Denyse Julien (born July 22, 1960, in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) is a former badminton player from Canada noted for her versatility and longevity.

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Denyse Julien
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Country	Canada
Born	22 July 1960 (1960-07-22) (age 63) Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Canada Commonwealth Games 1982 Brisbane Mixed team 1986 Edinburgh Women's doubles 1986 Edinburgh Mixed team 1990 Auckland Women's singles 1990 Auckland Mixed team 1990 Auckland Women's doubles 1994 Victoria Women's doubles Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata Women's singles 1995 Mar del Plata Women's doubles 1995 Mar del Plata Mixed doubles 1999 Winnipeg Mixed doubles 2003 Santo Domingo Mixed doubles 1999 Winnipeg Women's doubles 2003 Santo Domingo Women's doubles 1999 Winnipeg Women's singles Pan American Championships 1991 Kingston Women's singles 1997 Winnipeg Women's singles 1991 Kingston Women's doubles 1991 Kingston Mixed doubles 1997 Winnipeg Mixed doubles 2005 Bridgetown Mixed team 2005 Bridgetown Women's doubles 2005 Bridgetown Women's singles
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Between 1981 and 2004 Julien won a record 31 Canadian National Championship events, thirteen in singles, eight in women's doubles, and ten in mixed doubles.^[1] She also captured five events at the Canadian Open Championships, including women's singles in 1989.^[2] Julien earned four individual medals at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games. These include a silver medal in singles (1990), and a silver (1986) and two bronzes (1990, 1994) in women's doubles. Julien's record in another quadrennial competition, the Pan American Games, has been particularly noteworthy. A few months shy of her 35th birthday she won all three events at Mar del Plata, Argentina in 1995 when badminton was introduced into these Games. She won medals in each event at the next competition in Winnipeg in 1999, and a silver in women's doubles and a gold in mixed doubles at the 2003 competition in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Julien won a number of titles in Europe, including women's singles at French (1982) and Welsh (1991, 1995) Opens, women's doubles at the Austrian International (1983), and mixed doubles at the Portugal Open (1998). She competed in three Olympic Games (1992, 1996, 2004), the highlight of which was winning two rounds of singles at the 1992 Games in Barcelona before bowing to China's reigning world champion Tang Jiuhong.