Nathan Robertson - GBR

Shoes: 4:SYS Badminton

My personal details

Date of Birth: 30th May 1977

Place of Birth: Nottingham

Living: Nottingham / Copenhagen

Right/Left hand: Right

Height: 6ft 2in

Racket: Rassmussen Tour

Sponsors: Carlton, Hi Tec

Highest world ranking: 1 Mixed 4 Mens

Highest national ranking: 1 Mixed 1 Mens

About me on court

Event(s): Men's Doubles, Mixed Doubles

Partner(s): Gail Emms and from October 2004, Robert Blair

Coach(es): Rexy Mainaky, Andy Wood

County/Team: Nottinghamshire and Hvidovre (Denmark)

Started badminton at age: 6

How I got started: Parents both played regularly and brother junior International

Ambition as badminton player: To be number 1 player in the world and achieve Olympic Gold (I've got an Olympic silver)

First represented England: Versus China in Boston at age 18. 48 England caps

Season's best performance: European Championships 2004 winner with Gail Emms, runner up with Anthony Clark; Olympic silver medallist with Gail Emms in Athens 2004; 2005 All England Championships with Gail Emms.

Best performance of career: World's Bronze, Mens Doubles 1999 with Simon Archer; European gold in mixed 2004 with Gail Emms and silver in men's doubels with Anthony Clark; Olympic silver in mixed with Gail Emms in Athens 2004, World Doubles champion with Gail Emms in September 2006

Major national achievements: Winner of last 4 Mens Doubles and last 2 Mixed

Major international achievements: World's Bronze (Mens), 4 Grand Prix titles (3 Mixed, 1 Mens), 6 Commonwealth medals; European gold (mixed) and silver (men's doubles) in 2004; Olympic silver in mixed with Gail Emms in Athens 2004; World Gold Medallist in mixed doubles with Gail Emms in Madrid 2006

Biggest disappointment: Not winning a medal in the Mixed at the Commonwealth Games.

Favourite tournament: Malaysian Open

Toughest opponent: Kim Dong Moon

Best friend on the circuit: Anthony Clark and Mark Constable

The one change I would make to improve my sport: More coverage worldwide - higher prize money

England Nationals in Manchester - Feb 07

After flying through to the finals for the England Nationals in Manchester in February 07, the champions were stopped by their great friends Anthony Clark and Donna Kellogg; who had never beaten them at a tournament before. World Champions Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms were disappointed after losing at the finals- 23-21, 14-21, 22-20- a very close game.

It was Robertson's and Emms' first loss to domestic opposition in all that time - a sequence involving something like 60 matches - and it happened on the first occasion a world final has ever been repeated in an English national final.

Nathan Robertson won the Surdiman Cup mixed doubles with parnter Gail Emms agaisnt Maylasia with a thrilling 3-2 win in Glasgow.