Simon Archer (badminton)

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Simon David Archer MBE (born 27 June 1973) is an English former badminton player. Archer once held the world record for the fastest smash at 162 mph.[1]

Career

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.

Commonwealth Games

He represented England and won double silver in the mixed doubles and men's doubles event and was a member of the mixed team that won the gold medal, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.[2][3][4]

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.

Retirement

In August 2006 Archer announced, that he will no longer compete on international level.[5] However he still plays county badminton for Worcestershire and has had an offer to play for a club in Germany.

Awards

Archer was awarded a world record by the Guinness World Records in 1997, for his smash that reached 162 mph.[6]

Personal life

Archer was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours.[7][8]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2000 The Dome, Sydney, Australia Template:Flagicon Joanne Goode Template:Flagicon Michael Søgaard
Template:Flagicon Rikke Olsen 		15–4, 12–15, 17–14 File:Bronze medal.svg Bronze

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1999 Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Template:Flagicon Nathan Robertson Template:Flagicon Lee Dong-soo
Template:Flagicon Yoo Yong-sung 		11–15, 8–15 Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1999 Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Template:Flagicon Joanne Goode Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon
Template:Flagicon Ra Kyung-min 		10–15, 13–15 Silver Silver

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1994 McKinnon Gym, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada Template:Flagicon Chris Hunt Template:Flagicon Cheah Soon Kit
Template:Flagicon Soo Beng Kiang 		10–15, 9–15 Silver Silver
1998 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Template:Flagicon Chris Hunt Template:Flagicon Choong Tan Fook
Template:Flagicon Lee Wan Wah 		13–15, 11–15 Bronze Bronze
2002 Bolton Arena, Manchester, England Template:Flagicon James Anderson Template:Flagicon Chan Chong Ming
Template:Flagicon Chew Choon Eng 		4–7, 5–7, 2–7 Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1994 McKinnon Gym, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada Template:Flagicon Julie Bradbury Template:Flagicon Chris Hunt
Template:Flagicon Gillian Clark 		11–15, 4–15 Silver Silver
1998 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Template:Flagicon Joanne Goode Template:Flagicon Nathan Robertson
Template:Flagicon Joanne Davies 		15–2, 15–5 Gold Gold
2002 Bolton Arena, Manchester, England Template:Flagicon Joanne Goode Template:Flagicon Chew Choon Eng
Template:Flagicon Chin Eei Hui 		0–7, 7–5, 7–3, 7–3 Gold Gold

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1994 Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands Template:Flagicon Chris Hunt Template:Flagicon Andrey Antropov
Template:Flagicon Nikolai Zuyev 		18–16, 15–4 Gold Gold
1996 Herning Badminton Klub, Herning, Denmark Template:Flagicon Chris Hunt Template:Flagicon Jon Holst-Christensen
Template:Flagicon Thomas Lund 		6–15, 10–15 Silver Silver
1998 Winter Sports Palace, Sofia, Bulgaria Template:Flagicon Chris Hunt Template:Flagicon Peter Axelsson
Template:Flagicon Pär-Gunnar Jönsson 		15–3, 15–3 Gold Gold
2000 Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena, Glasgow, Scotland Template:Flagicon Nathan Robertson Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen
Template:Flagicon Jesper Larsen 		13–15, 15–7, 3–15 Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1996 Herning Badminton Klub, Herning, Denmark Template:Flagicon Julie Bradbury Template:Flagicon Michael Søgaard
Template:Flagicon Rikke Olsen 		16–18, 2–15 Silver Silver
1998 Winter Sports Palace, Sofia, Bulgaria Template:Flagicon Joanne Goode Template:Flagicon Michael Keck
Template:Flagicon Erica van den Heuvel 		15–8, 11–15, 8–15 Bronze Bronze

European Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1991 BMTE-Törley impozáns sportcsarnokában, Budapest, Hungary Template:Flagicon Jürgen Koch 15–11, 12–15, 8–15 Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1991 BMTE-Törley impozáns sportcsarnokában, Budapest, Hungary Template:Flagicon Joanne Davies Template:Flagicon Joris van Soerland
Template:Flagicon Nicole van Hooren 		11–15, 4–15 Bronze Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

