Gillian Carol Gowers (born 9 April 1964, in Horfield) is an English retired badminton player.[1]
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| Full name | Gillian Carol Gowers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 April 1964 Horfield, Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Badminton career
editWorld Championships
editShe won the bronze medal at the 1985 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Nigel Tier.
Olympic Games
editGowers participated in the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics for Great Britain.[2]
Commonwealth Games
editShe represented 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.[3]
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.[4][5]
Major achievements
edit| Rank | Event | Date | Venue |
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| World Championships | |||
| 3 | Mixed doubles | 1985 (with Nigel Tier) |
Calgary, CAN |
| Badminton World Cup | |||
| 1 | Mixed doubles | 1993 (with Peter Axelsson) |
New Delhi, IND |
| European Championships | |||
| 1 | Women's doubles | 1986 (with Gillian Clark) |
Uppsala, SWE |
| 2 | Mixed doubles | 1986 (with Nigel Tier) |
Uppsala, SWE |
| 3 | Women's doubles | 1990 (with Gillian Clark) |
Moscow, USSR |
| 3 | Mixed doubles | 1990 (with Jan Poulsen-DEN) |
Moscow, USSR |
| 3 | Women's doubles | 1992 (with Sara Sankey) |
Glasgow, GBR |
| Commonwealth Games | |||
| 1 | Women's doubles | 1986 (with Gillian Clark) |
Edinburgh, SCO |
| 2 | Women's doubles | 1990 (with Gillian Clark) |
Auckland, NZL |
| All England Championships | |||
| 2 | Mixed doubles | 1984 (with Nigel Tier) |
London, ENG |
| 2 | Women's doubles | 1990 (with Gillian Clark) |
London, ENG |
| World Cup | |||
| 1 | Mixed doubles | 1984 (with Peter Axelsson-SWE) |
New Delhi, IND |
| World Grand Prix | |||
| 1 | Mixed doubles | 1986 (with Nigel Tier) |
Kuala Lumpur, MAS |
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gillian Gowers". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010.
- ^ "Gillian Gowers". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
External links
edit- Gillian C Gowers at BWFBadminton.com
- Gillian C Gowers at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
- Gillian Carol Gowers at Olympics.com
- Gillian Gowers at Team GB
- Gillian Gowers at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)