Badminton Simon Archer

Archer once held the world record for the fastest smash at 162 mph.

Simon Archer MBE
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Buzzard
Birth name	Simon David Archer
Country	England
Born	(1973-06-27) 27 June 1973 (age 50) Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Mixed doubles Representing  England World Championships 1999 Copenhagen Mixed doubles 1999 Copenhagen Men's doubles Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria Mixed team 1998 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles 2002 Manchester Mixed doubles 2002 Manchester Mixed team 1994 Victoria Men's doubles 1994 Victoria Mixed doubles 2006 Melbourne Mixed team 1998 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles 1998 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 2002 Manchester Men's doubles European Championships 1994 Den Bosch Men's doubles 1998 Sofia Men's doubles 1996 Herning Mixed doubles 1996 Herning Men's doubles 1998 Sofia Mixed doubles 2000 Glasgow Men's doubles European Mixed Team Championships 1998 Sofia Mixed team 2000 Glasgow Mixed team 2002 Malmö Mixed team 1994 Den Bosch Mixed team 1996 Herning Mixed team 2006 Den Bosch Mixed team European Junior Championships 1991 Budapest Boys' singles 1991 Budapest Mixed doubles
BWF profile

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.

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. However he still plays county badminton for Worcestershire and has had an offer to play for a club in Germany.

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

Olympic Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	The Dome, Sydney, Australia	Joanne Goode	Michael Søgaard   Rikke Olsen	15–4, 12–15, 17–14	Bronze

World Championships

Men's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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

European Championships

Men's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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

European Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Budapest, Hungary	Jürgen Koch	15–11, 12–15, 8–15	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Budapest, Hungary	Joanne Davies	Joris van Soerland   Nicole van Hooren	11–15, 4–15	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	Chris Hunt	Antonius Ariantho   Denny Kantono	18–17, 5–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1995	Swiss Open	Chris Hunt	Jon Holst-Christensen   Thomas Lund	6–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1996	Denmark Open	Chris Hunt	Jim Laugesen   Thomas Stavngaard	15–17, 15–10, 7–15	Runner-up
1997	German Open	Chris Hunt	Jens Eriksen   Jesper Larsen	4–15, 8–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Denmark Open	Julie Bradbury	Thomas Lund   Marlene Thomsen	8–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1996	Korea Open	Julie Bradbury	Park Joo-bong   Ra Kyung-min	9–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1996	Swiss Open	Julie Bradbury	Jan-Eric Antonsson   Astrid Crabo	7–15, 15–12, 11–15	Runner-up
1996	All England Open	Julie Bradbury	Park Joo-bong   Ra Kyung-min	10–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1998	Hong Kong Open	Joanne Goode	Michael Søgaard   Rikke Olsen	15–8, 7–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1999	All England Open	Joanne Goode	Ha Tae-kwon   Chung Jae-hee	15–2, 15–13	Winner
1999	Swiss Open	Joanne Goode	Michael Søgaard   Rikke Olsen	15–5, 15–4	Winner
2000	Thailand Open	Joanne Goode	Zhang Jun   Gao Ling	13–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2000	Indonesia Open	Joanne Goode	Michael Søgaard   Rikke Olsen	15–13, 11–15, 15–4	Winner
2000	Dutch Open	Erica van den Heuvel	Chen Qiqiu   Chen Lin	15–8, 12–15, 10–15	Runner-up
2002	U.S. Open	Marina Andrievskaya	Tony Gunawan   Etty Tantri	11–7, 4–11, 6–11	Runner-up

IBF International

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Portugal International	Chris Hunt	Andy Goode   Glen Milton	7–15, 15–2, 10–15	Runner-up
1992	Iceland International	Julian Robertson	Russell Hogg   Kenny Middlemiss	15–9, 15–9	Winner
1993	Austrian International	Nick Ponting	Edwin van Dalm   Quinten van Dalm	15–5, 15–5	Winner
1993	Hamburg Cup	Chris Hunt	Jon Holst-Christensen   Thomas Lund	8–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1993	Wimbledon Open	Chris Hunt	Sergei Melnikov   Nikolai Zuyev	6–15, 15–7, 15–5	Winner
1993	Welsh International	Mike Adams	Sergei Melnikov   Nikolai Zuyev	15–3, 15–5	Winner
1993	Irish International	Julian Robertson	Neil Cottrill   John Quinn	15–10, 15–6	Winner
2002	BMW Open International	Flandy Limpele	Anthony Clark   Nathan Robertson	15–5, 17–14	Winner
2004	Portugal International	Robert Blair	Liu Kwok Wa   Albertus Susanto Njoto	15–9, 12–15, 15–7	Winner
2004	Bitburger Open	Anthony Clark	Jean-Michel Lefort   Svetoslav Stoyanov	15–5, 15–7	Winner
2005	Portugal International	Anthony Clark	Keishi Kawaguchi   Toru Matsumoto	17–15, 15–4	Winner
2005	Swedish International	Anthony Clark	Henrik Andersson   Fredrik Bergström	Walkover	Winner
2005	Italian International	David Lindley	Anders Kristiansen   Simon Mollyhus	10–15, 15–9, 13–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Austrian International	Maria Rasmussen	Nicklas Johansson   Jessica Reinholdsson	15–3, 15–2	Winner
1992	Wimbledon Open	Joanne Davies	Dave Wright   Sara Sankey	15–5, 12–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1993	Welsh International	Joanne Davies	Chris Hunt   Joanne Wright	9–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1993	Irish International	Joanne Davies	Julian Robertson   Sara Hardaker	15–5, 15–10	Winner
2003	Austrian International	Donna Kellogg	Fredrik Bergström   Johanna Persson	11–6, 5–11, 11–6	Winner
2003	Slovenian International	Donna Kellogg	Nikolai Zuyev   Marina Yakusheva	15–2, 17–16	Winner
2003	Iceland International	Donna Kellogg	Jesper Larsen   Mie Nielsen	15–13, 15–4	Winner
2003	Scottish International	Donna Kellogg	Imanuel Hirschfeldt   Frida Andreasson	15–5, 15–3	Winner
2003	Irish International	Donna Kellogg	Rasmus Andersen   Kamilla Rytter Juhl	15–12, 15–4	Winner
2004	Portugal International	Donna Kellogg	Kristof Hopp   Kathrin Piotrowski	15–12, 15–12	Winner