Julian Robertson (badminton)

Julian Robertson
Personal information
Birth name	Julian Anthony Robertson
Country	England
Born	(1969-10-09) 9 October 1969 Peterborough, England
Residence	Northampton, England
Height	1.82 m
Weight	73 kg
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Medal record Men's badminton Representing England Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles 1998 Kuala Lumpur Men's team European Championships 1998 Sofia Mixed team 1998 Sofia Men's doubles
BWF profile

Julian Anthony Robertson (born 9 October 1969) is a former English badminton player. He competed for Great Britain at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. Robertson was a former British champion and bronze medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the men's doubles and team event. He also won the men's doubles bronze at the 1998 European Championships, and helped the team win the silver medal. He has also been involved in another 6 European championship medal winning teams. The former world No. 8 has been working as a Great Britain coach since 2004 and is one of the most decorated home grown coaches England has ever produced achieving Olympic World Commonwealth and European success with his athletes. He is based in Milton Keynes.

Personal life

Robertson is married, has 2 children and lives in Northampton.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Nathan Robertson	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	2–15, 15–12, 8–15	Bronze

European Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Winter Sports Palace, Sofia, Bulgaria	Nathan Robertson	Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	10–15, 15–10, 10–15	Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

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

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Scottish Open	Nick Ponting	Jesper Larsen Stellan Österberg	15–5, 15–6	Winner
1996	Polish Open	Nick Ponting	Ge Cheng Tao Xiaoqiang	15–9, 12–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1998	Polish Open	Nathan Robertson	Ian Pearson Nick Ponting	2–15, 15–8, 15–3	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Scottish Open	Lorraine Cole	Lars Pedersen Anne Mette Bille	14–17, 10–15	Runner-up

IBF International

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Iceland International	Simon Archer	Russell Hogg Kenny Middlemiss	15–9, 15–9	Winner
1992	Irish International	Chris Hunt	Andrey Antropov Nikolai Zuyev	15–12, 10–15, 15–18	Runner-up
1993	Iceland International	Dave Wright	Broddi Kristjánsson Oli Bjorn Zimsen	15–2, 15–4	Winner
1993	Irish International	Simon Archer	Neil Cottrill John Quinn	15–10, 15–6	Winner
1994	Welsh International	Nick Ponting	Andrey Antropov Nikolai Zuyev	2–15, 6–15	Runner-up
1995	Hungarian International	Nathan Robertson	Harald Koch Jürgen Koch	15–18, 15–7, 15–13	Winner
1995	Welsh International	Nathan Robertson	Andrey Antropov Nikolai Zuyev	8–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1996	Norwegian International	Nathan Robertson	Henrik Andersson Johan Tholinsson	9–2, 9–8, 9–3	Winner
1997	Norwegian International	Nathan Robertson	Henrik Andersson Jens Olsson	4–9, 9–4, 9–2, 0–9, 9–4	Winner
2002	Welsh International	Peter Jeffrey	Stanislav Pukhov Nikolai Zuyev	3–15, 11–15	Runner-up
2002	Irish International	Peter Jeffrey	Robert Blair Ian Palethorpe	5–15, 17–14, 9–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	Iceland International	Kerri McKittrick	Dave Wright Lorraine Thomas	5–15, 0–1 retired	Runner-up
1993	Irish International	Sara Hardaker	Simon Archer Joanne Davies	5–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1995	Welsh International	Lorraine Cole	Nikolai Zuyev Marina Yakusheva	11–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1995	Irish International	Lorraine Cole	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	15–4, 15–4	Winner
1996	Norwegian International	Gail Emms	Jonas Rasmussen Ann-Lou Jørgensen	9–6, 2–9, 9–5, 9–5	Winner

External links

• Julian Robertson at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com