Anthony Clark (badminton)

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Anthony Ian Clark (born 1 November 1977) is an English former badminton player who represented England on 106 occasions. He became the first European male player ever to reach 2 finals at the same World Championships. Reaching the final of both mixed and men's doubles at the 2006 World Championships in Madrid. Clark also won the mixed doubles title at the 2008 European Championships, Captained the England team to a bronze medal at the 2007 Surdiman Cup , and was part of the England winning team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

Career

2004 Summer Olympics

Clark competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Nathan Robertson. They defeated Patapol Ngernsrisuk and Sudket Prapakamol of Thailand in the first round, then were defeated in the round of 16 by Eng Hian and Flandy Limpele of Indonesia.

2006 World Champs

Clark reached the mixed doubles final at the 2006 IBF World Championships together with Donna Kellogg, losing the final against Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson. He also lost the men's doubles final in the same event together with Robert Blair.

2008 Olympics

Currently living in Coalville, Leicestershire, Clark represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the mixed doubles badminton event.

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain Template:Flagicon Robert Blair Template:Flagicon Cai Yun
Template:Flagicon Fu Haifeng
9–21, 13–21 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg Template:Flagicon Nathan Robertson
Template:Flagicon Gail Emms
15–21, 12–21 Silver Silver

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2002 Bolton Arena, Manchester, England Template:Flagicon Nathan Robertson Template:Flagicon Chang Kim Wai
Template:Flagicon Choong Tan Fook
5–8, 3–7, 4–7 Bronze Bronze
2006 Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia Template:Flagicon Robert Blair Template:Flagicon Ashley Brehaut
Template:Flagicon Travis Denney
21–6, 21–14 Bronze Bronze
2010 Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi, India Template:Flagicon Nathan Robertson Template:Flagicon Koo Kien Keat
Template:Flagicon Tan Boon Heong
19–21, 14–21 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2002 Bolton Arena, Manchester, England Template:Flagicon Sara Sankey Template:Flagicon Chew Choon Eng
Template:Flagicon Chin Eei Hui
7–4, 7–3, 4–7, 4–7, 0–7 Bronze Bronze

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2002 Baltiska Hallen, Malmö, Sweden Template:Flagicon Nathan Robertson Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen
Template:Flagicon Martin Lundgaard Hansen
4–7, 7–1, 3–7, 7–2, 3–7 Silver Silver
2004 Queue d’Arve Sport Center, Geneva, Switzerland Template:Flagicon Nathan Robertson Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen
Template:Flagicon Martin Lundgaard Hansen
3–15, 9–15 Silver Silver
2006 Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands Template:Flagicon Robert Blair Template:Flagicon Mathias Boe
Template:Flagicon Carsten Mogensen
17–21, 21–11, 18–21 Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen
Template:Flagicon Mette Schjoldager
16–21, 14–21 Bronze Bronze
2008 Messecenter, Herning, Denmark Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg Template:Flagicon Robert Mateusiak
Template:Flagicon Nadieżda Kostiuczyk
16–21, 22–20, 21–15 Gold Gold

