Julie Bradbury

Julie Jane Bradbury (born 12 February 1967) is a former English badminton player who represented Great Britain at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games. She was part of the national mixed team that won the gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, also captured the silver medals in the mixed and women's doubles events. Along with those sporting achievements she is only the second person to hold all five titles in all three disciplines of badminton (singles, doubles, and mixed) at the English National Championships. She reached a career high as world No. 1 in the mixed doubles and No. 4 in the women's doubles.

Career

1992 Summer Olympics Bradbury competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Gillian Clark. In the first round they beat Erma Sulistianingsih and Rosiana Tendean of Indonesia and in the second round Katrin Schmidt and Kerstin Ubben of Germany. In the quarterfinals they were beaten by the eventual gold medalists, Hwang Hye-young and Chung So-young of Korea, 5–15, 5–15.

1996 Summer Olympics Bradbury competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the mixed and women's doubles events. Teamed-up with Joanne Goode, they had a bye in the first round, but was defeated by Ann Jørgensen and Lotte Olsen of Denmark 4–15, 5–15 in the second round. In the mixed doubles event, she and Simon Archer were eliminated in the early rounds to Indonesian pair Flandy Limpele and Rosalina Riseu.

Achievements

World Cup Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1995 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Joanne Wright Finarsih Lili Tampi 15–11, 4–15, 3–15 Bronze Bronze

Commonwealth Games Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1994 McKinnon Gym, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Gillian Clark Joanne Muggeridge Joanne Wright 9–15, 11–15 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1994 McKinnon Gym, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Simon Archer Chris Hunt Gillian Clark 11–15, 4–15 Silver Silver

European Championships Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1996 Herning Badminton Klub,Herning, Denmark Joanne Wright Marlene Thomsen Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen 12–15, 15–10, 4–15 Bronze Bronze 1994 Maaspoort Sports and Events,Den Bosch, Netherlands Gillian Clark Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson 11–15, 15–12, 14–16 Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1996 Herning Badminton Klub,Herning, Denmark Simon Archer Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen 16–18, 2–15 Silver Silver

IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1997 Swedish Open Donna Kellogg Liu Lu Qian Hong 11–15, 18–17, 11–15 Runner-up 1996 Denmark Open Joanne Wright Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen 6–15, 2–15 Runner-up 1996 U.S. Open Joanne Wright Eliza Nathanael Zelin Resiana 7–15, 5–15 Runner-up 1995 Hong Kong Open Joanne Wright Jang Hye-ock Gil Young-ah 15–17, 5–15 Runner-up 1995 Malaysia Open Joanne Wright Jang Hye-ock Gil Young-ah 15–10, 15–11 Winner 1994 Thailand Open Joanne Wright Ge Fei Gu Jun 12–15, 4–15 Runner-up 1992 Dutch Open Joanne Wright Marianne Rasmussen Anne Mette Bille 9–15, 15–9, 2–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1996 All England Open Simon Archer Park Joo-bong Ra Kyung-min 10–15, 10–15 Runner-up 1996 Swiss Open Simon Archer Jan-Eric Antonsson Astrid Crabo 7–15, 15–12, 11–15 Runner-up 1996 Korea Open Simon Archer Park Joo-bong Ra Kyung-min 9–15, 11–15 Runner-up 1995 Grand Prix Finals Simon Archer Tri Kusharyanto Minarti Timur 8–15, 8–15 Runner-up 1994 Denmark Open Simon Archer Thomas Lund Marlene Thomsen 8–15, 3–15 Runner-up

IBF International Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 1991 Spanish International Suzanne Louis-Lane 0–11, 6–11 Runner-up

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1994 Welsh International Joanne Wright Si-An Deng Denyse Julien 15–3, 17–15 Winner 1993 Welsh International Joanne Wright Joanne Davies Joanne Muggeridge 15–9, 15–4 Winner 1992 Welsh International Sara Sankey Anne-Katrin Seid Nicole Baldewein 15–8, 15–1 Winner 1991 Spanish International Gillian Clark Ciara Doheny Katrin Schmidt 12–15, 15–12, 15–7 Winner 1991 Wimbledon International Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers Sara Sankey 5–15, 15–10, 15–5 Winner 1990 Irish International Felicity Gallup Katrin Schmidt Kerstin Ubben No match Winner 1990 Welsh International Cheryl Johnson Joanne Wright Alison Humby 15–11, 15–8 Winner 1989 Irish International Suzanne Louis-Lane Elinor Middlemiss Jennifer Williamson 7–15, 9–15 Runner-up