Gillian Gowers


Gillian Carol Gowers is an English retired badminton player.

Badminton career

World Championships

She won the bronze medal at the 1985 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Nigel Tier.

Olympic Games

Gowers participated in the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics for Great Britain.

Commonwealth Games

She represented 1986 Commonwealth Games|England] and won double gold medal in the team event and the women's doubles with Gillian Clark, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. She also participated in the singles and mixed doubles.
Four years later she represented England again and won another gold medal in the team event but had to settle for a silver medal in the women's doubles with Clark, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.

Achievements

World Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1985 [IBF World Championships – Mixed doubles|1985]Olympic Saddledome, Calgary, Canada

World Cup

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1992Guangdong Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China

Commonwealth Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1986Meadowbank [Sports Centre],
Edinburgh, Scotland

European Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1986Fyrishallen, Uppsala, Sweden

European Junior Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1981Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland

IBF World Grand Prix (37 titles, 56 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983-2006.
Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1984Scottish Opensilver2

IBF International (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Women doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1991Wimbledon International