Nick ponting biography
Nick Ponting
English badminton player
Badminton player
Nick Ponting | |
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Nickname(s) | Stumpy[citation needed] |
Full name | Nicholas Ponting |
Country | England |
Born | (1966-06-13) 13 June 1966 (age 58) London, England |
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Handedness | Right |
Highest ranking | 1 |
BWF profile |
Nicholas Ponting (born 13 June 1966) is a former professional badminton player from England.
Career
Olympic Games
He was ranked No. 1 in the world at mixed doubles during 1993 and represented Great Britain at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games in Barcelona and Atlanta.[1]
All England Open Badminton Championships
He won the mixed doubles event at the 1994 All England Open Badminton Championships with Joanne Wright.
World Championships
He won the bronze medal at the 1993 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Gillian Clark.
Commonwealth Games
He represented England and won a gold medal in the mixed team event and a bronze medal in the mixed doubles with Joanne Wrigh
Nicholas Ponting
The Jefferson Middle School Monthly (2019). Photo: Manuel Rotenberg.
Master of Fine Arts, Scenic Design
Bio
Nick Ponting is a scenic designer. He has a BA in Theatre (Scenic) and Music (Voice) from Western Washington University. He is also a proud member of Actor’s Equity. UC San Diego credits: Uncle Vanya, Elektra, The Jefferson Middle School Monthly (SD/AD, WNPF ‘19), Life is a Dream (ASD), A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes (ASD). Regional work: Hand to God, Bridges of Madison County, If/Then, Constellations, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hairspray, Crimes of the Heart, Urinetown, Disgraced, The Secret Garden, Fool for Love, The Glass Menagerie, Beauty & The Beast (The Public SA); Hooded: Or Being Black for Dummies (Theatre Battery; World Premiere); How I Learned to Drive (WWU; KACTF Award).