Helen Nichol (badminton)

Helen Nichol
Personal information
Country	Canada
Born	(1981-02-18) February 18, 1981 Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Height	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Handedness	Right
Event	Women's doubles and Mixed doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing Canada Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Women's doubles Pan American Championships 2001 Lima Women's doubles 2004 Lima Mixed Team 2005 Bridgetown Women's doubles 2005 Bridgetown Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Helen Nichol (born 18 February 1981 in Burlington, Ontario) is a female badminton player from Canada, who won the gold medal in the women's doubles competition at the 2003 Pan American Games, partnering Charmaine Reid.

Nichol competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Charmaine Reid. They were defeated by Cheng Wen-Hsing and Chien Yu Chin of Taiwan in the round of 32.

Achievements

Pan American Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	UASD Pavilion, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Charmaine Reid	Denyse Julien Anna Rice	15–13, 15–10	Gold

Pan American Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Lima, Peru	Milaine Cloutier	Jody Patrick Charmaine Reid	7–3, 8–6, 7–0	Gold
2005	Bridgetown, Barbados	Charmaine Reid	Milaine Cloutier Denyse Julien	walkover	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Bridgetown, Barbados	Philippe Bourret	Mike Beres Jody Patrick	17–16, 8–15, 9–15	Silver

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Puerto Rico Open	Charmaine Reid	Felicity Gallup Joanne Muggeridge	3–11, 3–11	Runner-up

IBF International

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Brazil International	Charmaine Reid	Felicity Gallup Joanne Muggeridge	15–11, 15–13	Winner
2003	Dominican Republic International	Charmaine Reid	Ragna Ingólfsdóttir Sara Jónsdóttir	15–7, 15–9	Winner
2003	Carebaco International	Charmaine Reid	Yoshiko Iwata Miyuki Tai	5–15, 5–15	Runner-up
2003	Giraldilla International	Charmaine Reid	Yoshiko Iwata Miyuki Tai	6–15, 4–15	Runner-up
2004	Canadian International	Charmaine Reid	Liza Parker Suzanne Rayappan	11–15, 0–15	Runner-up
2004	Carebaco International	Charmaine Reid	Sarah MacMaster Valérie Loker	15–7, 15–6	Winner
2004	Peru International	Charmaine Reid	Yoshiko Iwata Miyuki Tai	3–15, 15–6, 8–15	Runner-up
2005	Carebaco International	Charmaine Reid	Valérie Loker Tammy Sun	15–3, 12–15, 17–14	Winner
2005	Peru International	Charmaine Reid	Noriko Okuma Miyuki Tai	4–15, 5–15	Runner-up
2005	Giraldilla International	Charmaine Reid	Anabel Chafer Munoz Lucía Tavera	15–3, 15–6	Winner
2005	São Paulo International	Charmaine Reid	Florence Lavoie Amélie Felx	17–15, 15–9	Winner

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Helen Nichol". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012.
• tournamentsoftware.com

External links

• Helen Nichol at BWFBadminton.com
• Helen Nichol at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
• Helen Nichol at Olympics.com
• Helen Nichol at Team Canada
• Helen Nichol at Olympedia
• Helen Nichol at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Helen Nichol at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)