Rhonda Cator
{{Short description|Australian badminton player (born 1966)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2012}}
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| full_name = Rhonda Maree Cator
| country = Australia
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|23 August 1966}}
| birth_place = Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
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{{MedalSport | Women's badminton }}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }}
{{MedalBronze | 1994 Victoria | Mixed doubles }}
{{MedalBronze | 1986 Edinburgh | Mixed team }}
{{MedalBronze | 1994 Victoria | Mixed team }}
{{MedalBronze | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | Mixed doubles }}
{{MedalBronze | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | Women's team }}
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Rhonda Maree Cator (born 23 August 1966) is an Australian retired badminton player.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Rhonda Cator |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/rhonda-cator-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203003740/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/rhonda-cator-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016}}
Career
Cator competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Anna Lao, and they lost in quarterfinal to Lin Yan Fen and Yao Fen. The same year, they won the French Open. She also competed at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/olympics/athletes/cator.htm |title=Olympic athlete profile: Rhonda Cator |website=abc.net.au |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010113083900/http://www.abc.net.au/news/olympics/athletes/cator.htm |archive-date=2001-01-13}}
Domestically, Cator has won the national championship in singles, doubles and mixed doubles and has competed at five Commonwealth Games,{{cite web |url=http://www.commonwealthgames.org.au/templates/Games_HighAchievers.htm |title=Games High Achievers |website=commonwealthgames.org.au |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316085306/http://www.commonwealthgames.org.au/Templates/Games_HighAchievers.htm |archivedate=16 March 2010 }} winning 5 bronze medals as follows: the team event in the 1986 Commonwealth Games, in both the team event and mixed doubles at the 1994 Commonwealth Games and also in both the women's teams event and mixed doubles at the Kuala Lumpur Games four years later.
Cator was the Australian badminton assistant coach at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and team manager at the 2008 Summer Olympics.,{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/badminton/australias-secret-weapon-rap-music/2008/08/04/1217701884607.html |title=Aussie team's secret weapon: rap music |website=smh.com.au}} 2010 Commonwealth Games and 2014 Commonwealth Games.
References
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External links
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- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com|rhonda-maree-cator|Rhonda Maree Cator|org_id=rhonda-cator|org_name=Rhonda Cator|org_archive=20191104192821}}
- {{AOC|rhonda-cator}}
- {{CGA|rhonda-cator}}
- {{CGF|41621}}
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Category:Australian female badminton players
Category:Olympic badminton players for Australia
Category:Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton
Category:Badminton players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Category:Badminton players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Category:Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Badminton players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
Category:Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games