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Denyse Julien

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Denyse Julien
Personal information
CountryCanada
Born22 July 1960 (1960-07-22) (age 64)
Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Canada
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1982 Brisbane Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 1986 Edinburgh Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 1986 Edinburgh Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 1990 Auckland Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 1990 Auckland Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Auckland Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria Women's doubles
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 1999 Winnipeg Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 1999 Winnipeg Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2003 Santo Domingo Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Winnipeg Women's singles
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Kingston Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1997 Winnipeg Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1991 Kingston Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 1991 Kingston Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 1997 Winnipeg Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2005 Bridgetown Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Bridgetown Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Bridgetown Women's singles
BWF profile

Denyse Julien (born 22 July 1960, in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) is a Canadian former badminton player noted for her versatility and longevity.

Career

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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.[1] She also captured five events at the Canadian Open Championships, including women's singles in 1989.[2] 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 competition, 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 competition in Winnipeg in 1999, and a silver in women's doubles and a gold in mixed doubles at the 2003 competition in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Julien won a number of titles 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

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World Senior Championships

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Commonwealth Games

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1986 Meadowbank Sports Centre,
Edinburgh, Scotland
Canada Johanne Falardeau England Gillian Clark
England Gillian Gowers
6–15, 7–15 Silver Silver
1990 Auckland Badminton Hall,
Auckland, New Zealand
Canada Johanne Falardeau Malaysia Tan Sui Hoon
Malaysia Lim Siew Choon
18–13, 15–2 Bronze Bronze
1994 McKinnon Gym, University of Victoria,
Victoria, Canada
Canada Si-An Deng England Joanne Muggeridge
England Joanne Wright
14–18, 0–15 Bronze Bronze

Pan American Games

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Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1995 CeNARD, Mar del Plata, Argentina Canada Si-An Deng 11–7, 11–1 Gold Gold
1999 Winnipeg Convention Centre, Winnipeg, Canada United States Yeping Tang 11–13, 8–11 Bronze Bronze

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1995 CeNARD, Mar del Plata, Argentina Canada Si-An Deng Canada Milaine Cloutier
Canada Robbyn Hermitage
15–11, 15–9 Gold Gold
1999 Winnipeg Convention Centre, Winnipeg, Canada Canada Charmaine Reid Canada Milaine Cloutier
Canada Robbyn Hermitage
15–3, 2–15, 10–15 Silver Silver
2003 UASD Pavilion, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Canada Anna Rice Canada Helen Nichol
Canada Charmaine Reid
13–15, 10–15 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1995 CeNARD, Mar del Plata, Argentina Canada Darryl Yung Canada Anil Kaul
Canada Si-An Deng
15–4, 15–5 Gold Gold
1999 Winnipeg Convention Centre, Winnipeg, Canada Canada Iain Sydie Canada Brent Olynyk
Canada Robbyn Hermitage
15–9, 15–6 Gold Gold
2003 UASD Pavilion, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Canada Philippe Bourret Canada Mike Beres
Canada Jody Patrick
7–15, 15–13, 15–12 Gold Gold

Pan Am Championships

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Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1997 Winnipeg, Canada Peru Lorena Blanco Gold Gold

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1991 Kingston, Jamaica Canada Doris Piché United States Linda French
United States Joy Kitzmiller
Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1991 Kingston, Jamaica Canada Jaimie Dawson Jamaica Robert Richards
Jamaica Maria Leyow
Gold Gold
1997 Winnipeg, Canada Canada Iain Sydie Canada Mike Beres
Canada Kara Solmundson
Gold Gold

IBF World Grand Prix

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The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1983 Canadian Open Denmark Kirsten Larsen 1–11, 1–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1987 Canadian Open South Korea Chun Sung-suk 5–11, 7–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1989 Canadian Open Canada Si-an Deng 11–9, 11–1 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1990 US Open Soviet Union Elena Rybkina 7–11, 11–2, 11–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1992 Canadian Open Japan Hisako Mizui 5–11, 11–7, 10–12 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1993 Scottish Open Denmark Camilla Martin 6–11, 8–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2002 Puerto Rico Open Canada Charmaine Reid 11–8, 1–11, 13–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1985 Canadian Open Canada Johanne Falardeau Canada Sandra Skillings
Canada Claire Backhouse
15–7, 14–17, 18–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1990 US Open Canada Doris Piché Soviet Union Elena Rybkina
Soviet Union Vlada Chernyavskaya
18–13, 18–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1990 Canadian Open Canada Doris Piché Canada Si-an Deng
Canada Claire Backhouse
15–10, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1992 Canada Open England Joanne Muggeridge Denmark Pernille Dupont
Denmark Lotte Olsen
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1989 Canadian Open Canada Bryan Blanshard Canada Mike Bitten
Canada Doris Piché
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1990 Canadian Open Canada Bryan Blanshard Canada Mike Butler
Canada Claire Backhouse
15–4, 11–15, 15–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

IBF International

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Women’s singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1983 Austrian International Chinese Taipei Sherry Liu 8–11, 11–5, 5–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1986 US Open Japan Hisako Mori 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1989 Bells Open England Fiona Smith 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1990 Welsh International Canada Si-an Deng 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1994 Welsh International Scotland Anne Gibson 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1998 Suriname International Canada Charmaine Reid 11–9, 11–3 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2002 MiamiPanAm International Canada Jody Patrick 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2006 Canadian International United States Eva Lee 12–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1983 Austrian International Canada Linda Cloutier Australia Julie McDonald
Australia Audrey Swaby
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1986 US Open Canada Johanne Falardeau Japan Yomiko Fushiki
Japan Mami Nakajima
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1991 Welsh International Canada Doris Piché Scotland Elinor Middlemis
Scotland Jennifer Williamson
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1998 Suriname International Canada Charmaine Reid Suriname Nathalie Haynes
Peru Adrienn Kocsis
15–5, 15–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1999 Guatemala International Canada Charmaine Reid Switzerland Judith Baumeyer
Switzerland Santi Wibowo
15–10, 15–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2000 Chile International Canada Charmaine Reid Japan Satomi Igawa
Japan Hiroko Nagamine
10–15, 0–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2000 Peru International Canada Charmaine Reid Japan Satomi Igawa
Japan Hiroko Nagamine
6–15, 8–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2002 Miami PanAm International Canada Florence Lavoie Canada Amélie Felx
Canada Valerie Loker
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 Nigeria International Canada Anna Rice Wales Felicity Gallup
Wales Joanne Muggeridge
12–15, 6–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2005 Miami PanAm International Canada Milaine Cloutier Japan Noriko Okuma
Japan Miyuki Tai
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1998 Portugal International Canada Iain Sydie England James Anderson
England Sara Hardaker
15–0, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1999 Canada Open Canada Iain Sydie Canada Brent Olynyk
Canada Robbyn Hermitage
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 Miami PanAm International Canada Philippe Bourret Canada Mike Beres
Canada Jody Patrick
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2004 Peru International Canada Philippe Bourret Canada Mike Beres
Canada Jody Patrick
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

References

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