Anthony Clark

Date of Birth:

1 November 1977

Place of Birth:

Derby

Living:

Leicestershire

Right/Left hand:

Left

Height:

5ft 8in

Racket:

Head

Sponsors:

Head

Highest world ranking:

4 Mens Doubles,
5 Mixed Doubles *

Highest national ranking:

1 **

Event(s):

Mens and Mixed Doubles

Partner(s):

Nathan Robertson, Heather Olver

Coach(es):

Julian Robertson/Peter Jeffrey/Andy Wood

County/Team:

Nottinghamshire

Started badminton aged:

12 (Dad was very good player)

Ambition as badminton player:

To be as good as Rexy Mainaky was

First represented England:

1998

Best performance of career:

Two Silver medals at the World Championships Madrid 2006 w/Donna Kellogg & Robert Blair. Winner Danish Open 2006 w/Donna Kellogg, Runner up All England Open 2007 w/Donna Kellogg

Major national achievements:

9 Mens and 3 Mixed National Championships Titles

Major International achievements:

2 Silver World Champion medals (w/ Donna Kellogg & Robert Blair), European mixed doubles Champion (w/Donna Kellogg), Mens doubles Champion Aviva Singapore Open 2009 w/Nathan Robertson, Danish Open Champion 2006, All England Open 2007 runner-up (w/Donna Kellogg) 5 Commonwealth Games medals, 6 European Championship medals

Biggest disappointment:

Losing to Jeffrey / Hurrell (Slovakia 1998)

Favourite tournament:

Singapore Open

Toughest opponent:

He Han Bin

Best friend on the circuit:

Nathan Robertson, Pete Jeffrey, Andrew Smith?!!

My occupation:

Badminton player

Significant others:

Wife, daughter and son

My hobbies

Films, Golf

My car:

Ford Focus convertible

Favourite food:

Salad

Favourite city or country:

Melbourne, Australia

Favourite holiday destination:

Southern England

If not badminton, then I would be:

A Cricketer (once knocked Andrew Flintoff’s middle stump out of ground!) or Golfer

My personality in a nutshell:

Friendly

In 10 years time I'd like to be:

Still involved in badminton.  We need to see better younger players coming through