Claire Henderson
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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 October 1971[1] Ardstraw, Northern Ireland | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Badminton | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Alpha BC, Lisburn | |||||||||||||||||
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Claire Henderson née Claire Russell (born 8 October 1971), is a former international badminton player from Northern Ireland who competed at three Commonwealth Games and was a three-time champion of Ireland.
Biography
Born Claire Russell in Ardstraw in 1971, she won age honours for Ulster.[2] She started playing badminton in Ardstraw before moving to Lisburn where she played for the Alpha Badminton Club of Lisburn.[3] Russell studied sport and leisure at the University of Ulster, Jordanstown and was a physical education teacher.[2] She represented Ulster at provincial level[4] and all-Ireland at international level,[5] winning her first cap in the 1998 Uber Cup in Norway.[2]
Russell represented the 1994 Northern Irish team[6] at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada,[7] where she competed in the badminton tournament.[8]
In August 1996 Russell married Graham Henderson and played under her married name thereafter.[9] She excelled at both singles and doubles play and her doubles partners included Jayne Plunkett in women's doubles and Bruce Topping in mixed doubles.[10]
Henderson attended a second Commonwealth Games for the 1998 Northern Irish team[11] at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where she competed in four events.[12] Four years later a third Commonwealth Games appearance ensued at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
Henderson was a three-time Irish champion at the Irish National Badminton Championships, winning the singles in 2001,[13] the women's doubles in 1998[14] and the mixed doubles in 1997.[15]
References
- ↑ "Claire makes Irish debut". Ulster Star. 6 February 1998. p. 60. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- 1 2 3 "Claire set for first cap". Ireland's Saturday Night. 24 January 1998. p. 8. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Alpha discover Euro opposition". Belfast Telegraph. 17 August 1996. p. 21. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Ulster six have sights on glory". Belfast Telegraph. 11 January 1997. p. 21. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Claire doing the double in style". Belfast News-Letter. 2 April 2001. p. 39. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Who's going to the Games?". Ireland's Saturday Night. 4 June 1994. p. 16. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "The best ever, says McColgan". Belfast News-Letter. 14 June 1994. p. 39. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Northern Ireland Victoria 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Henderson-Russell". Belfast Telegraph. 26 August 1996. p. 7. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Bruce top seed for two titles". Ireland's Saturday Night. 5 October 1996. p. 11. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Hot-shot Bobby misses party". Belfast News-Letter. 16 June 1998. p. 45. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Northern Ireland Kuala Lumpur 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ "Badminton Ireland National Champions Women's Singles 1912-Present". Eirball. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ "Badminton Ireland National Champions Ladies Doubles 1923-Present". Eirball. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ "Irish Senior Nationals Winners". Badminton Ireland. Retrieved 23 March 2026.