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Simon Archer (born June 27 , 1973 ) is an English Badminton player. CAREER Summer Olympics Archer competed in Badminton At The 1996 Summer Olympics in doubles, with Chris Hunt. They were knocked out in the quarterfinals. In 2000 he coupled with Nathan Robertson , but they too lost in the quarterfinals, this time to Tony Gunawan and Candra Wijaya of Indonesia . However, Archer also competed in mixed doubles with Joanne Goode and won a bronze medal. Commonwealth Games Archer and Goode won gold medals twice at the Commonwealth Games in 1998 and 2002 . Archer also won bronze medals in men's doubles in both these Games, together with Chris Hunt and James Anderson respectively. Retirement In August 2006 Archer announced, that he will no longer compete on international level. Archer quits international badminton , August 06, BadmintonEngland.co.uk However he still plays county badminton for Worcestershire and has had an offer to play for a club in Germany. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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