Johanne Falardeau

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Johanne Falardeau
Personal information
CountryCanada
Born1961 (age 6364)
Retired1991
HandednessRight
EventDoubles
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1982 Brisbane Women's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1986 Edinburgh Women's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1978 Edmonton Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1982 Brisbane Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1986 Edinburgh Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1990 Auckland Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1990 Auckland Women's doubles
Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1979 Mexico City Women's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1979 Mexico City Women's doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1979 Mexico City Mixed team
BWF profile

Johanne Falardeau (born 1961) is a Canadian retired badminton player. Falardeau is the first ever women's doubles player from her country to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. Additionally, she won a silver and bronze in the same discipline, too. She is also a former Pan American champion and became the national champion for seven times between 1982 and 1990. [1]

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Introduced to badminton at the age of ten by Jean-Claude Laprise, Falardeau has experienced a meteoric progression. Became Provincial junior champion in under ninenteen category three years later, and made it to the national team at the age of 15. The following year, she won the triple crown (singles, doubles, mixed) at the Canadian Junior Championships. Her first international success came at the 1978 Commonwealth Games where she won silver medal in mixed team event. 1979, she became Pan American champion in both singles and mixed team events. Reaching finals multiple times in international tournaments, she became champion in French Open, U. S. Open, Canada Open and Victor Cup and had some second best performances in Bells Open, Scottish Open and Carlton Cup as well. [2]

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1982 Edmonton,
Brisbane, Australia
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Claire Backhouse-Sharpe Flag of England.svg Gillian Clark
Flag of England.svg Karen Beckman
13–15, 18–16, 15–4 Med 1.png Gold
1986 Meadowbank Sports Centre,
Edinburgh, Scotland
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denyse Julien Flag of England.svg Gillian Clark
Flag of England.svg Gillian Gowers
6–15, 7–15 Med 2.png Silver
1990 Auckland Badminton Hall,
Auckland, New Zealand
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denyse Julien Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Sui Hoon
Flag of Malaysia.svg Lim Siew Choon
18–13, 15–2 Med 3.png Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

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

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1983 Canada Open Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Claire Backhouse-Sharpe Flag of England.svg Karen Beckman
Flag of England.svg Sally Podger
14–18, 15–10, 4–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1984 Scottish Open Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Claire Backhouse-Sharpe Flag of Scotland.svg Alison Fulton
Flag of Ireland.svg Barbara Beckett
12–15, 10–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1987Carlton-Intersport Open Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denyse Julien Flag of England.svg Fiona Elliott
Flag of England.svg Sara Halsall
15–7, 6–15, 2–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1983 Canada Open Flag of Sweden.svg Lars Wengberg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Butler
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Claire Backhouse-Sharpe
18–14, 10–15, 15–17Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

International tournaments

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1982 French Open Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Linda Cloutier Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1982 Canada Open Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Claire Backhouse-Sharpe Flag of England.svg Gillian Clark
Flag of England.svg Gillian Gilks
14–17, 6–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1980 Canada Open Flag of Denmark.svg Steen Fladberg Flag of England.svg Mike Tredgett
Flag of England.svg Nora Perry
7–15, 9–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1982 French Open Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bob MacDougall Gold medal icon.svgWinner

IBF International

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1983 U. S. Open Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Claire Backhouse-Sharpe Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1983Victor Cup Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Claire Backhouse-Sharpe Flag of England.svg Jane Sutton
Flag of England.svg Karen Beckman
9–15, 15–17Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1984Victor Cup Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Claire Backhouse-Sharpe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denyse Julien
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Linda Cloutier
15–7, 15–4Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1985 Canada Open Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denyse Julien Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Claire Backhouse-Sharpe
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sandra Skilings
15–7, 14–17, 18–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1986 U. S. Open Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denyse Julien Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yomiko Fushiki
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Mami Nakajima
18–16, 15–5Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1987Bells Open Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denyse Julien Flag of England.svg Fiona Elliott
Flag of England.svg Sara Halsall
9–15, 10–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1985 Canada Open Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Helledie Flag of Scotland.svg Billy Gilliland
Flag of England.svg Nora Perry
6–15, 9–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1986 U. S. Open Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Butler Flag of the United States.svg Peter Rawlek
Flag of the United States.svg Susan Hill
15–5, 15–6Gold medal icon.svgWinner

References

  1. "Michelle Li captures badminton gold at Commonwealth Games". therecord.com. 11 April 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  2. Tardif, Jean-François (27 February 2017). "Johanne Falardeau, faite pour aider". lesoleil.com (in French). Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.