Peter Gade
Richard Vaughan won a bronze medal at the 2000 European Badminton Championships losing to Peter Gade (Denmark) in the semi final. He also won a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, beating 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). To date he has 107 caps representing Wales (March 2009). He manages the Richard Vaughan Badminton Academy.