Joanne Davies (born 10 September 1972) is a former

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player, capped 44 times for England and reached No. 8 in the World.

Biography

She has won team gold and individual silver medals in the

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. She represented

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at the

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, Australia. Davies was 11 weeks pregnant while she competing in Sydney. Davies married former Dutch national badminton player Jurgen van Leeuwen, and her son

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also played badminton. She was the English National runner-up with her doubles partner

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during the 1995 English National Championships.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

''Mixed doubles''

European Junior Championships

''Mixed doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

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

IBF International

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

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Joanne 1972 births Living people English female badminton players Olympic badminton players for Great Britain Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games