Simon Archer (badminton)

Simon Archer MBE
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Buzzard
Birth name	Simon David Archer
Country	England
Born	(1973-06-27) 27 June 1973 (age 48) Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Mixed doubles Representing  England World Championships 1999 Copenhagen Mixed doubles 1999 Copenhagen Men's doubles Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria Mixed team 1998 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles 2002 Manchester Mixed doubles 2002 Manchester Mixed team 1994 Victoria Men's doubles 1994 Victoria Mixed doubles 2006 Melbourne Mixed team 1998 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles 1998 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 2002 Manchester Men's doubles European Championships 1994 Den Bosch Men's doubles 1998 Sofia Men's doubles 1996 Herning Mixed doubles 1996 Herning Men's doubles 1998 Sofia Mixed doubles 2000 Glasgow Men's doubles European Mixed Team Championships 1998 Sofia Mixed team 2000 Glasgow Mixed team 2002 Malmö Mixed team 1994 Den Bosch Mixed team 1996 Herning Mixed team 2006 Den Bosch Mixed team European Junior Championships 1991 Budapest Boys' singles 1991 Budapest Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Simon David Archer MBE (born 27 June 1973) is an English former badminton player. Archer once held the world record for the fastest smash at 162 mph.^[1]

Career[]

Summer Olympics[]

Archer competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in doubles, with Chris Hunt. They were knocked out in the quarterfinals. In 2000 he coupled with Nathan Robertson, but they too lost in the quarterfinals, this time to Tony Gunawan and Candra Wijaya of Indonesia. However, Archer also competed in mixed doubles with Joanne Goode and won a bronze medal.

Commonwealth Games[]

He represented England and won double silver in the mixed doubles and men's doubles event and was a member of the mixed team that won the gold medal, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.^[2][3][4]

Archer and Goode won gold medals twice at the Commonwealth Games in 1998 and 2002. Archer also won bronze medals in men's doubles in both these Games, together with Chris Hunt and James Anderson respectively.

Retirement[]

In August 2006 Archer announced, that he will no longer compete on international level.^[5] However he still plays county badminton for Worcestershire and has had an offer to play for a club in Germany.

Personal life[]

Archer was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours.^[6][7]

Achievements[]

Olympic Games[]

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	The Dome, Sydney, Australia	Joanne Goode	Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen	15–4, 12–15, 17–14	Bronze

World Championships[]

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Nathan Robertson	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	11–15, 8–15	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Joanne Goode	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min	10–15, 13–15	Silver

Commonwealth Games[]

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	McKinnon Gym, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada	Chris Hunt	Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang	10–15, 9–15	Silver
1998	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Chris Hunt	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	13–15, 11–15	Bronze
2002	Bolton Arena, Manchester, England	James Anderson	Chan Chong Ming Chew Choon Eng	4–7, 5–7, 2–7	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	McKinnon Gym, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada	Julie Bradbury	Chris Hunt Gillian Clark	11–15, 4–15	Silver
1998	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Joanne Goode	Nathan Robertson Joanne Davies	15–2, 15–5	Gold
2002	Bolton Arena, Manchester, England	Joanne Goode	Chew Choon Eng Chin Eei Hui	0–7, 7–5, 7–3, 7–3	Gold

European Championships[]

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Chris Hunt	Andrey Antropov Nikolai Zuyev	18–16, 15–4	Gold
1996	Herning Badminton Klub, Herning, Denmark	Chris Hunt	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	6–15, 10–15	Silver
1998	Winter Sports Palace, Sofia, Bulgaria	Chris Hunt	Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	15–3, 15–3	Gold
2000	Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Nathan Robertson	Jens Eriksen Jesper Larsen	13–15, 15–7, 3–15	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Herning Badminton Klub, Herning, Denmark	Julie Bradbury	Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen	16–18, 2–15	Silver
1998	Winter Sports Palace, Sofia, Bulgaria	Joanne Goode	Michael Keck Erica van den Heuvel	15–8, 11–15, 8–15	Bronze

European Junior Championships[]

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Budapest, Hungary	Jürgen Koch	15–11, 12–15, 8–15	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Budapest, Hungary	Joanne Davies	Joris van Soerland Nicole van Hooren	11–15, 4–15	Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix[]

