Chloe Birch

Chloe Birch
Personal information
Birth name Chloe Francesca Hannah Birch
Country  England
Born (1995-09-16) 16 September 1995
Preston, England
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Handedness Right
Coach Mike Adams
Alex Marritt
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking 47 (WS 27 September 2018)
26 (WD 21 June 2018)
Current ranking 47 (WS), 301 (WD) (27 September 2018)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
European Mixed Team Championships
2017 Lubin Mixed team
BWF profile

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]

Birch graduated from Loughborough University with sport and exercise science degree.[6]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Portugal International Denmark Mia Blichfeldt 12–21, 14–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Hungarian International Indonesia Aprilia Yuswandari 19–21, 9–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Romanian International Belgium Lianne Tan 7–11, 7–11, 10–12 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Czech Open England Lauren Smith France Émilie Lefel
France Anne Tran		 21–14, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Belgian International England Lauren Smith Denmark Julie Finne-Ipsen
Denmark Rikke Søby Hansen		 24–22, 18–21, 21–18 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Slovenia International England Sarah Walker England Jessica Pugh
Netherlands Cheryl Seinen		 22–20, 21–19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Dutch International England Sophie Brown Netherlands Myke Halkema
Netherlands Lisa Malaihollo		 21–4, 21–15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Portugal International England Sarah Walker Malaysia Goh Yea Ching
Malaysia Peck Yen Wei		 9–21, 15–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Iceland International England Jenny Wallwork England Jessica Pugh
England Sarah Walker		 10–21, 21–10, 17–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Polish International England Jessica Pugh Sweden Clara Nistad
Sweden Emma Wengberg		 16–21, 21–6, 15–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Slovenia International England Jenny Wallwork Germany Linda Efler
Germany Lara Kaepplein		 18–21, 21–19, 18–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Romanian International England Jenny Wallwork France Lea Palermo
France Anne Tran		 11–6, 14–21, 8–11, 11–8 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Players: Chloe Birch". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Chloe Birch". www.badmintonengland.co.uk. Badminton England. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "English National Championships 2016: Adcocks revel in fourth title". www.badmintonengland.co.uk. Badminton England. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: England reach badminton mixed team semi-finals". BBC. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: England beat Singapore to claim badminton team bronze". BBC. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Former Sport and Exercise Science student Chloe Birch lands badminton spot for Gold Coast". Loughborough University. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
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