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| Born | 9 April 1964 Horfield, Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gillian Gowers (born 9 April 1964, in Horfield) is an English retired badminton player.
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Gillian Gowers (born 9 April 1964, in Horfield) is an English retired badminton player.
She won the bronze medal at the 1985 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Nigel Tier.
Gowers participated in the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics for Great Britain. [1]
She represented England and won double gold medal in the team event and the women's doubles with Gillian Clark, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. She also participated in the singles and mixed doubles. [2]
Four years later she represented England again and won another gold medal in the team event but had to settle for a silver medal in the women's doubles with Clark, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. [3] [4]
| Rank | Event | Date | Venue |
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| World Championships | |||
| 3 | Mixed doubles | 1985 (with Nigel Tier) | Calgary, CAN |
| Badminton World Cup | |||
| 1 | Mixed doubles | 1993 (with Peter Axelsson) | New Delhi, IND |
| European Championships | |||
| 1 | Women's doubles | 1986 (with Gillian Clark) | Uppsala, SWE |
| 2 | Mixed doubles | 1986 (with Nigel Tier) | Uppsala, SWE |
| 3 | Women's doubles | 1990 (with Gillian Clark) | Moscow, USSR |
| 3 | Mixed doubles | 1990 (with Jan Poulsen-DEN) | Moscow, USSR |
| 3 | Women's doubles | 1992 (with Sara Sankey) | Glasgow, GBR |
| Commonwealth Games | |||
| 1 | Women's doubles | 1986 (with Gillian Clark) | Edinburgh, SCO |
| 2 | Women's doubles | 1990 (with Gillian Clark) | Auckland, NZL |
| All England Championships | |||
| 2 | Mixed doubles | 1984 (with Nigel Tier) | London, ENG |
| 2 | Women's doubles | 1990 (with Gillian Clark) | London, ENG |
| World Cup | |||
| 1 | Mixed doubles | 1984 (with Peter Axelsson-SWE) | New Delhi, IND |
| World Grand Prix | |||
| 1 | Mixed doubles | 1986 (with Nigel Tier) | Kuala Lumpur, MAS |
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