{"id":161256,"date":"2020-05-28T14:16:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T18:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/?page_id=161256"},"modified":"2020-05-28T14:16:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T18:16:51","slug":"richard-birch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/temple-de-la-renommee-olympique-du-canada\/richard-birch\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Birch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Dick Birch est l\u2019un des meilleurs joueurs de badminton du Canada, reconnu pour son smash d\u00e9vastateur, ses frappes puissantes et son excellent jeu de pieds.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Reconnu pour son smash d\u00e9vastateur, ses frappes puissantes et son excellent jeu de pieds, Richard \u00ab\u00a0Dick\u00a0\u00bb Birch a \u00e9t\u00e9 l\u2019un des meilleurs joueurs de badminton du Canada. Roi incontest\u00e9 du double mixte canadien, il a remport\u00e9 neuf titres en double mixte des championnats du monde, avec quatre partenaires diff\u00e9rentes. Sa premi\u00e8re victoire remonte \u00e0 1934.<\/p>\n<p>Originaire de la Colombie-Britannique o\u00f9 il a affich\u00e9 un impressionnant bilan de titres provinciaux et nationaux, Birch a d\u00e9m\u00e9nag\u00e9 \u00e0 Toronto dans les ann\u00e9es 1940, se joignant au Carlton Club, et a continu\u00e9 de dominer son sport. Bon joueur de simple, Birch a remport\u00e9 trois titres canadiens d\u2019affil\u00e9e (1937, 1939 et 1948), deux titres ontariens en double masculin (1950 et 1952) et quatre titres cons\u00e9cutifs en double mixte (1950, 1951, 1952 et 1953). Birch a \u00e9t\u00e9 capitaine de l\u2019\u00e9quipe canadienne \u00e0 sa premi\u00e8re pr\u00e9sence \u00e0 la Coupe Thomas en 1948-1949 et l\u2019a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e0 nouveau en 1951-1952. 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