Steve Baddeley

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other Stephen John Baddeley (born 1961) is an English retired badminton player who competed from the early 1980s to the early 1990s.

Badminton career

Baddeley won the English men's singles title in 1982, 1985, and 1987. He is the only Englishman to win men's singles at the quadrennial British Commonwealth Games and one of only two to win the gold medal in men's singles at the biennial European Badminton Championships (1990).

He represented England and won a gold medal in the team event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In addition he participated in the singles.

Four years later he represented England and won double gold in singles and team event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Achievements

European Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1984	Guild Hall, Preston, England	Template:Flagicon Morten Frost	4–15, 4–15	Bronze Bronze
1990	Luzhniki, Moscow, Soviet Union	Template:Flagicon Darren Hall	11–15, 15–3, 15–7	Gold Gold

Commonwealth Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1986	Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland	Template:Flagicon Sze Yu	15–8, 15–8	Gold Gold

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1985	India Open	Template:Flagicon Park Joo-bong	18–17, 15–2	Template:Gold1 Winner
1985	English Masters	Template:Flagicon Morten Frost	12–15, 15–11, 11–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1986	Scottish Open	Template:Flagicon Ib Frederiksen	15–18, 15–8, 2–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1986	Dutch Open	Template:Flagicon Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	15–4, 15–11	Template:Gold1 Winner
1987	English Masters	Template:Flagicon Morten Frost	13–15, 18–15, 12–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1989	German Open	Template:Flagicon Morten Frost	6–15, 4–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1984	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Martin Dew	Template:Flagicon Thomas Kihlström Template:Flagicon Stefan Karlsson	6–15, 6–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1985	India Open	Template:Flagicon Nick Yates	Template:Flagicon Park Joo-bong Template:Flagicon Kim Moon-soo	3–15, 5–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1986	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Gillian Gowers	Template:Flagicon Steen Fladberg Template:Flagicon Gillian Clark	5–15, 4–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

Management

In 2004 he took over as Director of Sport for Sport England. Steve Baddeley took over from Ged Roddy as Director of Sports for Team Bath at the University of Bath in February 2010.