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

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1994 Dutch Open Template:Flagicon Chris Hunt Template:Flagicon Antonius Ariantho
Template:Flagicon Denny Kantono 		18–17, 5–15, 8–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
1995 Swiss Open Template:Flagicon Chris Hunt Template:Flagicon Jon Holst-Christensen
Template:Flagicon Thomas Lund 		6–15, 7–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
1996 Denmark Open Template:Flagicon Chris Hunt Template:Flagicon Jim Laugesen
Template:Flagicon Thomas Stavngaard 		15–17, 15–10, 7–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
1997 German Open Template:Flagicon Chris Hunt Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen
Template:Flagicon Jesper Larsen 		4–15, 8–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1994 Denmark Open Template:Flagicon Julie Bradbury Template:Flagicon Thomas Lund
Template:Flagicon Marlene Thomsen 		8–15, 3–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
1996 Korea Open Template:Flagicon Julie Bradbury Template:Flagicon Park Joo-bong
Template:Flagicon Ra Kyung-min 		9–15, 11–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
1996 Swiss Open Template:Flagicon Julie Bradbury Template:Flagicon Jan-Eric Antonsson
Template:Flagicon Astrid Crabo 		7–15, 15–12, 11–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
1996 All England Open Template:Flagicon Julie Bradbury Template:Flagicon Park Joo-bong
Template:Flagicon Ra Kyung-min 		10–15, 10–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
1998 Hong Kong Open Template:Flagicon Joanne Goode Template:Flagicon Michael Søgaard
Template:Flagicon Rikke Olsen 		15–8, 7–15, 8–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
1999 All England Open Template:Flagicon Joanne Goode Template:Flagicon Ha Tae-kwon
Template:Flagicon Chung Jae-hee 		15–2, 15–13 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
1999 Swiss Open Template:Flagicon Joanne Goode Template:Flagicon Michael Søgaard
Template:Flagicon Rikke Olsen 		15–5, 15–4 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2000 Thailand Open Template:Flagicon Joanne Goode Template:Flagicon Zhang Jun
Template:Flagicon Gao Ling 		13–15, 12–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2000 Indonesia Open Template:Flagicon Joanne Goode Template:Flagicon Michael Søgaard
Template:Flagicon Rikke Olsen 		15–13, 11–15, 15–4 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2000 Dutch Open Template:Flagicon Erica van den Heuvel Template:Flagicon Chen Qiqiu
Template:Flagicon Chen Lin 		15–8, 12–15, 10–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2002 U.S. Open Template:Flagicon Marina Andrievskaya Template:Flagicon Tony Gunawan
Template:Flagicon Etty Tantri 		11–7, 4–11, 6–11 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up

IBF International

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1991 Portugal International Template:Flagicon Chris Hunt Template:Flagicon Andy Goode
Template:Flagicon Glen Milton 		7–15, 15–2, 10–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
1992 Iceland International Template:Flagicon Julian Robertson Template:Flagicon Russell Hogg
Template:Flagicon Kenny Middlemiss 		15–9, 15–9 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
1993 Austrian International Template:Flagicon Nick Ponting Template:Flagicon Edwin van Dalm
Template:Flagicon Quinten van Dalm 		15–5, 15–5 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
1993 Hamburg Cup Template:Flagicon Chris Hunt Template:Flagicon Jon Holst-Christensen
Template:Flagicon Thomas Lund 		8–15, 11–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
1993 Wimbledon Open Template:Flagicon Chris Hunt Template:Flagicon Sergei Melnikov
Template:Flagicon Nikolai Zuyev 		6–15, 15–7, 15–5 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
1993 Welsh International Template:Flagicon Mike Adams Template:Flagicon Sergei Melnikov
Template:Flagicon Nikolai Zuyev 		15–3, 15–5 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
1993 Irish International Template:Flagicon Julian Robertson Template:Flagicon Neil Cottrill
Template:Flagicon John Quinn 		15–10, 15–6 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2002 BMW Open International Template:Flagicon Flandy Limpele Template:Flagicon Anthony Clark
Template:Flagicon Nathan Robertson 		15–5, 17–14 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2004 Portugal International Template:Flagicon Robert Blair Template:Flagicon Liu Kwok Wa
Template:Flagicon Albertus Susanto Njoto 		15–9, 12–15, 15–7 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2004 Bitburger Open Template:Flagicon Anthony Clark 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 Anthony Clark Template:Flagicon Keishi Kawaguchi
Template:Flagicon Toru Matsumoto 		17–15, 15–4 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2005 Swedish International Template:Flagicon Anthony Clark Template:Flagicon Henrik Andersson
Template:Flagicon Fredrik Bergström 		Walkover Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2005 Italian International Template:Flagicon David Lindley Template:Flagicon Anders Kristiansen
Template:Flagicon Simon Mollyhus 		10–15, 15–9, 13–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1992 Austrian International Template:Flagicon Maria Rasmussen Template:Flagicon Nicklas Johansson
Template:Flagicon Jessica Reinholdsson 		15–3, 15–2 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
1992 Wimbledon Open Template:Flagicon Joanne Davies Template:Flagicon Dave Wright
Template:Flagicon Sara Sankey 		15–5, 12–15, 11–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
1993 Welsh International Template:Flagicon Joanne Davies Template:Flagicon Chris Hunt
Template:Flagicon Joanne Wright 		9–15, 8–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
1993 Irish International Template:Flagicon Joanne Davies Template:Flagicon Julian Robertson
Template:Flagicon Sara Hardaker 		15–5, 15–10 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2003 Austrian International Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg Template:Flagicon Fredrik Bergström
Template:Flagicon Johanna Persson 		11–6, 5–11, 11–6 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2003 Slovenian International Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg Template:Flagicon Nikolai Zuyev
Template:Flagicon Marina Yakusheva 		15–2, 17–16 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2003 Iceland International Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg Template:Flagicon Jesper Larsen
Template:Flagicon Mie Nielsen 		15–13, 15–4 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2003 Scottish International Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg Template:Flagicon Imanuel Hirschfeldt
Template:Flagicon Frida Andreasson 		15–5, 15–3 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2003 Irish International Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg Template:Flagicon Rasmus Andersen
Template:Flagicon Kamilla Rytter Juhl 		15–12, 15–4 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2004 Portugal International Template:Flagicon Donna Kellogg Template:Flagicon Kristof Hopp
Template:Flagicon Kathrin Piotrowski 		15–12, 15–12 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner

References

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External links

Template:Footer All England Open Championships Badminton Doubles Mixed Template:Footer European Champions Badminton Doubles Men

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