Simon Archer
| Simon Archer | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname(s) | Buzzard |
| Born | 27 June 1973 Worcester, Worcestershire |
| Country |  England |
| Handedness | Right |
| Men's & Mixed doubles | |
| BWF Profile | |
Simon Archer (born 27 June 1973) is an English badminton player.
Archer once held the world record for the fastest smash at 162 mph.[1]
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[edit] Career
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Badminton | ||
| Bronze | 2000 | Mixed doubles |
[edit] Summer Olympics
Archer competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in doubles, with Chris Hunt. They were knocked out in the quarterfinals. In 2000 he coupled with Nathan Robertson, but they too lost in the quarterfinals, this time to Tony Gunawan and Candra Wijaya of Indonesia. However, Archer also competed in mixed doubles with Joanne Goode and won a bronze medal.
[edit] Commonwealth Games
Archer and Goode won gold medals twice at the Commonwealth Games in 1998 and 2002. Archer also won bronze medals in men's doubles in both these Games, together with Chris Hunt and James Anderson respectively.
[edit] Retirement
In August 2006 Archer announced, that he will no longer compete on international level.[2] However he still plays county badminton for Worcestershire and has had an offer to play for a club in Germany.
[edit] References
- ^ How to...Hit a shuttlecock at 162mph by Simon Archer
- ^ Archer quits international badminton, August 06, BadmintonEngland.co.uk
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- English badminton players
- Olympic badminton players of Great Britain
- Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Badminton players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Badminton players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Olympic medalists in badminton
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- English sportspeople stubs
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