Julie Bradbury

Julie Bradbury
Personal information
Birth name	Julie Jane Bradbury
Country	England
Born	(1967-02-12) 12 February 1967 (age 54) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	4 (WD), 1 (XD)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  England World Cup 1995 Jakarta Women's doubles Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria Mixed team 1994 Victoria Women's doubles 1994 Victoria Mixed doubles European Championships 1996 Herning Mixed doubles 1996 Herning Women's doubles 1994 Den Bosch Women's doubles European Mixed Team Championships 1996 Herning Mixed team 1994 Den Bosch Mixed team 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]

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

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Joanne Wright	Finarsih Lili Tampi	15–11, 4–15, 3–15	Bronze

Commonwealth Games[]

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Gillian Clark	Joanne Muggeridge Joanne Wright	9–15, 11–15	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Simon Archer	Chris Hunt Gillian Clark	11–15, 4–15	Silver

European Championships[]

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Herning Badminton Klub, Herning, Denmark	Joanne Wright	Marlene Thomsen Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen	12–15, 15–10, 4–15	Bronze
1994	Maaspoort Sports and Events, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Gillian Clark	Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson	11–15, 15–12, 14–16	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Herning 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 (IBF) since 1983.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Swedish Open	Donna Kellogg	Liu Lu Qian Hong	11–15, 18–17, 11–15	Runner-up
1996	Denmark Open	Joanne Wright	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	6–15, 2–15	Runner-up
1996	U.S. Open	Joanne Wright	Eliza Nathanael Zelin Resiana	7–15, 5–15	Runner-up
1995	Hong Kong Open	Joanne Wright	Jang Hye-ock Gil Young-ah	15–17, 5–15	Runner-up
1995	Malaysia Open	Joanne Wright	Jang Hye-ock Gil Young-ah	15–10, 15–11	Winner
1994	Thailand Open	Joanne Wright	Ge Fei Gu Jun	12–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1992	Dutch Open	Joanne Wright	Anne Mette Bille	9–15, 15–9, 2–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

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

IBF International[]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Spanish International	Suzanne Louis-Lane	0–11, 6–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Welsh International	Joanne Wright	Si-An Deng Denyse Julien	15–3, 17–15	Winner
1993	Welsh International	Joanne Wright	Joanne Davies Joanne Muggeridge	15–9, 15–4	Winner
1992	Welsh International	Sara Sankey		15–8, 15–1	Winner
1991	Spanish International	Gillian Clark	Katrin Schmidt	12–15, 15–12, 15–7	Winner
1991	Wimbledon International	Gillian Clark	Gillian Gowers Sara Sankey	5–15, 15–10, 15–5	Winner
1990	Irish International	Felicity Gallup	Katrin Schmidt Kerstin Ubben	No match	Winner
1990	Welsh International		Joanne Wright Alison Humby	15–11, 15–8	Winner
1989	Irish International	Suzanne Louis-Lane	Elinor Middlemiss	7–15, 9–15	Runner-up

References[]

External links[]

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Julie Bradbury". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
• British Olympic Association > Julie Bradbury