Ursula Smith

Ursula Honour Smith married name Oakley (born 1934) is a former English international badminton player.

Early life
She lived at 'Fernleigh' 15 Brunswick Sq Herne Bay Kent from age of ten. She attended La Sainte Union RC school in Herne Bay. She attended the University of Southampton, where she played for the university badminton team, winning the UAU championship in December 1952 in the Victory Hall of Loughborough College. In 1956 she worked at St George's Hospital when at The Lanesborough at Hyde Park Corner, as a nurse. She visited France for 12 months in 1955 to learn French.

Badminton career
Smith was a winner of the All England Open Badminton Championships. She won the 1965 All England Open Badminton Championships women's singles.

Smith competed in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica winning the gold medal in the women's doubles and bronze medal in the singles. She represented Herne Bay and Kent.