Joanne Davies
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Born10 September 1972
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
CountryEngland
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| Born | 10 September 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Joanne Davies (born 10 September 1972) is a former English badminton player, capped 44 times for England and reached No. 8 in the World.[1]
She lived on Yarborough Road in Grimsby, and attended the Whitgift School.[2]
Career
She has won team gold and individual silver medals in the 1998 Commonwealth Games.[3][4] She represented Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.[5] Davies was 11 weeks pregnant while she competing in Sydney.[6] Davies married former Dutch national badminton player Jurgen van Leeuwen, and her son Ethan also played badminton.[7]
She was the English National runner-up with her doubles partner Nichola Beck during the 1995 English National Championships.[8]
