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Michael Mike Butler

Catégorie

Athlete

Sport

Badminton

Ville natale

Saint John

Année d'intronisation

2001

Ambassadeur Sportif

athlete

Michael "Mike"Butler

MEMBRE HONORÉ

Biographie

For twenty-one years Saint John’s Mike Butler dominated the sport of badminton, winning some 82 championships -- and he did so without national acclaim or a full-time coach, but with the support and devotion of his wife and best friend, Rolyne. For five consecutive years, he was Canada’s men’s singles champion and for ten years a member of our national team.He and his partner represented Canada at the 1988 Olympic Games as participants in the demonstration sport of mixed doubles. That doubles partner, Vancouver’s Claire Backhouse-Sharpe, said this: “there is no athlete I respect more than Mike.The tougher the challenge, the brighter was the twinkle in his eyes and the fire in his heart.Saint John has a Canadian treasure in Mike Butler.” Enrolled in the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame, June 2nd, 2001.

Faits rapides

  • Competed in badminton from 1973-1994 

  • Won 36 New Brunswick; 24 Maritime; 15 Canadian 7 Pan American championships 

  • Won 5 consecutive Canadian men’s singles championships (1983-87) 

  • At 1987 Canadian Championships, he won the men’s singles, men doubles, and mixed doubles championships, registering a "triple crown" 

  • Competed at Commonwealth Games, 1986 & 1990, won silver medals at both Games in team event 

  • Competed at Devlin Cup, (vs. United States), 1983; Thomas Cup (similar to Davis Cup in tennis) 1984 & 1988; World Championships, 4 times 

  • NB Athlete of the Year (1983-86) 

  • Selected by City of Saint John to the "Group of Five", in 1989, as the city’s outstanding sports figure

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