Johanne Falardeau

Johanne Falardeau
Personal information
CountryCanada
Born1961 (age 62–63)
Retired1991
HandednessRight
EventDoubles
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Canada
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1982 Brisbane Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 1986 Edinburgh Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 1978 Edmonton Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 1982 Brisbane Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 1986 Edinburgh Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 1990 Auckland Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Auckland Women's doubles
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 1979 Mexico City Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 1979 Mexico City Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 1979 Mexico City Mixed team
BWF profile

Johanne Falardeau (born 1961) is a Canadian retired badminton player. Falardeau is the first ever women's doubles player from her country to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. Additionally, she won a silver and bronze in the same discipline, too. She is also a former Pan American champion and became the national champion for seven times between 1982 and 1990.[1]

Introduced to badminton at the age of ten by Jean-Claude Laprise, Falardeau has experienced a meteoric progression. Became Provincial junior champion in under ninenteen category three years later, and made it to the national team at the age of 15. The following year, she won the triple crown (singles, doubles, mixed) at the Canadian Junior Championships. Her first international success came at the 1978 Commonwealth Games where she won silver medal in mixed team event. 1979, she became Pan American champion in both singles and mixed team events. Reaching finals multiple times in international tournaments, she became champion in French Open, U. S. Open, Canada Open and Victor Cup and had some second best performances in Bells Open, Scottish Open and Carlton Cup as well.[2]

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Women's doubles
Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1982 Edmonton,
Brisbane, Australia
Canada Claire Backhouse-Sharpe England Gillian Clark
England Karen Beckman
13–15, 18–16, 15–4 Gold Gold
1986 Meadowbank Sports Centre,
Edinburgh, Scotland
Canada Denyse Julien England Gillian Clark
England Gillian Gowers
6–15, 7–15 Silver Silver
1990 Auckland Badminton Hall,
Auckland, New Zealand
Canada Denyse Julien Malaysia Tan Sui Hoon
Malaysia Lim Siew Choon
18–13, 15–2 Bronze Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1983 Canada Open Canada Claire Backhouse-Sharpe England Karen Beckman
England Sally Podger
14–18, 15–10, 4–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1984 Scottish Open Canada Claire Backhouse-Sharpe Scotland Alison Fulton
Republic of Ireland Barbara Beckett
12–15, 10–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1987 Carlton-Intersport Open Canada Denyse Julien England Fiona Elliott
England Sara Halsall
15–7, 6–15, 2–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Mixed doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1983 Canada Open Sweden Lars Wengberg Canada Mike Butler
Canada Claire Backhouse-Sharpe
18–14, 10–15, 15–17 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

International tournaments

Women's doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1982 French Open Canada Linda Cloutier 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1982 Canada Open Canada Claire Backhouse-Sharpe England Gillian Clark
England Gillian Gilks
14–17, 6–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Mixed doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1980 Canada Open Denmark Steen Fladberg England Mike Tredgett
England Nora Perry
7–15, 9–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1982 French Open Canada Bob MacDougall 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

IBF International

Women's doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1983 U. S. Open Canada Claire Backhouse-Sharpe 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1983 Victor Cup Canada Claire Backhouse-Sharpe England Jane Sutton
England Karen Beckman
9–15, 15–17 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1984 Victor Cup Canada Claire Backhouse-Sharpe Canada Denyse Julien
Canada Linda Cloutier
15–7, 15–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1985 Canada Open Canada Denyse Julien Canada Claire Backhouse-Sharpe
Canada Sandra Skilings
15–7, 14–17, 18–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1986 U. S. Open Canada Denyse Julien Japan Yomiko Fushiki
Japan Mami Nakajima
18–16, 15–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1987 Bells Open Canada Denyse Julien England Fiona Elliott
England Sara Halsall
9–15, 10–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Mixed doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1985 Canada Open Denmark Jesper Helledie Scotland Billy Gilliland
England Nora Perry
6–15, 9–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1986 U. S. Open Canada Mike Butler United States Peter Rawlek
United States Susan Hill
15–5, 15–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

References

  1. ^ "Michelle Li captures badminton gold at Commonwealth Games". therecord.com. 11 April 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  2. ^ Tardif, Jean-François (27 February 2017). "Johanne Falardeau, faite pour aider". lesoleil.com (in French). Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.