Julie Bradbury


Julie Jane Bradbury is a former English badminton player who represented Great Britain at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games. 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 at the English National Championships. She reached a career high as world No. 1 in the mixed doubles and No. 4 in the women's doubles.

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

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.

Achievements

World Cup

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1995Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Joanne Wright Finarsih
Lili Tampi
15–11, 4–15, 3–15 Bronze

Commonwealth Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Gillian Clark Joanne Muggeridge
Joanne Wright
9–15, 11–15 Silver

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Simon Archer Chris Hunt
Gillian Clark
11–15, 4–15 Silver

European Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1996Herning Badminton Klub,
Herning, Denmark
Joanne Wright Marlene Thomsen
Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen
12–15, 15–10, 4–15 Bronze
1994Maaspoort Sports and Events,
Den Bosch, Netherlands
Gillian Clark Lim Xiaoqing
Christine Magnusson
11–15, 15–12, 14–16 Bronze

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1996Herning Badminton Klub,
Herning, Denmark
Simon Archer Michael Søgaard
Rikke Olsen
16–18, 2–15 Silver

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1997Swedish Open Donna Kellogg Liu Lu
Qian Hong
11–15, 18–17, 11–15 Runner-up
1996Denmark Open Joanne Wright Helene Kirkegaard
Rikke Olsen
6–15, 2–15 Runner-up
1996U.S. Open Joanne Wright Eliza Nathanael
Zelin Resiana
7–15, 5–15 Runner-up
1995Hong Kong Open Joanne Wright Jang Hye-ock
Gil Young-ah
15–17, 5–15 Runner-up
1995Malaysia Open Joanne Wright Jang Hye-ock
Gil Young-ah
15–10, 15–11 Winner
1994Thailand Open Joanne Wright Ge Fei
Gu Jun
12–15, 4–15 Runner-up
1992Dutch Open Joanne Wright Marianne Rasmussen
Anne Mette Bille
9–15, 15–9, 2–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1996All England Open Simon Archer Park Joo-bong
Ra Kyung-min
10–15, 10–15 Runner-up
1996Swiss Open Simon Archer Jan-Eric Antonsson
Astrid Crabo
7–15, 15–12, 11–15 Runner-up
1996Korea Open Simon Archer Park Joo-bong
Ra Kyung-min
9–15, 11–15 Runner-up
1995Grand Prix Finals Simon Archer Tri Kusharyanto
Minarti Timur
8–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1994Denmark Open Simon Archer Thomas Lund
Marlene Thomsen
8–15, 3–15 Runner-up

IBF International

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1991Spanish International Suzanne Louis-Lane0–11, 6–11 Runner-up

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994Welsh International Joanne Wright Si-An Deng
Denyse Julien
15–3, 17–15 Winner
1993Welsh International Joanne Wright Joanne Davies
Joanne Muggeridge
15–9, 15–4 Winner
1992Welsh International Sara Sankey Anne-Katrin Seid
Nicole Baldewein
15–8, 15–1 Winner
1991Spanish International Gillian Clark Ciara Doheny
Katrin Schmidt
12–15, 15–12, 15–7 Winner
1991Wimbledon International Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers
Sara Sankey
5–15, 15–10, 15–5 Winner
1990Irish International Felicity Gallup Katrin Schmidt
Kerstin Ubben
No match Winner
1990Welsh International Cheryl Johnson Joanne Wright
Alison Humby
15–11, 15–8 Winner
1989Irish International Suzanne Louis-Lane Elinor Middlemiss
Jennifer Williamson
7–15, 9–15 Runner-up