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[1] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.[2] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Singapore Open Template:Flagicon Nathan Robertson Template:Flagicon Markis Kido
Template:Flagicon Hendra Setiawan
21–12, 21–11 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 All England Open Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg Template:Flagicon Zheng Bo
Template:Flagicon Gao Ling
21–16, 18–21, 14–21 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2007 China Masters Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg Template:Flagicon Zheng Bo
Template:Flagicon Gao Ling
16–21, 17–21 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2008 Swiss Open Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg Template:Flagicon He Hanbin
Template:Flagicon Yu Yang
15–21, 9–21 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2008 Singapore Open Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg Template:Flagicon Nova Widianto
Template:Flagicon Liliyana Natsir
21–17, 14–21, 9–21 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2008 French Open Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg Template:Flagicon He Hanbin
Template:Flagicon Yu Yang
13–21, 19–21 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2009 Denmark Open Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg Template:Flagicon Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Template:Flagicon Christinna Pedersen
16–21, 27–25, 17–21 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
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<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
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IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2000 U.S. Open Template:Flagicon Ian Sullivan Template:Flagicon James Anderson
Template:Flagicon Graham Hurrell
14–17, 11–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2004 Thailand Open Template:Flagicon Nathan Robertson Template:Flagicon Luluk Hadiyanto
Template:Flagicon Alvent Yulianto
12–15, 6–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2005 Thessaloniki Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Robert Blair Template:Flagicon Michael Fuchs
Template:Flagicon Roman Spitko
15–6, 15–9 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2006 German Open Template:Flagicon Robert Blair Template:Flagicon Jung Jae-sung
Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae
11–15, 6–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Thessaloniki Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg Template:Flagicon Robert Blair
Template:Flagicon Natalie Munt
15–4, 6–15, 15–13 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2006 Denmark Open Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg Template:Flagicon Thomas Laybourn
Template:Flagicon Kamilla Rytter Juhl
14–21, 21–14, 22–20 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1997 La Chaux-de-Fonds International Template:Flagicon Ian Sullivan Template:Flagicon Michael Helber
Template:Flagicon Björn Siegemund
12–15, 17–18 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
1997 Austrian International Template:Flagicon Ian Pearson Template:Flagicon Dennis Lens
Template:Flagicon Quinten van Dalm
16–17, 15–11, 15–7 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
1998 Slovak International Template:Flagicon Ian Sullivan Template:Flagicon Graham Hurrell
Template:Flagicon Peter Jeffrey
15–8, 12–15, 7–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
1998 Scottish International Template:Flagicon Ian Sullivan Template:Flagicon Michael Lamp
Template:Flagicon Martin Lundgaard Hansen
10–15, 5–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
1999 French Open Template:Flagicon Ian Sullivan Template:Flagicon Michał Łogosz
Template:Flagicon Robert Mateusiak
15–11, 15–10 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
1999 Italian International Template:Flagicon Ian Sullivan Template:Flagicon Takaaki Hayashi
Template:Flagicon Katsuya Nishiyama
15–6, 15–9 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
1999 Irish International Template:Flagicon Paul Trueman Template:Flagicon James Anderson
Template:Flagicon Graham Hurrell
5–15, 17–14, 4–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2000 Welsh International Template:Flagicon Ian Sullivan Template:Flagicon Kristian Langbak
Template:Flagicon Jesper Thomsen
8–6, 1–7, 7–0 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2002 BMW Open International Template:Flagicon Nathan Robertson Template:Flagicon Simon Archer
Template:Flagicon Flandy Limpele
5–15, 14–17 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2004 Bitburger Open Template:Flagicon Simon Archer Template:Flagicon Jean-Michel Lefort
Template:Flagicon Svetoslav Stoyanov
15–5, 15–7 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2005 Portugal International Template:Flagicon Simon Archer Template:Flagicon Keishi Kawaguchi
Template:Flagicon Toru Matsumoto
17–15, 15–4 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2005 Swedish International Template:Flagicon Simon Archer Template:Flagicon Henrik Andersson
Template:Flagicon Fredrik Bergström
Walkover Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2010 Irish International Template:Flagicon Chris Langridge Template:Flagicon Chris Adcock
Template:Flagicon Andrew Ellis
13–21, 16–21 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2010 Italian International Template:Flagicon Chris Langridge Template:Flagicon Vladimir Ivanov
Template:Flagicon Ivan Sozonov
21–14, 21–19 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2011 Austrian International Template:Flagicon Chris Langridge Template:Flagicon Hiroyuki Saeki
Template:Flagicon Ryota Taohata
21–15, 21–16 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1998 Czech International Template:Flagicon Lorraine Cole Template:Flagicon Ian Sullivan
Template:Flagicon Gail Emms
15–4, 15–13 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
1998 Slovak International Template:Flagicon Lorraine Cole Template:Flagicon David Lindley
Template:Flagicon Joanne Wright
15–5, 15–3 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
1999 Italian International Template:Flagicon Zeng Yaqiong Template:Flagicon Ian Sullivan
Template:Flagicon Han Jingna
11–15, 7–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
1999 Irish International Template:Flagicon Lorraine Cole Template:Flagicon Ruud Kuijten
Template:Flagicon Manon Albinus
15–7, 15–8 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2000 Welsh International Template:Flagicon Gail Emms Template:Flagicon Henrik Andersson
Template:Flagicon Johanna Persson
7–4, 7–1, 7–0 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2005 Portugal International Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg Template:Flagicon Sergio Llopis
Template:Flagicon Dolores Marco
15–5, 15–10 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
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<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  BWF/IBF International Series tournament

References

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External links

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