Claire Backhouse-Sharpe

Claire Backhouse-Sharpe
Personal information
BornClaire Backhouse
(1958-05-13) May 13, 1958
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportBadminton
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Canada
Commonwealth Games
1982 Brisbane Women's doubles
1978 Edmonton Women's doubles
1978 Edmonton Mixed team
1982 Brisbane Mixed team
1986 Edinburgh Mixed team
1990 Auckland Mixed team
Pan American Championships
1979 Mexico City Women's doubles
1979 Mexico City Mixed doubles
1979 Mexico City Mixed team

Claire Backhouse-Sharpe (née Backhouse; born May 13, 1958) is a Canadian badminton player and coach. Between 1978 and 1994, she competed in five editions of the Commonwealth Games for Canada, winning a single gold medal and five silver medals. Backhouse-Sharpe also participated in the World Badminton Championships and Uber Cup on five occasions each as part of the Canada national badminton team. She won multiple national and regional titles and was assistant coach and manager of the British Columbia Badminton team at the 1994 Canada Winter Games and the 1995 Western Canada Games. Backhouse-Sharpe was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Badminton Canada Hall of Fame.