Gillian Gowers

Gillian Gowers (born 9 April 1964 in Horfield) is a retired female badminton player from England.

Badminton career

She won the bronze medal at the 1985 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Nigel Tier.

She represented England and won double gold medal in the team event and the women's doubles with Gillian Clark, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. She also participated in the singles and mixed doubles.[2]

Four years later she represented England again and won another gold medal in the team event but had to settle for a silver medal in the women's doubles with Clark, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[3][4]

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
World Championships
3	Mixed doubles	1985 (with Nigel Tier)	Calgary, CAN
European Championships
1	Women's doubles	1986 (with Gillian Clark)	Uppsala, SWE
2	Mixed doubles	1986 (with Nigel Tier)	Uppsala, SWE
3	Women's doubles	1990 (with Gillian Clark)	Moscow, USSR
3	Mixed doubles	1990 (with Jan Poulsen-DEN)	Moscow, USSR
3	Women's doubles	1992 (with Sara Sankey)	Glasgow, GBR
Commonwealth Games
1	Women's doubles	1986 (with Gillian Clark)	Edinburgh, SCO
2	Women's doubles	1990 (with Gillian Clark)	Auckland, NZL
All England Championships
2	Mixed doubles	1984 (with Nigel Tier)	London, ENG
2	Women's doubles	1990 (with Gillian Clark)	London, ENG
World Cup
1	Mixed doubles	1984 (with Peter Axelsson-SWE)	New Delhi, IND
World Grand Prix
1	Mixed doubles	1986 (with Nigel Tier)	Kuala Lumpur, MAS

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gillian Gowers". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010.

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