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

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Dutch Open	Chris Hunt	Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono	18–17, 5–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1995	Swiss Open	Chris Hunt	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	6–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1996	Denmark Open	Chris Hunt	Jim Laugesen Thomas Stavngaard	15–17, 15–10, 7–15	Runner-up
1997	German Open	Chris Hunt	Jens Eriksen Jesper Larsen	4–15, 8–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Denmark Open	Julie Bradbury	Thomas Lund Marlene Thomsen	8–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1996	Korea Open	Julie Bradbury	Park Joo-bong Ra Kyung-min	9–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1996	Swiss Open	Julie Bradbury	Jan-Eric Antonsson Astrid Crabo	7–15, 15–12, 11–15	Runner-up
1996	All England Open	Julie Bradbury	Park Joo-bong Ra Kyung-min	10–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1998	Hong Kong Open	Joanne Goode	Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen	15–8, 7–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1999	All England Open	Joanne Goode	Ha Tae-kwon Chung Jae-hee	15–2, 15–13	Winner
1999	Swiss Open	Joanne Goode	Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen	15–5, 15–4	Winner
2000	Thailand Open	Joanne Goode	Zhang Jun Gao Ling	13–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2000	Indonesia Open	Joanne Goode	Michael Søgaard Rikke Olsen	15–13, 11–15, 15–4	Winner
2000	Dutch Open	Erica van den Heuvel	Chen Qiqiu Chen Lin	15–8, 12–15, 10–15	Runner-up
2002	U.S. Open	Marina Andrievskaya	Tony Gunawan Etty Tantri	11–7, 4–11, 6–11	Runner-up

IBF International[]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Portugal International	Chris Hunt	Andy Goode	7–15, 15–2, 10–15	Runner-up
1992	Iceland International	Julian Robertson	Russell Hogg Kenny Middlemiss	15–9, 15–9	Winner
1993	Austrian International	Nick Ponting	Quinten van Dalm	15–5, 15–5	Winner
1993	Hamburg Cup	Chris Hunt	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	8–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1993	Wimbledon Open	Chris Hunt	Nikolai Zuyev	6–15, 15–7, 15–5	Winner
1993	Welsh International		Sergei Melnikov Nikolai Zuyev	15–3, 15–5	Winner
1993	Irish International	Julian Robertson	Neil Cottrill	15–10, 15–6	Winner
2002	BMW Open International	Flandy Limpele	Anthony Clark Nathan Robertson	15–5, 17–14	Winner
2004	Portugal International	Robert Blair	Liu Kwok Wa Albertus Susanto Njoto	15–9, 12–15, 15–7	Winner
2004	Bitburger Open	Anthony Clark	Svetoslav Stoyanov	15–5, 15–7	Winner
2005	Portugal International	Anthony Clark		17–15, 15–4	Winner
2005	Swedish International	Anthony Clark	Henrik Andersson Fredrik Bergström	Walkover	Winner
2005	Italian International	David Lindley	Anders Kristiansen	10–15, 15–9, 13–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Austrian International			15–3, 15–2	Winner
1992	Wimbledon Open	Joanne Davies	Dave Wright Sara Sankey	15–5, 12–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1993	Welsh International	Joanne Davies	Chris Hunt Joanne Wright	9–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1993	Irish International	Joanne Davies	Julian Robertson Sara Hardaker	15–5, 15–10	Winner
2003	Austrian International	Donna Kellogg	Fredrik Bergström Johanna Persson	11–6, 5–11, 11–6	Winner
2003	Slovenian International	Donna Kellogg	Nikolai Zuyev Marina Yakusheva	15–2, 17–16	Winner
2003	Iceland International	Donna Kellogg	Jesper Larsen	15–13, 15–4	Winner
2003	Scottish International	Donna Kellogg		15–5, 15–3	Winner
2003	Irish International	Donna Kellogg	Kamilla Rytter Juhl	15–12, 15–4	Winner
2004	Portugal International	Donna Kellogg	Kristof Hopp Kathrin Piotrowski	15–12, 15–12	Winner

References[]

External links[]

• Simon Archer at BadmintonEngland.co.uk^{[permanent dead link]}
• "Simon Archer at InternationalBadminton.org". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
• Simon Archer at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Simon Archer at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)