Denyse Julien


Denyse Julien is a female badminton player from Canada notable for her versatility and longevity.

Career

Between 1981 and 2004 Julien won a record 31 Canadian National Championship events, thirteen in singles, eight in women's doubles, and ten in mixed doubles. She also captured five events at the Canadian Open Championships, including women's singles in 1989. Julien earned four individual medals at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games. These include a silver medal in singles, and a silver and two bronzes in women's doubles. Julien's record in another quadrennial competition, the Pan American Games, has been particularly noteworthy. A few months shy of her 35th birthday she won all three events at Mar del Plata, Argentina in 1995 when badminton was introduced into these Games. She won medals in each event at the next competition in Winnipeg in 1999, and a silver in women's doubles and a gold in mixed doubles at the 2003 competition in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Julien won a number of titles in Europe, including women's singles at French and Welsh Opens, women's doubles at the Austrian International, and mixed doubles at the Portugal Open. She competed in three Olympic Games, the highlight of which was winning two rounds of singles at the 1992 Games in Barcelona before bowing to China's reigning world champion Tang Jiuhong.

Achievements

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1983Canada Open Kirsten Larsen1–11, 1–11 Runner-up
1986US Open Hisako Mori12–10, 3–11, 12–9 Winner
1987Canada Open Chun Sung-suk5–11, 7–11 Runner-up
1989Canada Open Si-an Deng11–9, 11–1 Winner
1990US Open Elena Rybkina7–11, 11–2, 11–8 Winner
1992Canada Open Hisako Mizui5–11, 11–7, 10–12 Runner-up
1993Scottish Open Camilla Martin6–11, 8–11 Runner-up
2002Puerto Rico Open Charmaine Reid11–8, 1–11, 13–10 Winner

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1985Canada Open Johanne Falardeau Sandra Skillings
Claire Backhouse		15–7, 14–17, 18–16 Winner
1986US Open Johanne Falardeau Yomiko Fushiki
Mami Nakajima		18–15, 15–5 Winner
1990US Open Doris Piché Elena Rybkina
Vlada Chernyavskaya		18–13, 18–15 Winner
1990Canada Open Doris Piché Si-an Deng
Claire Backhouse		 Winner
1992Canada Open Joanne Muggeridge Pernille Dupont
Lotte Olsen		 Runner-up

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1990Canada Open Bryan Blanshard Mike Butler
Claire Backhouse		 Winner