Denyse Julien

Denyse Julien (born 22 July 1960, in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) is a Canadian former badminton player noted for her versatility and longevity.

Denyse Julien
Personal information
Country	Canada
Born	22 July 1960 (1960-07-22) (age 64) Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada
Medal record Women's badminton Representing Canada Commonwealth Games 1982 Brisbane Mixed team 1986 Edinburgh Women's doubles 1986 Edinburgh Mixed team 1990 Auckland Women's singles 1990 Auckland Mixed team 1990 Auckland Women's doubles 1994 Victoria Women's doubles Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata Women's singles 1995 Mar del Plata Women's doubles 1995 Mar del Plata Mixed doubles 1999 Winnipeg Mixed doubles 2003 Santo Domingo Mixed doubles 1999 Winnipeg Women's doubles 2003 Santo Domingo Women's doubles 1999 Winnipeg Women's singles Pan American Championships 1991 Kingston Women's singles 1997 Winnipeg Women's singles 1991 Kingston Women's doubles 1991 Kingston Mixed doubles 1997 Winnipeg Mixed doubles 2005 Bridgetown Mixed team 2005 Bridgetown Women's doubles 2005 Bridgetown Women's singles
BWF profile

Career

Between 1981 and 2004 Julien won a record 31 Canadian National Championship events, thirteen in singles, eight in women's doubles, and ten in mixed doubles. She also captured five events at the Canadian Open Championships, including women's singles in 1989. Julien earned four individual medals at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games. These include a silver medal in singles (1990), and a silver (1986) and two bronzes (1990, 1994) in women's doubles. Julien's record in another quadrennial competition, the Pan American Games, has been particularly noteworthy. A few months shy of her 35th birthday she won all three events at Mar del Plata, Argentina in 1995 when badminton was introduced into these Games. She won medals in each event at the next competition in Winnipeg in 1999, and a silver in women's doubles and a gold in mixed doubles at the 2003 competition in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Julien won a number of titles in Europe, including women's singles at French (1982) and Welsh (1991, 1995) Opens, women's doubles at the Austrian International (1983), and mixed doubles at the Portugal Open (1998). She competed in three Olympic Games (1992, 1996, 2004), the highlight of which was winning two rounds of singles at the 1992 Games in Barcelona before bowing to China's reigning world champion Tang Jiuhong.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1986	Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland	Johanne Falardeau	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	6–15, 7–15	Silver
1990	Auckland Badminton Hall, Auckland, New Zealand	Johanne Falardeau	Tan Sui Hoon Lim Siew Choon	18–13, 15–2	Bronze
1994	McKinnon Gym, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada	Si-An Deng	Joanne Muggeridge Joanne Wright	14–18, 0–15	Bronze

Pan American Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	CeNARD, Mar del Plata, Argentina	Si-An Deng	11–7, 11–1	Gold
1999	Winnipeg Convention Centre, Winnipeg, Canada	Yeping Tang	11–13, 8–11	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	CeNARD, Mar del Plata, Argentina	Si-An Deng	Milaine Cloutier Robbyn Hermitage	15–11, 15–9	Gold
1999	Winnipeg Convention Centre, Winnipeg, Canada	Charmaine Reid	Milaine Cloutier Robbyn Hermitage	15–3, 2–15, 10–15	Silver
2003	UASD Pavilion, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Anna Rice	Helen Nichol Charmaine Reid	13–15, 10–15	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	CeNARD, Mar del Plata, Argentina	Darryl Yung	Anil Kaul Si-An Deng	15–4, 15–5	Gold
1999	Winnipeg Convention Centre, Winnipeg, Canada	Iain Sydie	Brent Olynyk Robbyn Hermitage	15–9, 15–6	Gold
2003	UASD Pavilion, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Philippe Bourret	Mike Beres Jody Patrick	7–15, 15–13, 15–12	Gold

Pan Am Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Winnipeg, Canada	Lorena Blanco		Gold

