Julia Mann (born 9 August 1971) is a female retired British

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player.

Badminton career

Mann won the

English National Badminton Championships The English National Badminton Championships is a tournament organised by the Badminton England to crown the best badminton players in England. The tournament started in 1964 and is held annually. The first winners were Bill Havers William ...

eight times. 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

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and won a gold medal in the women's team event and a bronze medal in the singles, at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay language, Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by sev ...

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, Malaysia. Four year later she competed in the singles during the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. Mann also reached the quarter finals of the

2001 All England Open Badminton Championships The 2001 Yonex All England Open was the 91st edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was held from 7–11 March 2001, at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England. It was a four star tournament and the prize money wa ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mann, Julia 1971 births Living people English female badminton players Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Badminton players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Olympic badminton players of Great Britain Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics