Joanne Nicholas

"Joanne Wright" redirects here. For badminton player born in 1972, see Joanne Goode.

Joanne Nicholas (née Wright, born 10 October 1977) is a female badminton player from the United Kingdom.^[1]

Joanne Nicholas
Personal information
Birth name	Joanne Wright
Country	England
Born	(1977-10-10) 10 October 1977 (age 47) Southport, Merseyside, England
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Event	Women's doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  England Sudirman Cup 2007 Glasgow Mixed team Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Mixed team European Women's Team Championships 2006 Thessaloniki Women's team European Junior Championships 1995 Nitra Girls' doubles 1995 Nitra Mixed doubles 1995 Nitra Mixed team
BWF profile

She attended Churchtown Primary School, Stanley High School and King George V College ("KGV"), all in Southport, Merseyside.^[2]

Wright competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Ella Tripp. They had a bye in the first round and were defeated by Lotte Bruil and Mia Audina of the Netherlands in the sixteenth round.

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Športová hala Olympia, Nitra, Slovakia	Donna Kellogg	Natalia Djachkova Ella Karachkova	15–7, 18–13	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Športová hala Olympia, Nitra, Slovakia	Ian Sullivan	Peder Nissen Mette Hansen	–, –	Bronze

BWF/IBF World Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	U.S. Open	Gail Emms	Emma Constable Suzanne Rayappan	15–7, 15–1	Winner
2002	U.S. Open	Natalie Munt	Liza Parker Suzanne Rayappan	11–2, 4–4 retired	Winner
2007	Bitburger Open	Natalie Munt	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	11–21, 10–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF/IBF International

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Austrian International	Gail Emms	Karen Neumann Nicol Pitro	3–15, 15–10, 8–15	Runner-up
1997	Welsh International	Lorraine Cole	Ella Miles Sara Sankey	5–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1998	Czech International	Gail Emms	Lorraine Cole Tracy Dineen	7–15, 6–15	Runner-up
1998	Slovak Open	Katy Brydon	Lorraine Cole Tracy Hutchinson	13–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1998	Irish International	Gail Emms	Keelin Fox Sonya McGinn	17–16, 15–10	Winner
1999	Welsh International	Gail Emms	Irina Ruslyakova Marina Yakusheva	14–17, 14–17	Runner-up
2000	Austrian International	Rebecca Pantaney	Irina Ruslyakova Marina Yakusheva	15–2, 9–15, 15–6	Winner
2000	Welsh International	Gail Emms	Ella Miles Sara Sankey	6–8, 4–7, 8–6, –	Runner-up
2002	Canadian Open	Natalie Munt	Liza Parker Suzanne Rayappan	10–13, 6–11	Runner-up
2002	Welsh International	Ella Tripp	Liza Parker Suzanne Rayappan	11–7, 13–11	Winner
2002	Irish International	Ella Tripp	Nicole Grether Juliane Schenk	11–4, 8–11, 11–7	Winner
2003	Portugal International	Ella Tripp	Julie Houmann Helle Nielsen	1–11, 11–3, 3–11	Runner-up
2003	Spanish International	Ella Tripp	Pernille Harder Mette Schjoldager	10–15, 15–12, 8–15	Runner-up
2007	Spanish International	Natalie Munt	Nicole Grether Juliane Schenk	11–21, 22–20, 23–25	Runner-up
2007	Belgian International	Natalie Munt	Jenny Wallwork Sarah Bok	21–17, 21–14	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Hungarian International	Ian Sullivan	Jonas Rasmussen Ann-Lou Jørgensen	5–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1996	Welsh International	Ian Pearson	Quinten van Dalm Nicole van Hooren	14–18, 2–15	Runner-up
1997	Irish International	Nathan Robertson	Henrik Andersson Jenny Karlsson	14–18, 15–11, 17–14	Winner
1998	Slovak Open	David Lindley	Anthony Clark Lorraine Cole	5–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2007	Belgian International	Chris Langridge	Ingo Kindervater Katrin Piotrowski	21–17, 15–21, 25–23	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament