Anthony Clark (badminton)

Anthony Clark
Personal information
Birth name	Anthony Ian Clark
Country	England
Born	(1977-11-01) 1 November 1977 (age 47) Derby, England [1]
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Handedness	Left
Coach	Peter Jeffrey Julian Robertson Andy Wood [1]
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	4 (in MD) 5 (in XD)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing   England World Championships 2006 Madrid Men's doubles 2006 Madrid Mixed doubles Sudirman Cup 2007 Glasgow Mixed team Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester Mixed team 2006 Melbourne Mixed team 2010 Delhi Men's doubles 2002 Manchester Men's doubles 2002 Manchester Mixed doubles 2006 Melbourne Men's doubles 2010 Delhi Mixed team European Championships 2008 Herning Mixed doubles 2002 Malmö Men's doubles 2004 Geneva Men's doubles 2006 Den Bosch Men's doubles 2006 Den Bosch Mixed doubles European Mixed Team Championships 2002 Malmö Mixed team 2008 Herning Mixed team 2009 Liverpool Mixed team 2006 Den Bosch Mixed team 2011 Amsterdam Mixed team European Men's Team Championships 2008 Almere Men's team 2006 Thessalonica Men's team
BWF profile

Anthony Ian Clark (born 1 November 1977) is an English former badminton player who represented England on 106 occasions. He became the first European male player ever to reach 2 finals at the same World Championships. Reaching the final of both mixed and men's doubles at the 2006 World Championships in Madrid. Clark also won the mixed doubles title at the 2008 European Championships, Captained the England team to a bronze medal at the 2007 Surdiman Cup , and was part of the England winning team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

Career

2004 Summer Olympics

Clark competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Nathan Robertson. They defeated Patapol Ngernsrisuk and Sudket Prapakamol of Thailand in the first round, then were defeated in the round of 16 by Eng Hian and Flandy Limpele of Indonesia.

2006 World Champs

Clark reached the mixed doubles final at the 2006 IBF World Championships together with Donna Kellogg, losing the final against Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson. He also lost the men's doubles final in the same event together with Robert Blair.

2008 Olympics

Currently living in Coalville, Leicestershire, Clark represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the mixed doubles badminton event.

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain	Robert Blair	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	9–21, 13–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain	Donna Kellogg	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	15–21, 12–21	Silver

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Bolton Arena, Manchester, England	Nathan Robertson	Chang Kim Wai Choong Tan Fook	5–8, 3–7, 4–7	Bronze
2006	Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Robert Blair	Ashley Brehaut Travis Denney	21–6, 21–14	Bronze
2010	Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi, India	Nathan Robertson	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	19–21, 14–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Bolton Arena, Manchester, England	Sara Sankey	Chew Choon Eng Chin Eei Hui	7–4, 7–3, 4–7, 4–7, 0–7	Bronze

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Baltiska Hallen, Malmö, Sweden	Nathan Robertson	Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	4–7, 7–1, 3–7, 7–2, 3–7	Silver
2004	Queue d’Arve Sport Center, Geneva, Switzerland	Nathan Robertson	Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	3–15, 9–15	Silver
2006	Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Robert Blair	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	17–21, 21–11, 18–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Donna Kellogg	Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager	16–21, 14–21	Bronze
2008	Messecenter, Herning, Denmark	Donna Kellogg	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	16–21, 22–20, 21–15	Gold

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, ^[2] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011. ^[3] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Singapore Open	Nathan Robertson	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	21–12, 21–11	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	All England Open	Donna Kellogg	Zheng Bo Gao Ling	21–16, 18–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2007	China Masters	Donna Kellogg	Zheng Bo Gao Ling	16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2008	Swiss Open	Donna Kellogg	He Hanbin Yu Yang	15–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2008	Singapore Open	Donna Kellogg	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	21–17, 14–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2008	French Open	Donna Kellogg	He Hanbin Yu Yang	13–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2009	Denmark Open	Donna Kellogg	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	16–21, 27–25, 17–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	U.S. Open	Ian Sullivan	James Anderson Graham Hurrell	14–17, 11–15	Runner-up
2004	Thailand Open	Nathan Robertson	Luluk Hadiyanto Alvent Yulianto	12–15, 6–15	Runner-up
2005	Thessaloniki Grand Prix	Robert Blair	Michael Fuchs Roman Spitko	15–6, 15–9	Winner
2006	German Open	Robert Blair	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	11–15, 6–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Thessaloniki Grand Prix	Donna Kellogg	Robert Blair Natalie Munt	15–4, 6–15, 15–13	Winner
2006	Denmark Open	Donna Kellogg	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	14–21, 21–14, 22–20	Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	La Chaux-de-Fonds International	Ian Sullivan	Michael Helber Björn Siegemund	12–15, 17–18	Runner-up
1997	Austrian International	Ian Pearson	Dennis Lens Quinten van Dalm	16–17, 15–11, 15–7	Winner
1998	Slovak International	Ian Sullivan	Graham Hurrell Peter Jeffrey	15–8, 12–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1998	Scottish International	Ian Sullivan	Michael Lamp Martin Lundgaard Hansen	10–15, 5–15	Runner-up
1999	French Open	Ian Sullivan	Michał Łogosz Robert Mateusiak	15–11, 15–10	Winner
1999	Italian International	Ian Sullivan	Takaaki Hayashi Katsuya Nishiyama	15–6, 15–9	Winner
1999	Irish International	Paul Trueman	James Anderson Graham Hurrell	5–15, 17–14, 4–15	Runner-up
2000	Welsh International	Ian Sullivan	Kristian Langbak Jesper Thomsen	8–6, 1–7, 7–0	Winner
2002	BMW Open International	Nathan Robertson	Simon Archer Flandy Limpele	5–15, 14–17	Runner-up
2004	Bitburger Open	Simon Archer	Jean-Michel Lefort Svetoslav Stoyanov	15–5, 15–7	Winner
2005	Portugal International	Simon Archer	Keishi Kawaguchi Toru Matsumoto	17–15, 15–4	Winner
2005	Swedish International	Simon Archer	Henrik Andersson Fredrik Bergström	Walkover	Winner
2010	Irish International	Chris Langridge	Chris Adcock Andrew Ellis	13–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2010	Italian International	Chris Langridge	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2011	Austrian International	Chris Langridge	Hiroyuki Saeki Ryota Taohata	21–15, 21–16	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Czech International	Lorraine Cole	Ian Sullivan Gail Emms	15–4, 15–13	Winner
1998	Slovak International	Lorraine Cole	David Lindley Joanne Wright	15–5, 15–3	Winner
1999	Italian International	Zeng Yaqiong	Ian Sullivan Han Jingna	11–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1999	Irish International	Lorraine Cole	Ruud Kuijten Manon Albinus	15–7, 15–8	Winner
2000	Welsh International	Gail Emms	Henrik Andersson Johanna Persson	7–4, 7–1, 7–0	Winner
2005	Portugal International	Donna Kellogg	Sergio Llopis Dolores Marco	15–5, 15–10	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF/IBF International Series tournament

References

1. "Anthony Clark". www.badmintonengland.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
2. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
3. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". www.ibadmintonstore.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

External links

• Anthony Clark at BWF Badminton.com
• Anthony Clark at BWF .TournamentSoftware.com (archived, alternate link )
• Anthony Clark at Olympedia
• Anthony Clark at Olympics.com
• Anthony Clark at Team GB
• Anthony Clark at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Anthony Clark at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Anthony Clark at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games (archived)