Joanne Nicholas

Joanne Nicholas (née Wright, born 10 October 1977) is a female badminton player from the United Kingdom.

She attended Churchtown Primary School, Stanley High School and King George V College ("KGV"), all in Southport, Merseyside.

Wright competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Ella Tripp. They had a bye in the first round and were defeated by Lotte Bruil and Mia Audina of the Netherlands in the sixteenth round.

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Športová hala Olympia, Nitra, Slovakia	Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg	Template:Flagicon Natalia Djachkova Template:Flagicon Ella Karachkova	15–7, 18–13	Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Športová hala Olympia, Nitra, Slovakia	Template:Flagicon Ian Sullivan	Template:Flagicon Peder Nissen Template:Flagicon Mette Hansen	–, –	Bronze Bronze

BWF/IBF World Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	U.S. Open	Template:Flagicon Gail Emms	Template:Flagicon Emma Constable Template:Flagicon Suzanne Rayappan	15–7, 15–1	Winner
2002	U.S. Open	Template:Flagicon Natalie Munt	Template:Flagicon Liza Parker Template:Flagicon Suzanne Rayappan	11–2, 4–4 retired	Winner
2007	Bitburger Open	Template:Flagicon Natalie Munt	Template:Flagicon Yang Wei Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	11–21, 10–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF/IBF International

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Austrian International	Template:Flagicon Gail Emms	Template:Flagicon Karen Neumann Template:Flagicon Nicol Pitro	3–15, 15–10, 8–15	Runner-up
1997	Welsh International	Template:Flagicon Lorraine Cole	Template:Flagicon Ella Miles Template:Flagicon Sara Sankey	5–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1998	Czech International	Template:Flagicon Gail Emms	Template:Flagicon Lorraine Cole Template:Flagicon Tracy Dineen	7–15, 6–15	Runner-up
1998	Slovak Open	Template:Flagicon Katy Brydon	Template:Flagicon Lorraine Cole Template:Flagicon Tracy Hutchinson	13–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1998	Irish International	Template:Flagicon Gail Emms	Template:Flagicon Keelin Fox Template:Flagicon Sonya McGinn	17–16, 15–10	Winner
1999	Welsh International	Template:Flagicon Gail Emms	Template:Flagicon Irina Ruslyakova Template:Flagicon Marina Yakusheva	14–17, 14–17	Runner-up
2000	Austrian International	Template:Flagicon Rebecca Pantaney	Template:Flagicon Irina Ruslyakova Template:Flagicon Marina Yakusheva	15–2, 9–15, 15–6	Winner
2000	Welsh International	Template:Flagicon Gail Emms	Template:Flagicon Ella Miles Template:Flagicon Sara Sankey	6–8, 4–7, 8–6, –	Runner-up
2002	Canadian Open	Template:Flagicon Natalie Munt	Template:Flagicon Liza Parker Template:Flagicon Suzanne Rayappan	10–13, 6–11	Runner-up
2002	Welsh International	Template:Flagicon Ella Tripp	Template:Flagicon Liza Parker Template:Flagicon Suzanne Rayappan	11–7, 13–11	Winner
2002	Irish International	Template:Flagicon Ella Tripp	Template:Flagicon Nicole Grether Template:Flagicon Juliane Schenk	11–4, 8–11, 11–7	Winner
2003	Portugal International	Template:Flagicon Ella Tripp	Template:Flagicon Julie Houmann Template:Flagicon Helle Nielsen	1–11, 11–3, 3–11	Runner-up
2003	Spanish International	Template:Flagicon Ella Tripp	Template:Flagicon Pernille Harder Template:Flagicon Mette Schjoldager	10–15, 15–12, 8–15	Runner-up
2007	Spanish International	Template:Flagicon Natalie Munt	Template:Flagicon Nicole Grether Template:Flagicon Juliane Schenk	11–21, 22–20, 23–25	Runner-up
2007	Belgian International	Template:Flagicon Natalie Munt	Template:Flagicon Jenny Wallwork Template:Flagicon Sarah Bok	21–17, 21–14	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Hungarian International	Template:Flagicon Ian Sullivan	Template:Flagicon Jonas Rasmussen Template:Flagicon Ann-Lou Jørgensen	5–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1996	Welsh International	Template:Flagicon Ian Pearson	Template:Flagicon Quinten van Dalm Template:Flagicon Nicole van Hooren	14–18, 2–15	Runner-up
1997	Irish International	Template:Flagicon Nathan Robertson	Template:Flagicon Henrik Andersson Template:Flagicon Jenny Karlsson	14–18, 15–11, 17–14	Winner
1998	Slovak Open	Template:Flagicon David Lindley	Template:Flagicon Anthony Clark Template:Flagicon Lorraine Cole	5–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2007	Belgian International	Template:Flagicon Chris Langridge	Template:Flagicon Ingo Kindervater Template:Flagicon Katrin Piotrowski	21–17, 15–21, 25–23	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

External links

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