Gillian Gowers


Gillian Gowers is a retired female badminton player from England.

Badminton career

World Championships

She won the bronze medal at the 1985 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Nigel Tier.

Olympic Games

Gowers participated in the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics for Great Britain.

Commonwealth Games

She represented England and won double gold medal in the team event and the women's doubles with Gillian Clark, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. She also participated in the singles and mixed doubles.
Four years later she represented England again and won another gold medal in the team event but had to settle for a silver medal in the women's doubles with Clark, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.

Major achievements