Chloe Birch
Chloe Francesca Hannah Birch (born 16 September 1995) is an English badminton player.[1] She was introduced to badminton through school and started playing at age eight at Abbeydale Badminton Club. Birch received the Michael Vaughan Award from Silverdale School, and competed at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in 2013.[2] She was the runner-up in 2016 English National Badminton Championships Women's singles.[3] Birch was part of the English team that won the mixed team bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[4][5] She won the women's doubles silver medal at the 2019 European Games partnered with Lauren Smith.[6]
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Birth name | Chloe Francesca Hannah Birch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Preston, England | 16 September 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Mike Adams Alex Marritt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 42 (WS 9 April 2019) 26 (WD 21 June 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 56 (WS), 29 (WD) (5 November 2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Birch graduated from Loughborough University with sport and exercise science degree.[7]
Achievements
European Games
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus |
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21–14, 13–21, 15–21 | ![]() |
BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)
The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[8] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[9]
Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | SaarLorLux Open | Super 100 | ![]() |
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16–21, 13–21 | ![]() |
2019 | Orléans Masters | Super 100 | ![]() |
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21–18, 21–17 | ![]() |
BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 8 runners-up)
Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2016 | Portugal International | ![]() |
12–21, 14–21 | ![]() |
2015 | Hungarian International | ![]() |
19–21, 9–21 | ![]() |
2015 | Romanian International | ![]() |
7–11, 7–11, 10–12 | ![]() |
Women's doubles
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
References
- "Players: Chloe Birch". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- "Chloe Birch". www.badmintonengland.co.uk. Badminton England. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- "English National Championships 2016: Adcocks revel in fourth title". www.badmintonengland.co.uk. Badminton England. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- "Commonwealth Games: England reach badminton mixed team semi-finals". BBC. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- "Commonwealth Games: England beat Singapore to claim badminton team bronze". BBC. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- "Sterling silver for Smith and Birch in Minsk". Badminton England. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- "Former Sport and Exercise Science student Chloe Birch lands badminton spot for Gold Coast". Loughborough University. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
- "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
External links
- Chloe Birch at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
- Chloe Birch at gc2018.com