Julie Rickard

Julie E Rickard (née Julie Charles, born 1939) is a retired female badminton player from England.

Julie Rickard
Personal information
Birth name	Julie Charles
Country	England
Born	1939 (age 85–86) Surrey, England
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1970 Edinburgh Women's doubles European Championships 1972 Karlskrona Women's doubles European Mixed Team Championships 1972 Karlskrona Mixed team

Career

Rickard represented England and won a bronze medal in the women's doubles with Gillian Gilks, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[1][2][3]

She also reached the doubles final in the prestigious All England Open Badminton Championships, in 1970 and 1972.

As Julie Charles she won the 1958 & 1964 French Open, the 1958 Swiss Open and was English National champion in the doubles in 1966.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1970	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland	Gillian Perrin	Margaret Boxall Susan Whetnall	9–15, 2–15	Silver

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1972	Karlskrona Idrottshall, Karlskrona, Sweden	Margaret Beck	Gillian Gilks Judy Hashman	11–15, 7–15	Silver

International tournaments (12 titles, 9 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1958	Swiss Open	Noëlle Ailloud	11–1, 12–11	Winner
1967	Welsh International	Anita Price	11–2, 11–4	Winner
1969	French Open	Anne Mette Sørensen	11–5, 11–3	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1958	French Open	Pratuang Pattabongse	Beryl Olsson Ingrid Dahlberg	18–13, 15–8	Winner
1964	French Open	Imre Rietveld	Bep Verstoep June van der Willigen	15–2, 15–8	Winner
1966	French Open	Imre Rietveld	J. Davy Angela Lindsay	15–12, 15–5	Winner
1967	French Open	Imre Rietveld	Gerda Schumacher Gudrun Ziebold	14–17, 15–10, 15–8	Winner
1967	Welsh International	Angela Dickson	Betty Fisher M. Withers	15–6, 12–15, 18–13	Winner
1969	French Open	Alison Glenie	Anne Mette Sørensen Lene Horvid	15–6, 15–4	Winner
1970	All England Open	Gillian Perrin	Margaret Boxall Susan Whetnall	6–15, 15–8, 9–15	Runner-up
1970	Wimbledon Open	Margaret Beck	Tyna Barinaga Nora Gardner	6–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1971	Irish Open	Margaret Beck	Gillian Gilks Nora Gardner	15–12, 15–9	Winner
1972	All England Open	Margaret Beck	Machiko Aizawa Etsuko Takenaka	15–9, 8–15, 12–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1958	Swiss Open	Jean Mermod	Bob Loo Noëlle Ailloud	8–15, 15–13, 6–15	Runner-up
1964	French Open	Oon Chong Jin	Jørgen Herlevsen Henriette Ernst	15–3, 15–1	Winner
1966	Dutch Open	Paul Whetnall	David Horton Jenny Horton	3–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1967	Welsh International	Roger Mills	Peter Seaman Betty Fisher	15–3, 15–9	Winner
1968	French Open	Torsten Winter	Herman Leidelmeijer Lily ter Metz	15–6, 4–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1969	French Open	Torsten Winter	Elo Hansen Lene Horvid	9–15, 17–14, 7–15	Runner-up
1970	Wimbledon Open	Keith Andrews	Robert McCoig Tyna Barinaga	1–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1971	Irish Open	Roger Mills	Derek Talbot Gillian Gilks	4–15, 9–15	Runner-up

Personal life

She married in 1969 and afterwards competed as Julie Rickard.