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Kingston, Jamaica	Doris Piché	Linda French Joy Kitzmiller		Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Kingston, Jamaica	Jaimie Dawson	Robert Richards Maria Leyow		Gold
1997	Winnipeg, Canada	Iain Sydie	Mike Beres Kara Solmundson		Gold

IBF World Grand Prix

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

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Canadian Open	Kirsten Larsen	1–11, 1–11	Runner-up
1987	Canadian Open	Chun Sung-suk	5–11, 7–11	Runner-up
1989	Canadian Open	Si-an Deng	11–9, 11–1	Winner
1990	US Open	Elena Rybkina	7–11, 11–2, 11–8	Winner
1992	Canadian Open	Hisako Mizui	5–11, 11–7, 10–12	Runner-up
1993	Scottish Open	Camilla Martin	6–11, 8–11	Runner-up
2002	Puerto Rico Open	Charmaine Reid	11–8, 1–11, 13–10	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1985	Canadian Open	Johanne Falardeau	Sandra Skillings Claire Backhouse	15–7, 14–17, 18–16	Winner
1990	US Open	Doris Piché	Elena Rybkina Vlada Chernyavskaya	18–13, 18–15	Winner
1990	Canadian Open	Doris Piché	Si-an Deng Claire Backhouse	15–10, 15–7	Winner
1992	Canada Open	Joanne Muggeridge	Pernille Dupont Lotte Olsen		Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Canadian Open	Bryan Blanshard	Mike Bitten Doris Piché		Runner-up
1990	Canadian Open	Bryan Blanshard	Mike Butler Claire Backhouse	15–4, 11–15, 15–4	Winner

IBF International

Women’s singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Austrian International	Sherry Liu	8–11, 11–5, 5–11	Runner-up
1986	US Open	Hisako Mori		Winner
1989	Bells Open	Fiona Smith		Runner-up
1990	Welsh International	Si-an Deng		Winner
1994	Welsh International	Anne Gibson		Winner
1998	Suriname International	Charmaine Reid	11–9, 11–3	Winner
2002	MiamiPanAm International	Jody Patrick		Runner-up
2006	Canadian International	Eva Lee	12–21, 12–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Austrian International	Linda Cloutier	Julie McDonald Audrey Swaby		Winner
1986	US Open	Johanne Falardeau	Yomiko Fushiki Mami Nakajima		Winner
1991	Welsh International	Doris Piché	Elinor Middlemis Jennifer Williamson		Winner
1998	Suriname International	Charmaine Reid	Nathalie Haynes Adrienn Kocsis	15–5, 15–4	Winner
1999	Guatemala International	Charmaine Reid	Judith Baumeyer Santi Wibowo	15–10, 15–13	Winner
2000	Chile International	Charmaine Reid	Satomi Igawa Hiroko Nagamine	10–15, 0–15	Runner-up
2000	Peru International	Charmaine Reid	Satomi Igawa Hiroko Nagamine	6–15, 8–15	Runner-up
2002	Miami PanAm International	Florence Lavoie	Amélie Felx Valerie Loker		Winner
2003	Nigeria International	Anna Rice	Felicity Gallup Joanne Muggeridge	12–15, 6–15	Runner-up
2005	Miami PanAm International	Milaine Cloutier	Noriko Okuma Miyuki Tai		Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Portugal International	Iain Sydie	James Anderson Sara Hardaker	15–0, 15–7	Winner
1999	Canada Open	Iain Sydie	Brent Olynyk Robbyn Hermitage		Winner
2003	Miami PanAm International	Philippe Bourret	Mike Beres Jody Patrick		Runner-up
2004	Peru International	Philippe Bourret	Mike Beres Jody Patrick		Winner

External links

• Denyse Julien at BWFBadminton.com
• Denyse Julien at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Denyse Julien at Olympics.com
• Denyse Julien at Olympedia
• Denyse Julien at Team Canada