Gillian Clark (badminton)
Gillian Margaret Clark, (born 2 September 1961) is a former English badminton player who specialized in doubles and is currently a badminton television commentator. Badminton career. World Championships. Clark won two bronze medals at the World Championships a decade apart; for women's doubles in 1983, and for mixed doubles in 1993. Olympic Games. Clark competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Julie Bradbury. In the first round they defeated Erma Sulistianingsih and Rosiana Tendean of Indonesia and in the second round Katrin Schmidt and Kerstin Ubben of Germany. In the  quarterfinals they were beaten by the eventual gold medalists, Hwang Hye-young and Chung So-young of Korea, 5–15, 5–15. All England Championship. She reached the finals of the prestigious All England Open Championships; in the 1985 mixed doubles with Thomas Kihlström, the 1990 doubles with Gillian Gowers and 1994 the mixed with Chris Hunt. Commonwealth Games. Clark has won twelve Commonwealth Games medals spanning four Games from 1982 until 1994. The medal breakdown was six gold medals (one with Gillian Gowers in the doubles, one with Chris Hunt in the mixed doubles and four in the team event), three  silver medals all in the doubles and three bronze medals in the singles and mixed doubles. European Championships. She won four gold medals at the biennial European Championships; three consecutively (1982, 1984, and 1986) in women's doubles and one in mixed doubles (1988). Achievements. World Championships. "Women's doubles" "Mixed doubles" World Cup. "Women's doubles" "Mixed doubles" Commonwealth Games. "Women's singles" "Women's doubles" "Mixed doubles" European Championships. "Women's doubles" "Mixed doubles" European Junior Championships. "Girls' doubles" IBF World Grand Prix. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. "Women's  doubles" "Mixed doubles" IBF International. "Women's singles" "Women's doubles" "Mixed doubles" Personal life. Clark was harassed by a stalker for more than 10 years since 2001. The perpetrator was diagnosed with persistent delusional personality disorder and jailed for 2 years.