• Alberta and Canada Junior singles and doubles champion.
• Won the Canadian Open Ladies Championship three times and the women's and mixed doubles titles six times.
• Won gold medals in women's singles and the team competition at the 1977 Pan Am Games as well as a silver medal in singles and a bronze medal in the team competition at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.
• Ranked as high as third in the world, she won numerous medals in international open and invitational events.
• Coached in a number of junior programs in Canada and was Manitoba's provincial coach for 10 years.

Badminton is an internationally recognized sport but the names of Canada's outstanding players are not household words. Here in Edmonton, however, Wendy (Clarkson) Carter's name is knowledgeably associated with world-class badminton. When she came to the University of Alberta as a student in 1975 badminton was no longer an intercollegiate sport so Wendy continued to compete in her sport at the club level. At the time of her admission to the University, she was the reigning Alberta and Canadian Junior Singles and Doubles champion and had a third place finish in the Canadian Junior Mixed Doubles finals. Wendy went on to compete at the highest levels of her sport in Canada and in the world. In 1975 she and her partner earned silver medals in the Canadian Open Doubles Championship. The Canadian Open Championships are Canada's premiere badminton events and Wendy won the Canadian Open Ladies Championship in 1976, 1977, and 1978. Indeed between 1976 and 1982 she dominated the Canadian championships in singles as well as women's and mixed doubles play winning nine titles and finishing second on six occasions.

At the international level, between 1975 and 1984, Wendy represented Canada as a member of the Uber Cup (1975 and 1984), the Pan Am Games (1977), and Commonwealth Games (1978) teams. She won Pan Am gold medals in the women's singles and in the team competition, as well as silver and bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games in the team event and women's singles. By 1978 Wendy was ranked as the third best female player in the world. In her career, Wendy Carter competed in the Scottish World Invitational Championships (silver medal in women's singles), the All England Championships (bronze medal in women's singles), the Dutch Open Championships (silver medal in women's singles), the World Cup of Badminton, Danish Open and the Japan Open (bronze medal in women's singles respectively). As her career as an international championship badminton player eased to an end, Wendy continued to play at the senior's level until 1993 winning a number of Canadian and Manitoba championship titles.

As with so many other inductees to our Sports Wall of Fame, this outstanding athlete willingly went on to help build the sport she loved. She has served as a volunteer coach at many levels (the Royal Glenora Club, several schools in Edmonton, and school as well as junior programs in Manitoba, Calgary and Ottawa) and from 1984 to 1994 she was Manitoba's provincial coach. The impact of her personality and her love of badminton has influenced hundreds of students who have benefited from the time she has devoted to their competitive careers. Her influence continues to be felt throughout Canada's badminton programs.

Throughout her competitive career Wendy traveled the world, university textbooks and racquet in hand. She had always retained a strong link to the University of Alberta and in 1989 her perseverance paid dividends. She convocated with her BEd degree. Wendy Clarkson Carter was a competitor of outstanding ability, and was known among her peers as a wonderful team player, a superlative competitor, and an excellent ambassador for Canada and the University of Alberta. The University of Alberta is proud to add her name to the Sports Wall of Fame.