Julie Bradbury

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Julie Bradbury
Personal information
Birth nameJulie Jane Bradbury
CountryEngland
Born (1967-02-12) 12 February 1967 (age 56)
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking4 (WD), 1 (XD)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1995 Jakarta Women's doubles
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Victoria Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Victoria Women's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Victoria Mixed doubles
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 Herning Mixed doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 Herning Women's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Den Bosch Women's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 Herning Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Den Bosch Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1992 Glasgow Mixed team
BWF profile

Julie Jane Bradbury (born 12 February 1967) is a former English badminton player who represented Great Britain at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games. [1] 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. [2] She reached a career high as world No. 1 in the mixed doubles and No. 4 in the women's doubles. [3]

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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. [4] In the quarterfinals they were beaten by the eventual gold medalists, Hwang Hye-young and Chung So-young of Korea, 5–15, 5–15. [5]

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. [6]

Achievements

World Cup

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1995 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Flag of England.svg Joanne Wright Flag of Indonesia.svg Finarsih
Flag of Indonesia.svg Lili Tampi
15–11, 4–15, 3–15 Med 3.png Bronze

Commonwealth Games

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994 McKinnon Gym, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Flag of England.svg Gillian Clark Flag of England.svg Joanne Muggeridge
Flag of England.svg Joanne Wright
9–15, 11–15 Med 2.png Silver

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994 McKinnon Gym, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Flag of England.svg Simon Archer Flag of England.svg Chris Hunt
Flag of England.svg Gillian Clark
11–15, 4–15 Med 2.png Silver

European Championships

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1996 Herning Badminton Klub,
Herning, Denmark
Flag of England.svg Joanne Wright Flag of Denmark.svg Marlene Thomsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen
12–15, 15–10, 4–15 Med 3.png Bronze
1994 Maaspoort Sports and Events,
Den Bosch, Netherlands
Flag of England.svg Gillian Clark Flag of Sweden.svg Lim Xiaoqing
Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson
11–15, 15–12, 14–16 Med 3.png Bronze

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1996 Herning Badminton Klub,
Herning, Denmark
Flag of England.svg Simon Archer Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Søgaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Rikke Olsen
16–18, 2–15 Med 2.png Silver

IBF World Grand Prix

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

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1997 Swedish Open Flag of England.svg Donna Kellogg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Lu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qian Hong
11–15, 18–17, 11–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1996 Denmark Open Flag of England.svg Joanne Wright Flag of Denmark.svg Helene Kirkegaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Rikke Olsen
6–15, 2–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1996 U.S. Open Flag of England.svg Joanne Wright Flag of Indonesia.svg Eliza Nathanael
Flag of Indonesia.svg Zelin Resiana
7–15, 5–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1995 Hong Kong Open Flag of England.svg Joanne Wright Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Hye-ock
Flag of South Korea.svg Gil Young-ah
15–17, 5–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1995 Malaysia Open Flag of England.svg Joanne Wright Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Hye-ock
Flag of South Korea.svg Gil Young-ah
15–10, 15–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1994 Thailand Open Flag of England.svg Joanne Wright Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ge Fei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gu Jun
12–15, 4–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1992 Dutch Open Flag of England.svg Joanne Wright Flag of Denmark.svg Marianne Rasmussen
Flag of Denmark.svg Anne Mette Bille
9–15, 15–9, 2–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1996 All England Open Flag of England.svg Simon Archer Flag of South Korea.svg Park Joo-bong
Flag of South Korea.svg Ra Kyung-min
10–15, 10–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1996 Swiss Open Flag of England.svg Simon Archer Flag of Sweden.svg Jan-Eric Antonsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Astrid Crabo
7–15, 15–12, 11–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1996 Korea Open Flag of England.svg Simon Archer Flag of South Korea.svg Park Joo-bong
Flag of South Korea.svg Ra Kyung-min
9–15, 11–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1995 Grand Prix Finals Flag of England.svg Simon Archer Flag of Indonesia.svg Tri Kusharyanto
Flag of Indonesia.svg Minarti Timur
8–15, 8–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1994 Denmark Open Flag of England.svg Simon Archer Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Lund
Flag of Denmark.svg Marlene Thomsen
8–15, 3–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

IBF International

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1991 Spanish International Flag of England.svg Suzanne Louis-Lane 0–11, 6–11Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994 Welsh International Flag of England.svg Joanne Wright Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Si-An Deng
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denyse Julien
15–3, 17–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1993 Welsh International Flag of England.svg Joanne Wright Flag of England.svg Joanne Davies
Flag of England.svg Joanne Muggeridge
15–9, 15–4Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1992 Welsh International Flag of England.svg Sara Sankey Flag of Germany.svg Anne-Katrin Seid
Flag of Germany.svg Nicole Baldewein
15–8, 15–1Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1991 Spanish International Flag of England.svg Gillian Clark Flag of Ireland.svg Ciara Doheny
Flag of Germany.svg Katrin Schmidt
12–15, 15–12, 15–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1991Wimbledon International Flag of England.svg Gillian Clark Flag of England.svg Gillian Gowers
Flag of England.svg Sara Sankey
5–15, 15–10, 15–5Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1990 Irish International Flag of England.svg Felicity Gallup Flag of Germany.svg Katrin Schmidt
Flag of Germany.svg Kerstin Ubben
No matchGold medal icon.svgWinner
1990 Welsh International Flag of England.svg Cheryl Johnson Flag of England.svg Joanne Wright
Flag of England.svg Alison Humby
15–11, 15–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1989 Irish International Flag of England.svg Suzanne Louis-Lane Flag of Scotland.svg Elinor Middlemiss
Flag of Scotland.svg Jennifer Williamson
7–15, 9–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

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