Joanne Nicholas (

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Wright, born 10 October 1977) is a female

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player from the

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. She attended Churchtown Primary School, Stanley High School and

King George V College King George V Sixth Form College (KGV) is a sixth form college in Southport, Merseyside, England. It provides A-level and BTEC education, and between 2009 and 2012 offered the International Baccalaureate Diploma. It was previously a grammar s ...

("KGV"), all in

Southport Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England. Southport lies on the Irish ...

Merseyside Merseyside ( ) is a metropolitan county, metropolitan and ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England, with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England, 1.38 million. It encompasses both banks of the Merse ...

. Wright competed in

badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Goudi Olympic Hall at the Goudi Olympic Complex Goudi Olympic Complex is a sports complex in Athens, Greece. It held two of the sports venues used during the 2004 Summer Olympics. Goudi Oly ...

in women's doubles with partner

Ella Tripp Ella Kate Tripp (born 7 November 1976; née Miles) is an English badminton player. Tripp competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Joanne Wright. They beat Bulgarians in the first round and were defea ...

. They had a bye in the first round and were defeated by

Lotte Bruil Lotte Jonathans (born 17 September 1977) is a Dutch former badminton player. Career Jonathans made her debut at the Olympics in the 2000 Sydney, reaching the quarter finals of the women's doubles with Nicole van Hooren. Jonathans made her s ...

and

Mia Audina Mia Audina Tjiptawan (born 22 August 1979) is a former Indonesian badminton player who represented Indonesia and later the Netherlands in international competitions. A badminton prodigy, Audina first played Uber Cup (the women's world team champi ...

of the

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in the sixteenth round.

References

* * * 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Southport English female badminton players Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Olympic badminton players of Great Britain Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton People educated at King George V College {{England-badminton-bio-stub