Joanne Davies


Joanne Davies is a former English badminton player, capped 44 times for England and reached No. 8 in the World.

Early life

She lived on Yarborough Road in Grimsby, and attended the Whitgift School.

Career

She has won team gold and individual silver medals in the 1998 Commonwealth Games. She represented Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Davies was 11 weeks pregnant while she competing in Sydney. Davies married former Dutch national badminton player Jurgen van Leeuwen, and her son Ethan also played badminton.
She was the English National runner-up with her doubles partner Nichola Beck during the 1995 English National Championships.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1998Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

European Junior Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1991BMTE-Törley impozáns sportcsarnokában,
Budapest, Hungary

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1996Brunei Open

IBF International

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1992Portugal International