Steve Butler (badminton)

Stephen P. Butler, (born 27 June 1963) is a retired male badminton player and current coach from England.^[1]

Steve Butler
Personal information
Country	England
Born	(1963-06-27) 27 June 1963 (age 61)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  England Thomas Cup 1984 Kuala Lumpur Men's team Commonwealth Games 1990 Auckland Mixed team European Championships 1990 Moscow Men's singles 1990 Moscow Mixed team European Junior Championships 1981 Edinburgh Boys' singles 1981 Edinburgh Mixed team 1981 Edinburgh Mixed doubles

Badminton career

Butler represented England and won a gold medal in the team event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. He also participated in the singles and reached the quarter finals where he lost to the eventual winner Rashid Sidek.^[2][3]

He won 74 caps for England between 1982 and 1994.^[4] While playing and coaching in the United States in the mid 1990s Butler won men's singles at the U.S. (closed) National Championships in 1996, five years after having won singles at the Open U.S. Championships in 1991.^{[citation needed]}

Achievements

European Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Minor Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union	Darren Hall	7–15, 8–15	Bronze

European Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland	Michael Kjeldsen	13–18, 6–15	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland	Fiona Smith	Dipak Tailor Mary Leeves	2–15, 6–15	Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

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

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1988	Canadian Open	Sze Yu	7–15, 15–10, 15–5	Winner
1991	Canadian Open	Andrey Antropov	17–15, 15–12	Winner
1991	U.S. Open	Kim Hyung-jin	15–6, 18–17	Winner
1993	Scottish Open	Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	15–12, 15–10	Winner

IBF International

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1982	Welsh International	Andy Goode	15–6, 15–4	Winner
1982	Czechoslovakian International	Anatoliy Skripko	15–11, 15–10	Winner
1982	Bell's Open	Ray Stevens	10–15, 15–17	Runner-up
1982	Victor Cup	Kevin Jolly	walkover	Runner-up
1983	Welsh International	Darren Hall	15–11, 15–9	Winner
1992	Polish Open	Pavel Uvarov	15–4, 8–15, 15–13	Winner
1992	Norwegian International	Robert Liljequist	15–10, 15–5	Winner
1993	Iceland International	Broddi Kristjánsson	15–1, 15–3	Winner

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1982	Czechoslovakian International	Nigel Tier	Anatoliy Skripko Evgeniy Dayanov	15–2, 15–3	Winner

Coaching

Leaving England in the mid 1990s he coached initially in New York and then in Colorado where he became the United States National coach. In 1997 he became the England national coach for the junior team and then in 2002 became the National men’s singles coach until 2005.^[4] He returned to the same role in 2015.^[5]