottish Open (badminton)|Scottish Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Gillian Martin (badminton)|Gillian Martin]] | align="left" | 11–4, 10–12, 11–0 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D4F1C5" | align="center" | 1983 | align="left" | [[Dutch Open (badminton)|Dutch Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Nettie Nielsen]] | align="left" | 11–7, 11–3 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D4F1C5" | align="center" | 1984 | align="left" | Scottish Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gillian Gowers]] | align="left" | 11–7, 11–5 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |}
''Women's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D4F1C5" | align="center" | 1983 | align="left" | [[Scottish Open (badminton)|Scottish Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Karen Chapman (badminton)|Karen Chapman]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Karen Beckman]]<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Barbara Sutton]] | align="left" | 12–15, 6–15 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D4F1C5" | align="center" | 1983 | align="left" | [[Dutch Open (badminton)|Dutch Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Karen Chapman | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gillian Clark (badminton)|Gillian Clark]]<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gillian Gilks]] | align="left" | 8–15, 16–17 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D4F1C5" | align="center" | 1983 | align="left" | [[Canada Open (badminton)|Canadian Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Karen Beckman]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Claire Backhouse-Sharpe]]<br />{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Johanne Falardeau]] | align="left" | 18–14, 10–15, 15–4 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |}
===IBF International=== ''Women's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 1984 | align="left" | [[Irish Open (badminton)|Irish Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Alison Fulton]] | align="left" | 11–2, 11–2 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 1985 | align="left" | [[Belgian International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Erica van Dijck]] | align="left" | 11–7, 11–2 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |}
''Women's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 1984 | align="left" | [[Irish Open (badminton)|Irish Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Barbara Sutton]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Alison Fulton]]<br />{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Barbara Beckett]] | align="left" | 15–10, 14–18, 17–14 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 1984 | align="left" | [[Bell's Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Karen Chapman (badminton)|Karen Chapman]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gillian Gowers]]<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Helen Troke]] | align="left" | 6–15, 15–3, 14–18 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 1985 | align="left" | [[Belgian International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Lena Staxler]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Carol Liem]]<br />{{flagicon|NED}} [[Jeanette van Driel]] | align="left" | 15–5, 15–4 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |}
===International tournaments=== ''Women's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- | align="center" | 1979 | align="left" | [[Czechoslovakian International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Kirsten Larsen]] | align="left" | 9–12, 6–11 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- | align="center" | 1979 | align="left" | [[Irish Open (badminton)|Irish Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paula Kilvington]] | align="left" | ''walkover'' | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- | align="center" | 1979 | align="left" | [[Victor Cup]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Heidi Krickhaus]] | align="left" | | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- | align="center" | 1980 | align="left" | [[German Open (badminton)|German Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Pia Nielsen]] | align="left" | 7–11, 11–7, 2–11 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- | align="center" | 1980 | align="left" | [[Welsh International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gillian Gilks]] | align="left" | 3–11, 2–11 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- | align="center" | 1981 | align="left" | German Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hiroe Yuki]] | align="left" | 11–12, 9–11 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- | align="center" | 1981 | align="left" | Welsh International | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Karen Beckman]] | align="left" | 6–11, 9–12 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- | align="center" | 1981 | align="left" | [[Bell's Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Gillian Gilks | align="left" | 11–0, 12–10 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- | align="center" | 1982 | align="left" | [[Chinese Taipei Open (badminton)|Chinese Taipei Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} [[Ivana Lie]] | align="left" | 10–12, 11–3, 10–12 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- | align="center" | 1982 | align="left" | Welsh International | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Karen Beckman | align="left" | 11–8, 11–5 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- | align="center" | 1982 | align="left" | [[Canada Open (badminton)|Canadian Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Gillian Gilks | align="left" | 8–11, 11–7, 11–6 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- | align="center" | 1982 | align="left" | Victor Cup | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Guan Weizhen]] | align="left" | 3–11, 4–11 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |}
''Women's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- | align="center" | 1979 | align="left" | [[Czechoslovakian International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gillian Clark (badminton)|Gillian Clark]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Kirsten Larsen]]<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Charlotte Pilgaard]] | align="left" | 15–9, 15–5 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- | align="center" | 1979 | align="left" | [[Victor Cup]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Gillian Clark | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Kathleen Redhead]]<br />{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Gillian Martin (badminton)|Gillian Martin]] | align="left" | | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- | align="center" | 1980 | align="left" | [[German Open (badminton)|German Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Gillian Clark | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Karen Chapman (badminton)|Karen Chapman]]<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jane Webster]] | align="left" | 9–15, 5–15 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- | align="center" | 1981 | align="left" | [[Swedish Open (badminton)|Swedish Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nora Perry (badminton)|Nora Perry]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kimiko Jinnai]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazuko Takamine]] | align="left" | 15–6, 15–6 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- | align="center" | 1981 | align="left" | [[Welsh International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Karen Chapman (badminton)|Karen Chapman]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Marjan Ridder]]<br />{{flagicon|NED}} [[Karin Duijvestijn]] | align="left" | 15–10, 15–2 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- | align="center" | 1981 | align="left" | German Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Karen Chapman | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gillian Gilks]]<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paula Kilvington]] | align="left" | 8–15, 7–15 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- | align="center" | 1981 | align="left" | [[Bell's Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Karen Chapman | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Gillian Gilks<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nora Perry (badminton)|Nora Perry]] | align="left" | 7–15, 13–15 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- | align="center" | 1982 | align="left" | [[Welsh International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Karen Chapman | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Nora Perry<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} Jane Webster | align="left" | 8–15, 14–17 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{CGF profile}}
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