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| Richard Vaughan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 April 1978 Caerphilly, Wales[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 7[1] (2002) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Vaughan (born 16 April 1978) is a Welsh and British badminton player from Llanbradach, Caerphilly, Wales.[2] Vaughan was the Chief Executive of Badminton Ireland between 2011 - 2015.
In 2014 Vaughan joined the board of Badminton Europe (a member of the Badminton World Federation). He chaired the High-Performance Commission, which has oversaw the development of a World Training Centre in Denmark.
Between 2015 - 2020 Vaughan was the CEO of Squash Australia,[3] where he oversaw the sport’s rebranding and Australia’s success at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.[4] A new National Training Centre was opened on the Gold Coast in late 2018.[5] In 2019, Vaughan established the 'Friends of Squash’ Parliament competition with the current Sports Minister Anika Wells and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
In late 2020 Vaughan joined the board at Equestrian Australia as a Non-Executive Director, Chairing the Finance Committee.
- ^ a b "PROFILE – Richard Vaughan – BEIJING OR BUST". Badzine.net. 18 March 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Richard Vaughan Biography and Olympic Results: Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Sports-Reference.com website. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ "Vaughan Joins Squash Australia".
- ^ "GC2018 Doubles Day Six : Great finish for the Aussies". Squash Australia.
- ^ "NEW NATIONAL SQUASH CENTRE OPENS ON THE GOLD COAST AS PART OF COMMONWEALTH GAMES LEGACY PROJECT". Squash Australia.