Sarah Hardaker
Personal information
Birth name	Sarah Louise Hardaker
Country	England
Born	(1975-12-01) 1 December 1975 (age 48) Dartford, Kent, England
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Event	Women's singles & doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  England European Junior Championships 1993 Sofia Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Sarah Louise Hardaker (born 1 December 1975) is a former English professional badminton player.^[1] She has been capped 31 times for England. Hardaker who came from Kent and attended Gravesend Grammar School for Girls between 1987 and 1994, won the mixed doubles title at the English national junior championships in 1992/93 season partnered with Lee Boosey, and also the girls' doubles event in 1993/94 season partnered with Rebecca Pantaney.^[2] She and Boosey were the bronze medallists at the 1993 European Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[3] Hardaker competed at the World Championships in three consecutive years in 1997 Glasgow, 1999 Copenhagen, and 2001 Seville.^[2] She represented Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.^[4] Hardaker completing her undergraduate degree in sport science, and work at the Nuffield physiotherapist. Before joining Nuffield, she used to work for the National Health Service at Barnet & Chase hospital whilst also being the club physio for Tabard RFC in Herts.^[5]

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	Hristo Botev Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria	Lee Boosey	Thomas Stavngaard Sara Runesten	10–15, 6–15	Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Scottish Open	Emma Constable	Catrine Bengtsson Maria Bengtsson	7–15, 5–15	Runner-up

IBF International

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Bermuda International	Debra O’Connor	11–1, 11–6	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Spanish International	Emma Constable	Ella Miles Sara Sankey	15–13, 15–12	Winner
2000	Irish International	Emma Constable	Felicity Gallup Joanne Muggeridge	15–3, 12–15, 17–16	Winner
2000	Canadian International	Joanne Davies	Naomi Murakami Hiromi Yamada	3–15, 17–15, 15–8	Winner
2000	Portugal International	Joanne Davies	Lene Mørk Britta Andersen	12–15, 12–15	Runner-up
1998	Portugal International	Tracy Dineen	Lorraine Cole Rebecca Pantaney	15–3, 7–15, 15–10	Winner
1997	La Chaux-de-Fonds International	Emma Constable	Monique Hoogland Nicole van Hooren	12–15, 12–15	Runner-up
1996	Welsh International	Kelly Morgan	Brenda Conijn Nicole van Hooren	15–6, 10–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1996	La Chaux-de-Fonds International	Emma Constable	Brenda Conijn Nicole van Hooren	6–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1995	Bermuda International	Yvonne Fox	Linda French Erika Von Heiland	17–15, 18–14	Winner
1994	Hungarian International	Rebecca Pantaney	Kelly Morgan Anne Søndergaard	15–8, 15–11	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Irish International	Graham Hurrell	Russell Hogg Kirsteen McEwan	9–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1998	Portugal International	James Anderson	Iain Sydie Denyse Julien	0–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1997	French International	Peter Jeffrey	Kenny Middlemiss Elinor Middlemiss	15–8, 15–11	Winner
1997	La Chaux-de-Fonds International	Nathan Robertson	Vladislav Druzchenko Marina Yakusheva	9–15, 15–3, 10–15	Runner-up
1995	Bermuda International	Steve Isaac	Mario Carulla Linda French	15–7, 15–6	Winner
1994	Hungarian International	Ian Pearson	Kai Mitteldorf Nicol Pitro	15–10, 15–4	Winner
1993	Irish International	Julian Robertson	Simon Archer Joanne Davies	5–15, 10–15	Runner-up