Joanne Muggeridge

Joanne Muggeridge

Personal information
Nationality	British (English/Welsh)
Born	(1969-04-03) 3 April 1969 (age 56) London, England
Height	157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Right
Medal record Women's badminton Representing   England Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria Women's doubles 1994 Victoria Mixed team European Junior Championships 1987 Warsaw Girls' singles 1987 Warsaw Mixed team

Joanne Muggeridge (born 3 April 1969) is a female badminton player, born in London who represented Great Britain, England and Wales.

Badminton career

She competed in women's singles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and in women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. ^[1] She represented England and won two gold medals in the women's doubles and mixed team events, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Following an argument in 1997 with the England team manager Steve Baddeley she switched allegiance to Wales. ^[5] She represented the Welsh team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, ^[6] where she competed in the badminton doubles events. She teamed up with Neil Cottrill in the mixed doubles and Felicity Gallup in the women's doubles. ^[7] Muggeridge continued to represent Wales after the 2002 Commonwealth Games. ^[8]

Muggeridge was the 13-times champion of Wales at the Welsh National Badminton Championships, winning the women's doubles from 2000 to 2004 and 2006 to 2007 and the mixed doubles from 2001 to 2005 and 2007. ^[9]

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	McKinnon Gym, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Joanne Goode	Julie Bradbury Gillian Clark	15–9, 15–11	Gold

European Junior Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1987	Hali Mery, Warsaw, Poland	Helle Andersen	11–8, 6–11, 6–11	Silver

IBF World Grand Prix

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

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	U.S. Open	Yeping Tang	11–7, 4–11, 3–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Scottish Open	Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen	Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson	0–15, 5–15	Runner-up
1992	Canada Open	Denyse Julien	Pernille Dupont Lotte Olsen	7–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1994	Brunei Open	Karen Chapman	Peng Xinyong Zhang Jin	11–15, 16–12, 5–15	Runner-up
1996	Polish Open	Kelly Morgan	Christine Gandrup Marina Andrievskaya	10–15, 8–15	Runner-up
2002	Puerto Rico Open	Felicity Gallup	Helen Nichol Charmaine Reid	11–3, 11–3	Winner

