- Date of Birth:
- 23 July 1977 (32)
- Sport:
- Badminton
- Home Town:
- Milton Keynes
- Current Address:
- Milton Keynes
- Club:
- Hvidovre BC
Sponsors:
Gail Emms is one of the World’s top seeds in mixed doubles. Gail and her partner Nathan Robertson won a silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games in a thrilling final where they were just edged out by defending champions Zhang Jun and Gao Ling of China.
The marathon 93 minute match finished 15-1, 12-15, 15-12 after Gail and Nathan lead 11-8 in the deciding game, but their Silver medal is still Great Britain’s highest ever result in badminton. Following the Olympic Games, Gail had an excellent year in 2005 and in 2006 she won Gold at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in the mixed doubles.
Gail started playing Badminton at the age of 3 when her parents gave her a cut down racket and threw shuttles to her. She has been playing professionally for 6 years and made her debut for England in 1995. Gail has won 5 national titles in mixed doubles and 4 in women’s doubles and in 2005 she won the All England Championship and the China Open in the mixed doubles with Nathan.
Her silver medal in Athens was the peak of her most successful season ever where she and Nathan were already European Champions and unbeaten in the Sudirman Cup (World Mixed Team Championships).
Gail and Nathan were World Champions in 2006 and are won Gold at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne earlier the same year.
Gail is a lively and interesting motivational speaker. Off the court Gail spends her spare time playing hockey and relaxes with Yoga.
Achievements:
2006 Gold – World Championships (mixed doubles)
2006 Gold - Commonwealth Games - (mixed doubles)
2006 Runner-up - All England Title
2006 Winner - Swiss Open Title (mixed doubles)
2005 Winner - Copenhagen Masters (mixed doubles)
2005 Winner - China Open Title (mixed doubles)
2005 Winner - Hong Kong Title (mixed doubles)
2005 Winner - All England Title (mixed doubles)
2005 Winner - Swiss Open Title (mixed doubles)
2004 Silver - Athens Olympic Games (mixed doubles)
2004 Gold - European Championships (mixed doubles)
2004 Winner - Thailand Open (mixed doubles)
2002 Team Gold - Commonwealth Games
2002 Bronze - Commonwealth Games (ladies doubles)
2002 Winner - Malaysian Open (mixed doubles)
2001 Winner - Dutch Open (mixed doubles)
2001 Winner - BMW Open (mixed doubles)
2000 Gold - US Open (ladies doubles)
