Julie Bradbury


Julie Jane Bradbury is a former English badminton player who represented Great Britain at the [Badminton at the Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Summer Olympics|1992] and [Badminton at the 1996 European Badminton Championships|1996 Summer Olympics|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

Commonwealth Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994McKinnon Gym, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

European Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1996Herning Badminton Klub,
Herning, Denmark

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1997Swedish Open

IBF International

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1991Spanish Internationalsilver2