Mathew Fogarty (born October 30, 1956) is an American male badminton player who has specialized in doubles events.
He has shared the men's double title in four U.S. National Badminton Championships (1980, 1984, 1986, 2000) with three different partners.
[1] In 1985, Partnering with Bruce Pontow from Chicago Illinois, coming out of retirement after 2 years, Pontow and Fogarty established the greatest “Underdog” defeat in Men's Doubles history defeating Korean All-England Champions Kim Moon-soo and Lee Deuk-choon in Thomas Cup held in Vancouver, Canada after the Men's Team with Legendary coach and player Park Joo-bong challenged into and winning the Pan American Zone.
In 2008, he won the bronze medal at the Pan Am Badminton Championships in the mixed team event.
[3][4] In 2015, at age 58, Fogarty became the oldest shuttler competing at the BWF World Championships at the Istora Senayan Indoor Stadium, Jakarta.