Joanne Gwendoline "Jo" Goode MBE (née Wright; born 17 November 1972) is a former English

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player. She represented

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at the

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and

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, and won the 2000 mixed doubles bronze medal with Simon Archer. Goode also won seven gold medals at the

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, a gold at the

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, and a silver at the

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Career

Goode competed in

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in mixed doubles with Simon Archer and won a bronze medal. She also played in women's doubles with Donna Kellogg losing in the quarterfinals against Gao Ling and Qi Yiyuan. Archer and Goode won gold medals twice at the Commonwealth Games in

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and

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Achievements

Olympic Games

''Mixed doubles''

World Championships

''Mixed doubles''

World Cup

''Women's doubles''

Commonwealth Games

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

European Championships

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

European Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles'' ''Mixed 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 doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Personal life

Joanne Wright married Andy Goode, an English badminton player who managed the British team in

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. They have three children named Jack, Molly, and Harry. Goode was appointed

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(MBE) in the 2004

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goode, Joanne 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Harlow English female badminton players Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton World No. 1 badminton players Members of the Order of the British Empire