Steve Butler (badminton)

Stephen 'Steve' P Butler, (born 1963) is a retired male badminton player and current coach from England.[1]

Steve Butler
Personal information
Nationality England
Born (1963-06-27) 27 June 1963
Medal record
Badminton
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
1990 Auckland team event

Badminton career

Butler represented England and won a gold medal in the team event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. He also participated in the singles and reached the quarter finals where he lost to the eventual winner Rashid Sidek.[2][3]

He won 74 caps for England between 1982 and 1994.[4] While playing and coaching in the United States in the mid 1990s Butler won men's singles at the U.S. (closed) National Championships in 1996, five years after having won singles at the Open U.S. Championships in 1991.

Achievements

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1988 Canadian Open Sze Yu 7–15, 15–10, 15–5 Winner
1991 U.S. Open Kim Hyung-jin 15–6, 18–17 Winner

Coaching

Leaving England in the mid 1990s he coached initially in New York and then in Colorado where he became the United States National coach. In 1997 he became the England national coach for the junior team and then in 2002 became the National men’s singles coach until 2005.[4] He returned to the same role in 2015.[5]

References
  1. "Profile". Badminton.com.
  2. "1986 Athletes". Team England.
  3. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. "Steve Butler to leave BA of E". Badminton England.
  5. "Butler named new Singles coach". Badminton England.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.