Steve Baddeley

Stephen John Baddeley (born 1961) is a retired male badminton player from England who competed from the early 1980s to the early 1990s.

Steve Baddeley
Personal information
Nationality England
Born (1961-03-28) 28 March 1961
Brighton, East Sussex
Medal record
Badminton
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
1982 Brisbane Team event
1986 Edinburgh Singles
1986 Edinburgh Team event

Badminton career

Baddeley won the English men's singles title in 1982, 1985, and 1987. He is the only Englishman to win men's singles at the quadrennial British Commonwealth Games and one of only two to win the gold medal in men's singles at the biennial European Badminton Championships (1990).

He represented England and won a gold medal in the team event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In addition he participated in the singles.[1][2]

Four years later he represented England and won double gold in singles and team event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[3]

Achievements

European Championships

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1984 Preston, England Bronze
1990 Moscow, Soviet Union Darren Hall 11–15, 15–3, 15–7 Gold

Commonwealth Games

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1986 Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland Sze Yu 15–8, 15–8 Gold

IBF World Grand Prix

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

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1985 India Open Park Joo-bong 18–17, 15–2 Winner
1985 English Masters Morten Frost 12–15, 15–11, 11–15 Runner-up
1986 Scottish Open Ib Frederiksen 15–18, 15–8, 2–15 Runner-up
1986 Dutch Open Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen 15–4, 15–11 Winner
1987 English Masters Morten Frost 13–15, 18–15, 12–15 Runner-up
1989 German Open Morten Frost 6–15, 4–15 Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1984 Japan Open Martin Dew Thomas Kihlström
Stefan Karlsson		 6–15, 6–15 Runner-up
1985 India Open Nick Yates Park Joo-bong
Kim Moon-soo		 3–15, 5–15 Runner-up

Management

In 2004 he took over as Director of Sport for Sport England.[4] Steve Baddeley took over from Ged Roddy as Director of Sports for Team Bath at the University of Bath in February 2010.[5]

References
  1. "1982 Athletes". Team England. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  2. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  3. "1986 Athletes". Team England. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  4. "Stephen Baddeley Leaves BA of E". 30 August 2004. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  5. "Team Bath". www.teambath.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
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