Richard Vaughan - Richard Vaughan

profile Richard Vaughan (born April 16, 1978) is a badminton player from Wales. Currently training for the Beijing Olympics 2008 his current GB ranking is no. 2. In 2002 Richard was ranked number 7 in the world for mens singles. (full profile)

'Why I'm taking a stand on China'

Vaughan is one of several athletes to have signed up for Team Darfur The International Olympic Committee insists it was right to award the 2008 Games to Beijing despite concerns over China's human rights record. But that has not stopped some sportsmen an...

Posted 14:18 14 February 2008 in Interviews

Vaughan the Last Man Standing for Worlds

Wales’s Richard Vaughan heads out as the sole Welsh competitor for the Proton BWF  World Badminton Championships in KL, Malaysia 13th-19th August. Despite 5 Welsh players qualifying, Martyn Lewis, Matthew Hughes, Joe Morgan and James Phillips namely the other 4, a funding crisis has se...

Posted 14:41 04 August 2007 in Interviews

Five minute interview with Richard

If you weren’t answering this right now what would you be doing? Well what I should be doing and what I would be doing are slightly different things, ideally I should be studying and finishing an essay for my degree course. (BSc Hons. International Economics and Politics) as it’s the wee...

Posted 15:06 12 April 2007 in Interviews