Richard Vaughan (badminton)
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| Country | Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 April 1978 Caerphilly, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 (2002) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Vaughan (born 16 April 1978) is a Welsh/British badminton player from Llanbradach, Caerphilly, Wales, now residing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vaughan was an Olympic badminton player competing for Team GB at the Sydney 2000, and Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Vaughan worked as a Director in IT/Digital sector before becoming the Chief Executive (CEO) of Badminton Ireland between 2011 - 2015. From 2015 to 2021 he was the CEO for Squash Australia, and then since 2023 the Vice-President, and then Chief Operating Officer for the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
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 European Training Centre in Denmark.
Between 2015 - 2020 Vaughan was the CEO of Squash Australia, where he oversaw the sport’s rebranding and Australia’s success at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. A new National Training Centre was opened on the Gold Coast in late 2018. 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.