Gillian Carol Gowers (born 9 April 1964, in Horfield) is an English retired badminton player.
Badminton career
World Championships
She won the bronze medal at the 1985 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Nigel Tier.
Olympic Games
Gowers participated in the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics for Great Britain.
Commonwealth Games
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.
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.
Achievements
World Championships
Mixed doubles
World Cup
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
Commonwealth Games
Women's doubles
European Championships
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
European Junior Championships
Mixed doubles
IBF World Grand Prix (37 titles, 56 runners-up)
The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983-2006.
Women's singles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
IBF International (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Women doubles
Mixed doubles
References
External links
- Gillian C Gowers at BWFBadminton.com
- Gillian C Gowers at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
- Gillian Carol Gowers at Olympics.com
- Gillian Gowers at Team GB
- Gillian Gowers at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
