Gillian Margaret Clark (born 2 September 1961) is an English badminton commentator and former

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player who specialized in doubles.

Badminton career

World Championships

Clark won two bronze medals at the

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a decade apart; for women's doubles in

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, and for mixed doubles in

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Olympic Games

Clark competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with

Julie Bradbury Julie Jane Bradbury (born 12 February 1967) is a former English badminton player who represented Great Britain at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games. She was part of the national mixed team that won the gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, ...

. In the first round they defeated

Erma Sulistianingsih Erma Sulistianingsih (born 5 November 1965) is an Indonesian badminton player. A doubles specialist, Sulistianingsih competed in women's doubles with Rosiana Tendean at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Together, they won consecutive W ...

and

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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 Hwang Hye-young (born July 16, 1966) is a former female badminton player from South Korea. She won the gold medal in women's doubles together with Chung So-young at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She was also the Gold medallist in t ...

and

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of Korea, 5–15, 5–15.

All England Championship

She reached the finals of the prestigious All England Open Championships; in the

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mixed doubles with

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, the

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doubles with

Gillian Gowers Gillian Gowers (born 9 April 1964, in Horfield) is a retired female badminton player from England. Badminton career World Championships She won the bronze medal at the 1985 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Nigel Tier. Olympic Ga ...

and

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the mixed with

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Commonwealth Games

Clark has won twelve Commonwealth Games medals spanning four Games from 1982 until 1994. The medal breakdown was six gold medals (one with Gillian Gowers in the doubles, one with Chris Hunt in the mixed doubles and four in the team event), three silver medals all in the doubles and three bronze medals in the singles and mixed doubles.

European Championships

She won four gold medals at the biennial

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; three consecutively (1982, 1984, and 1986) in women's doubles and one in mixed doubles (1988).

Personal life

Clark was harassed by a stalker for more than 10 years since 2001. The perpetrator was diagnosed with persistent delusional personality disorder and jailed for 2 years.

Achievements

World Championships

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

World Cup

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Commonwealth Games

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

European Championships

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

European Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

IBF International

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Gillian 1961 births Living people Sportspeople from Baghdad English female badminton players Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Great Britain Badminton players at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Members of the Order of the British Empire