- Simon Archer
Infobox Badminton player
playername = Simon Archer
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date_of_birth = birth date and age|1973|6|27
place_of_birth =Worcester ,Worcestershire
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event = Men's & Mixed doubles
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country = ENG
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handedness = Right
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bwf_id = 2034Simon Archer (born
June 27 ,1973 ) is an Englishbadminton player.Career
ummer 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 withNathan Robertson , but they too lost in the quarterfinals, this time toTony Gunawan andCandra Wijaya ofIndonesia . However, Archer also competed in mixed doubles withJoanne Goode and won a bronze medal.Commonwealth Games
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. [ [http://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/show_news.asp?section=0001000100110022&monthinview=2006/08/01&itemID=785 Archer quits international badminton] , August 06, BadmintonEngland.co.uk] However he still plays county badminton for Worcestershire and has had an offer to play for a club in Germany.
References
External links
* [http://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/show_player.asp?section=0001000100020006&id=1&itemID=8 Badminton England Profile]
* [http://www.internationalbadminton.org/playerinfo.asp?playerid=2034 BWF Player Profile]
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