Denyse Julien
Denyse Julien (born July 22, 1960, in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) is a former badminton player from Canada noted for her versatility and longevity.
Contents
- 1 Career
- 2 Achievements
- 2.1 World Senior Championships
- 2.2 Commonwealth Games
- 2.3 Pan American Games
- 2.4 Pan Am Championships
- 2.5 IBF World Grand Prix
- 2.6 IBF International
- 3 References
Career
Between 1981 and 2004 Julien won a record 31 Canadian National Championship events, thirteen in singles, eight in women's doubles, and ten in mixed doubles. She also captured five events at the Canadian Open Championships, including women's singles in 1989. Julien earned four individual medals at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games. These include a silver medal in singles (1990), and a silver (1986) and two bronzes (1990, 1994) in women's doubles. Julien's record in another quadrennial compe*ion, the Pan American Games, has been particularly noteworthy. A few months shy of her 35th birthday she won all three events at Mar del Plata, Argentina in 1995 when badminton was introduced into these Games. She won medals in each event at the next compe*ion in Winnipeg in 1999, and a silver in women's doubles and a gold in mixed doubles at the 2003 compe*ion in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Julien won a number of *les in Europe, including women's singles at French (1982) and Welsh (1991, 1995) Opens, women's doubles at the Austrian International (1983), and mixed doubles at the Portugal Open (1998). She competed in three Olympic Games (1992, 1996, 2004), the highlight of which was winning two rounds of singles at the 1992 Games in Barcelona before bowing to China's reigning world champion Tang Jiuhong.
Achievements
World Senior Championships
Commonwealth Games
Women's doubles
Pan American Games
Women's singles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
Pan Am Championships
Women's singles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
IBF World Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Women's singles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
IBF International
Women’s singles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles