Julia Mann
{{Short description|British badminton player}}
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| birth_place = Solihull, England
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| event = Women's singles
| country = England
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{{MedalSport | Women's badminton }}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }}
{{MedalGold | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | Women's team }}
{{MedalBronze | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | Women's singles }}
{{MedalCompetition | European Women's Team Championships }}
{{MedalSilver | 2006 Thessalonica | Women's team }}
{{MedalCompetition | European Junior Championships }}
{{MedalSilver | 1989 Manchester | Mixed team }}
| bwfbadminton_id = 2005
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Julia Mann (born 9 August 1971) is a female retired British badminton player.
Badminton career
Mann won the English National Badminton Championships eight times.{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/badminton/5361646.stm |title=Mann Career Ends in Madrid Defeat |date=19 September 2006 |work=BBC |access-date=18 February 2016 }} She holds a record for winning National title seven years consecutively from 1997 to 2003, the highest number of wins in Women's category since the championship began in 1964.
She represented England and won a gold medal in the women's team event and a bronze medal in the singles, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|title=England team in 1998|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=28 October 2019|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330125318/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|url-status=dead}} Four year later she competed in the singles during the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/42545|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}} Mann also reached the quarter-finals of the 2001 All England Open Badminton Championships.
References
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External links
- {{BWFB|2005}}
- {{BWFT|F1A386A5-ADC9-4FE7-BAF6-2F494E9D824A|member_id=2005}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|julia-mann}}
- {{Team GB|jndNAmnOK8ilhPGB3f7If}}
- {{CGF profile|42545}}
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Category:English female badminton players
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Badminton players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Olympic badminton players for Great Britain
Category:Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games