Mike Tredgett


Michael 'Mike' Graham Tredgett is a former English badminton player who specialized in doubles and played at the world level for more than a decade, winning numerous international men's doubles and mixed doubles titles.

Badminton career

Tredgett won five medals in the World Championships between 1977 and 1983. He is also one of the most successful players ever in the European Badminton Championships with 5 titles, three of them in men's doubles and two in mixed doubles. He shared three All-England mixed doubles titles with Nora Perry and reached the All-England men's doubles final twice with Ray Stevens and twice with Martin Dew. He won men's doubles with Stevens at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.
In 1978 he married fellow badminton player Kathryn Whiting.

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1977Malmö Isstadion, Malmö, Sweden Ray Stevens Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata		8–15, 10–15 Bronze
1983Brøndbyhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark Martin Dew Steen Fladberg
Jesper Helledie		10–15, 10–15 Silver

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1983All England Open Martin Dew Thomas Kihlström
Stefan Karlsson		10–15, 13–15 Runner-up
1983Scandinavian Cup Martin Dew Rudy Heryanto
Hariamanto Kartono		15–12, 16–18, 11–15 Runner-up
1984German Open Martin Dew Duncan Bridge
Nigel Tier		15–9, 7–15, 18–17 Winner
1984All England Open Martin Dew Rudy Heryanto
Hariamanto Kartono		11–15, 6–15 Runner-up