Nora Perry is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 former badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

 player noted for her anticipation, racket control, and tactical astuteness. A doubles specialist, Perry won numerous major titles, with a variety of partners, from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s. These included six All-England

All England Open Badminton Championships

The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious badminton tournaments. Played annually, it developed after the success of world's first badminton tournament held in Guildford in 1898...

 mixed doubles and two All-England women's doubles championships. She won both the 1980 IBF World Championships

1980 IBF World Championships

-Medalists:-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Women's doubles:-Mixed doubles:-Medal table:-External links:*http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19800528.1.26.aspx...

 and the 1980 European Championships

1980 European Badminton Championships

The 7th European Badminton Championships were held in Groningen , between 17 and 20 April 1980, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Nederlandse Badminton Bond.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...

 in women's doubles with Jane Webster

Jane Webster

Jane Webster is a retired English female badminton player noted for her strong and consistent shot-making. Though competitive at a world-class level in singles, her greatest success came in doubles.-Career:...

. Three years later, she won the 1983 IBF World Championships

1983 IBF World Championships

-Medalists:-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Women's doubles:-Mixed doubles:-Medal table:-External links:* * * * *...

 title in mixed doubles with Thomas Kihlström

Thomas Kihlström

Thomas Kihlström is a former badminton player from Sweden known for his agility, tactical astuteness, and coolness under pressure. Though an impressive singles player early in his career, his greatest successes came in doubles....

. Generally regarded as one of the greatest female mixed doubles players in the game's history, in 1999 she was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame. She currently teaches badminton at Davenant Foundation School

Davenant Foundation School

Davenant Foundation School is a coeducational, Christian Ecumenical School, founded in 1680, currently located in Loughton, Essex, England. The school is a specialist Sports College.-Foundation in Whitechapel:...

 in Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

.

Major achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
World Championships
1	Women's doubles	1980 1980 IBF World Championships -Medalists:-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Women's doubles:-Mixed doubles:-Medal table:-External links:*http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19800528.1.26.aspx...	Jakarta Jakarta Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre... , Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
1	Mixed doubles	1983 1983 IBF World Championships -Medalists:-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Women's doubles:-Mixed doubles:-Medal table:-External links:* * * * *...	Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region... , Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
2	Mixed doubles	1980 1980 IBF World Championships -Medalists:-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Women's doubles:-Mixed doubles:-Medal table:-External links:*http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19800528.1.26.aspx...	Jakarta, Indonesia
2	Women's doubles	1983 1983 IBF World Championships -Medalists:-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Women's doubles:-Mixed doubles:-Medal table:-External links:* * * * *...	Copenhagen, Denmark
3	Women's doubles	1977 1977 IBF World Championships -Medalists:- Men's singles :- Women's singles :- Men's doubles :- Women's doubles :- Mixed doubles :-Medal account:-External links:* *...	, Malmö Malmö Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County... , Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
3	Mixed doubles	1977 1977 IBF World Championships -Medalists:- Men's singles :- Women's singles :- Men's doubles :- Women's doubles :- Mixed doubles :-Medal account:-External links:* *...	, Malmö, Sweden
European Championships European Badminton Championships The European Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Europe . The first of these competitions was held in 1968. The competition is held once every two years to determine the best badminton players in Europe....
1	Women's doubles	1978 1978 European Badminton Championships The 6th European Badminton Championships were held in Preston , between 13 April and 15 April 1978, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Badminton England.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...	Preston, England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
1	Mixed doubles	1978 1978 European Badminton Championships The 6th European Badminton Championships were held in Preston , between 13 April and 15 April 1978, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Badminton England.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...	Preston, England
1	Women's doubles	1980 1980 European Badminton Championships The 7th European Badminton Championships were held in Groningen , between 17 and 20 April 1980, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Nederlandse Badminton Bond.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...	Groningen, Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
1	Mixed doubles	1980 1980 European Badminton Championships The 7th European Badminton Championships were held in Groningen , between 17 and 20 April 1980, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Nederlandse Badminton Bond.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...	Groningen, Netherlands
2	Women's doubles	1974 1974 European Badminton Championships The 4th European Badminton Championships were held in Vienna , between 18 and 20 April 1974, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Österreichischer Badminton Verband.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...	Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre... , Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
2	Women's doubles	1976 1976 European Badminton Championships The 5th European Badminton Championships were held in Dublin, Ireland, between 6 and 7 April 1976, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Badminton Union of Ireland.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...	Dublin, Ireland Republic of Ireland Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
2	Women's doubles	1982 1982 European Badminton Championships The 8th European Badminton Championships were held in Böblingen, West Germany, between 13 and 18 April 1982, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and Deutscher Badminton-Verband e.V..-Medalists:-Men's singles:-Women's singles:...	Böblingen Böblingen Böblingen is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, seat of Böblingen District. Physically Sindelfingen and Böblingen are continuous.-History:Böblingen was founded by Count Wilhelm von Tübingen-Böblingen in 1253. Württemberg acquired the town in 1357, and on 12 May 1525 one of the bloodiest battles... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
2	Mixed doubles	1982 1982 European Badminton Championships The 8th European Badminton Championships were held in Böblingen, West Germany, between 13 and 18 April 1982, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and Deutscher Badminton-Verband e.V..-Medalists:-Men's singles:-Women's singles:...	Böblingen, Germany
3	Mixed doubles	1976 1976 European Badminton Championships The 5th European Badminton Championships were held in Dublin, Ireland, between 6 and 7 April 1976, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Badminton Union of Ireland.-Medalists:-Medal account:-References:...	Dublin, Ireland
All England Open All England Open Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious badminton tournaments. Played annually, it developed after the success of world's first badminton tournament held in Guildford in 1898...
1	Women's doubles	1980, 1981	Wembley Arena Wembley Arena Wembley Arena is an indoor arena, at Wembley, in the London Borough of Brent. The building is opposite Wembley Stadium.-History:... , Wembley, London, England
1	Mixed doubles	1975, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985	Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, England