Iris Rogers
Personal information
CountryEngland
Born1930 (age 93–94)
Kensington, Greater London, England
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  England
Uber Cup
Silver medal – second place 1963 Wilmington Women's team
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1966 Kingston Women's doubles

Iris Rogers (née Cooley), is a former English badminton player.

Badminton career

Born Iris L Cooley [1] she came to prominence in the early fifties when playing doubles. Partnering June Timperley née White the pair broke the stranglehold of the Danish pairs during the era of Danish domination by claiming three All England women's doubles titles. She also claimed an All England mixed doubles titles with John Best.[2]

Although mainly concentrating on doubles Rogers was also a very good singles player reaching the final of the All England in 1954 before losing out to Judy Devlin. Other successes included nine Irish open titles, nine Scottish open titles, three Dutch opens, one Swedish open and one Danish open title.

She represented England and won a silver medal in the women's doubles with Angela Bairstow, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[3][4][5][6]

Personal life

She married in William Rogers in 1956 and competed as Rogers and not Cooley afterwards.

Medal record at the All England Badminton Championships

[7]

Medal Year Event
Gold medal – first place1953Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place1954Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place1954Women's singles
Silver medal – second place1954Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place1955Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place1956Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place1957Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place1958Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place1959Women's doubles

References

  1. ↑ "Birth". Free BMD.
  2. ↑ Davis, Pat (1983). Guinness Book of Badminton. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-271-X.
  3. ↑ "1966 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ↑ "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
  5. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ↑ "Kingston 1966: Silver medallists - We Are England". Archived from the original on 23 January 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
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