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Richard Vaughan was born on 16 April, 1978 in Caerphilly, Wales, is a Welsh badminton player. Discover Richard Vaughan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 45 years old?

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Age 45 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 16 April 1978
Birthday 16 April
Birthplace Caerphilly, Wales
Nationality United Kingdom

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Richard Vaughan Height, Weight & Measurements

At 45 years old, Richard Vaughan height is 1.83 m and Weight 82 kg.

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Height 1.83 m
Weight 82 kg
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

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Richard Vaughan Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Richard Vaughan worth at the age of 45 years old? Richard Vaughan’s income source is mostly from being a successful Player. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Richard Vaughan's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1978

Richard Vaughan (born 16 April 1978) is a Welsh and British badminton player from Llanbradach, Caerphilly, Wales.

1983

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

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Men's singles

Mixed doubles

The Richard Vaughan Badminton Academy is a group of young Welsh badminton players.

It is a prominent school for badminton in Wales, and specifically badminton in Cardiff.

The founder and head coach is Richard Vaughan, a two time Olympian, who is based in Cardiff, Wales.

Richard is supported by Donal O Halloran, Piret Vaughan, Liam Ingram and Alistair Casey.

Dr. Leon Vaughan provides injury prevention programs in addition to the treatment of injuries.

2000

Richard Vaughan won a bronze medal at the 2000 European Badminton Championships, losing to Peter Gade (Denmark) in the semi-final.

Vaughan played badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics in men's singles, beating world No5 Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand in the first round and Swedish No1 Rasmus Wengberg of Sweden in the 2nd round, before losing to World No1 and World Champion Sun Jun of China, 13–15 13–15.

2001

He beat the World No1 Roslin Hashim (Malaysia) at the Danish Open 2001 and Swiss Open 2002.

2002

He also won a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, beating world No3 Susilo (Singapore) and Gupta (India) on the way to the semi-final, where he lost to Lee (Malaysia).

His highest world ranking was number 7 (2002).

2004

In 2004 Vaughan beat the World Champion Xia Xuanze (China) at the All England Super Series.

He also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics despite contracting a virus similar to glandular fever, which seriously impaired his preparation for the Athens Olympics.

In men's singles, he defeated Marco Vasconcelos of Portugal in the first round.

In the round of 16, Vaughan was defeated by Shon Seung-mo of Korea, the eventual silver medalist.

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Men's singles

Boys' singles

2005

In 2005 he established the Richard Vaughan Badminton Academy (see below), based in the UK, helping establish many British and European players.

Vaughan has competed twice in badminton at the Summer Olympics.

2006

In June 2006 it announced a 5-year partnership with Finsbury Food Group with the aim of providing the funds to secure coach resources and fund tournament participation in the buildup to the London 2012 Olympics.

Other local business supporters includes FD Systems and Accounting Software Direct.

2008

He has a long interest in athletes’ impact on the integrity of sport, demonstrated by his stance on Darfur in the build-up to Beijing 2008.

2009

He has 97 caps representing Wales (March 2009).

2011

Vaughan was the Chief Executive of Badminton Ireland between 2011 - 2015.

2014

In 2014 Vaughan joined the board of Badminton Europe (a member of the Badminton World Federation).

He chairs the high-performance commission, which has overseen the development of a World Training Centre in Denmark.

2015

Between 2015-2020 Vaughan was the CEO of Squash Australia, where he oversaw the sport rebranding, topping the medal table at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

2018

A new National Training Centre was opened on the Gold Coast in late 2018.

2019

In 2019, Vaughan established the 'Friends of Squash' Parliament competition with the current Sports Minister Anika Wells and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

2020

In late 2020 Vaughan joined the board at Equestrian Australia as a Non-Executive Director, Chairing the Finance Committee.

Vaughan holds an MBA from Leicester University and an MA in Sports Development from Bath University, having previously achieved a BSc(Hons) in economics and politics.

He is currently completing a Ph.D. study at the University of Canberra via a Sports Integrity Australia scholarship.