Simon Archer


Simon David Archer MBE is an English badminton player. Archer once held the world record for the fastest smash at 162 mph.

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.
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.
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 in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours.

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1999Brøndby 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 from 1983 to 2006.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994Dutch Open Chris Hunt Denny Kantono
Antonius Ariantho		18–17, 5–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1995Swiss Open Chris Hunt Jon Holst-Christensen
Thomas Lund		6–15, 7–15 Runner-up
1996Denmark Open Chris Hunt Thomas Stavngaard
Jim Laugesen		15–17, 15–10, 7–15 Runner-up
1997German Open Chris Hunt Jens Eriksen
Jesper Larsen		4–15, 8–15 Runner-up