Julie Rickard

Julie Rickard
Personal information
BornJulie Charles
1939 (age 85–86)
Surrey, England
Sport
CountryEngland
SportBadminton
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
1970 Edinburgh Women's doubles
European Championships
1972 Karlskrona Women's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
1972 Karlskrona Mixed team

Julie E Rickard (née Julie Charles, born 1939) is a retired female badminton player from England.

Career

Rickard represented England and won a bronze medal in the women's doubles with Gillian Gilks, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1][2][3]

She also reached the doubles final in the prestigious All England Open Badminton Championships, in 1970 and 1972.

As Julie Charles she won the 1958 & 1964 French Open, the 1958 Swiss Open and was English National champion in the doubles in 1966.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1970 Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland Gillian Perrin Margaret Boxall
Susan Whetnall 		9–15, 2–15 Silver

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1972 Karlskrona Idrottshall, Karlskrona, Sweden Margaret Beck Gillian Gilks
Judy Hashman 		11–15, 7–15 Silver

International tournaments (12 titles, 9 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1958 Swiss Open Noëlle Ailloud 11–1, 12–11 Winner
1967 Welsh International Anita Price 11–2, 11–4 Winner
1969 French Open Anne Mette Sørensen 11–5, 11–3 Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1958 French Open Pratuang Pattabongse Beryl Olsson
Ingrid Dahlberg 		18–13, 15–8 Winner
1964 French Open Imre Rietveld Bep Verstoep
June van der Willigen 		15–2, 15–8 Winner
1966 French Open Imre Rietveld J. Davy
Angela Lindsay 		15–12, 15–5 Winner
1967 French Open Imre Rietveld Gerda Schumacher
Gudrun Ziebold 		14–17, 15–10, 15–8 Winner
1967 Welsh International Angela Dickson Betty Fisher
M. Withers 		15–6, 12–15, 18–13 Winner
1969 French Open Alison Glenie Anne Mette Sørensen
Lene Horvid 		15–6, 15–4 Winner
1970 All England Open Gillian Perrin Margaret Boxall
Susan Whetnall 		6–15, 15–8, 9–15 Runner-up
1970 Wimbledon Open Margaret Beck Tyna Barinaga
Nora Gardner 		6–15, 7–15 Runner-up
1971 Irish Open Margaret Beck Gillian Gilks
Nora Gardner 		15–12, 15–9 Winner
1972 All England Open Margaret Beck Machiko Aizawa
Etsuko Takenaka 		15–9, 8–15, 12–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1958 Swiss Open Jean Mermod Bob Loo
Noëlle Ailloud 		8–15, 15–13, 6–15 Runner-up
1964 French Open Oon Chong Jin Jørgen Herlevsen
Henriette Ernst 		15–3, 15–1 Winner
1966 Dutch Open Paul Whetnall David Horton
Jenny Horton 		3–15, 4–15 Runner-up
1967 Welsh International Roger Mills Peter Seaman
Betty Fisher 		15–3, 15–9 Winner
1968 French Open Torsten Winter Herman Leidelmeijer
Lily ter Metz 		15–6, 4–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1969 French Open Torsten Winter Elo Hansen
Lene Horvid 		9–15, 17–14, 7–15 Runner-up
1970 Wimbledon Open Keith Andrews Robert McCoig
Tyna Barinaga 		1–15, 7–15 Runner-up
1971 Irish Open Roger Mills Derek Talbot
Gillian Gilks 		4–15, 9–15 Runner-up

Personal life

She married in 1969 and afterwards competed as Julie Rickard.

References

  1. ^ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
  2. ^ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
  3. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.


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