Career
Archer once held the world record for the fastest smash at 162 mph. Summer Olympics Archer competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in doubles, with Chris Hunt. They were knocked out in the quarterfinals.
In 2000 he coupled with Nathan Robertson, but they too lost in the quarterfinals, this time to Tony Gunawan and Candra Wijaya of Indonesia.
Retirement In August 2006 Archer announced, that he will no longer compete on international level However he still plays county badminton for Worcestershire and has had an offer to play for a club in Germany.