IBF International

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Welsh International	Elena Rybkina	11–12, 11–5, 12–10	Winner
1990	Amor International	Irina Serova	11–7, 11–3	Winner
1991	Amor International	Astrid van der Knaap	6–11, 6–11	Runner-up
1991	Norwegian International	Helle Andersen	7–11, 11–2, 6–11	Runner-up
1991	Welsh International	Fiona Smith	11–4, 10–12, 11–12	Runner-up
1992	Austrian International	Elena Rybkina	11–5, 12–9	Winner
1993	Irish Open	Karolina Ericsson	12–11, 11–0	Winner
1996	Finnish International	Kelly Morgan	12–10, 11–5	Winner
1997	US OCBC International	Cindy Shi	2–11, 11–5, 4–11	Runner-up
1997	Slovenia International	Maja Pohar	11–1, 11–2	Winner
1998	Brazil International	Ximena Bellido	11–1, 11–0	Winner
1998	Argentina International	Lorena Blanco	11–4, 11–6	Winner
1998	Slovenia International	Maja Pohar	11–7, 11–6	Winner
1998	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Elena Nozdran	9–11, 2–11	Runner-up
1999	Chile International	Adrienn Kocsis	11–7, 11–2	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Amor International	Maaike de Boer	Monika Cassens Petra Michalowsky	15–5, 10–15, 15–8	Winner
1993	Welsh International	Joanne Davies	Julie Bradbury Joanne Goode	9–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1995	Wimbledon International	Nichola Beck	Eline Coene Erica van den Heuvel	15–8, 12–15, 12–15	Runner-up
1996	Finnish International	Kelly Morgan	Nichola Beck Joanne Davies	15–3, 15–10	Winner
1997	US OCBC International	Felicity Gallup	Cindy Shi Yeping Tang	15–11, 15–7	Winner
1997	Slovak International	Felicity Gallup	Nadia Lyduch Sarah Jonsson	15–2, 15–4	Winner
1997	Slovenian International	Felicity Gallup	Elinor Middlemiss Sandra Watt	15–10, 7–15, 15–18	Runner-up
1998	Slovenian International	Felicity Gallup	Maja Pohar Maja Tvrdy	15–9, 15–7	Winner
1998	Welsh International	Felicity Gallup	Marina Andrievskaya Catrine Bengtsson	8–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2000	Croatian International	Felicity Gallup	Neli Boteva Diana Koleva	15–6, 12–15, 15–5	Winner
2000	Irish International	Felicity Gallup	Emma Constable Sara Hardaker	3–15, 15–12, 16–17	Runner-up
2001	Chile International	Felicity Gallup	Sandra Jimeno Doriana Rivera	7–5, 7–5, 7–2	Winner
2001	Peru International	Felicity Gallup	Sandra Jimeno Doriana Rivera	7–2, 7–2, 7–1	Winner
2001	Puerto Rico International	Felicity Gallup	Agnese Allegrini Federica Panini	15–12, 15–7	Winner
2002	Mexico International	Felicity Gallup	Sandra Jimeno Doriana Rivera	11–2, 11–8	Winner
2002	Peru International	Felicity Gallup	Corina Herrle Caren Hückstædt	7–2, 7–3, 7–5	Winner
2002	Mauritius International	Felicity Gallup	Shama Aboobakar Martine de Souza	11–4, 11–0	Winner
2003	Nigeria International	Felicity Gallup	Denyse Julien Anna Rice	15–12, 15–6	Winner
2003	Brazil International	Felicity Gallup	Helen Nichol Charmaine Reid	11–15, 13–15	Runner-up
2003	USA International	Felicity Gallup	Yoshiko Iwata Miyuki Tai	2–15, 4–15	Runner-up
2003	Guatemala International	Felicity Gallup	Yoshiko Iwata Miyuki Tai	12–15, 1–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Wimbledon International	John Quinn	Nikolai Zuyev Marina Yakusheva	15–7, 15–9	Winner
2001	Puerto Rico International	Conrad Hückstädt	Tjitte Weistra Lorena Blanco	4–15, 11–15	Runner-up
2002	Mauritius International	Matthew Hughes	Stephan Beeharry Shama Aboobakar	11–5, 11–3	Winner
2002	Mexico International	Matthew Hughes	Tjitte Weistra Doriana Rivera	11–6, 11–13, 8–11	Runner-up
2002	Welsh International	Matthew Hughes	Nikolai Zuyev Marina Yakusheva	4–11, 6–11	Runner-up
2003	Peru International	Matthew Hughes	José Antonio Crespo Dolores Marco	15–2, 15–13	Winner
2003	Nigeria International	Matthew Hughes	Philippe Bourret Denyse Julien	15–10, 15–11	Winner
2003	Brazil International	Matthew Hughes	José Antonio Crespo Dolores Marco	15–12, 13–15, 13–15	Runner-up

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joanne Muggeridge". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
2. "1994 Athletes". Team England.
3. "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
4. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
5. "Round-up: Muggeridge turns tables on England". Daily Telegraph.
6. "Wales Manchester 2002". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
7. "Welsh on course for medal in badminton" . Ireland's Saturday Night. 27 July 2002. p. 5. Retrieved 2 March 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Badminton" . Coleraine Times. 10 December 2003. p. 56. Retrieved 2 March 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "National Championships". Badminton People. Retrieved 2 March 2026.

External links

• Joanne Muggeridge at BWF Badminton.com
• Joanne Muggeridge at BWF .TournamentSoftware.com (archived, alternate link )
• Joanne Muggeridge at Olympedia
• Joanne Muggeridge at Olympics.com
• Joanne Muggeridge at Team GB
• Joanne Muggeridge at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (1994)
• Joanne Muggeridge at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (2002)