Simon Archer

Simon David Archer MBE (born 27 June 1973) is an English badminton player. Archer once held the world record for the fastest smash at 162 mph.[1]

This article is about the badminton player. For the antiquary, see Simon Archer (antiquary). For the journalist and biographer, see Simon Archer (author).

Simon Archer MBE
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Buzzard
Birth name	Simon David Archer
Country	England
Born	(1973-06-27) 27 June 1973 Worcester, Worcestershire
Handedness	Right
Men's & Mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Mixed doubles Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria mixed team 1994 Victoria mixed doubles 1994 Victoria Men's doubles 1998 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles 2002 Manchester Mixed doubles 2006 Melbourne Mixed team 1998 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles 2002 Manchester Men's doubles World Championships 1999 Copenhagen Mixed doubles 1999 Copenhagen Men's doubles European Championships 1994 Den Bosch Men's doubles 1998 Sofia Men's doubles 1996 Herning Mixed doubles 1996 Herning Men's doubles 1998 Sofia Mixed doubles 2000 Glasgow Men's doubles
BWF profile

Career

Summer 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 with Nathan Robertson, but they too lost in the quarterfinals, this time to Tony Gunawan and Candra Wijaya of Indonesia. However, Archer also competed in mixed doubles with Joanne Goode and won a bronze medal.

Commonwealth Games

He represented England and won double silver in the mixed doubles and men's doubles event and was a member of the mixed team that won the gold medal, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[2][3][4]

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.[5] However he still plays county badminton for Worcestershire and has had an offer to play for a club in Germany.

Personal life

Archer was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours.[6][7]

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Nathan Robertson	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	11–15, 8–15	Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Dutch Open	Chris Hunt	Denny Kantono Antonius Ariantho	18–17, 5–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1995	Swiss Open	Chris Hunt	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	6–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1996	Denmark Open	Chris Hunt	Thomas Stavngaard Jim Laugesen	15–17, 15–10, 7–15	Runner-up
1997	German Open	Chris Hunt	Jens Eriksen Jesper Larsen	4–15, 8–15	Runner-up

References

1. "How to...Hit a shuttlecock at 162mph by Simon Archer". observer.guardian.co.uk.
2. "1994 Athletes". Team England.
3. "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation.
4. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
5. "Archer quits international badminton". BadmintonEngland.co.uk. 6 August 2006. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.
6. "No. 57315". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2004. p. 13.
7. "Queen's Birthday Honours". Telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph Media Group. 12 June 2004.

External links

• Simon Archer at BadmintonEngland.co.uk
• "Simon Archer at InternationalBadminton.org". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
• Simon Archer at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Simon Archer at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)