Jessica Pugh

Jessica Pugh
Personal information
Birth name Jessica Rose Pugh
Country  England
Born (1997-03-17) 17 March 1997
Telford, England
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Handedness Right
Coach Pete Jeffrey
Julian Robertson
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking 31 (WD 29 March 2018)
24 (XD 8 March 2018)
Current ranking 32(WD), 24 (XD) (5 April 2018)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
European Junior Championships
2015 LubinMixed team
2015 LubinMixed doubles
BWF profile

Jessica Pugh (born 17 March 1997) is a female badminton player from England. She joined the national junior team in 2008, and selected to the senior team in 2015.[1] Born in Telford, Pugh had a golf handicap of 16 when she was twelve.[2] She had won the mixed doubles bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in Poland, also helped the team winning the silver medal.[3] She won her first senior international tournament when she was 16 years old in Hungarian International.[2] Pugh was part of the English team that won the mixed team bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[4]

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Regional Sport Centrum Hall, Lubin, Poland England Ben Lane Denmark Frederik Søgaard Mortensen
Denmark Sara Lundgaard		 16–21, 21–23 Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Slovenia International Netherlands Cheryl Seinen England Chloe Birch
England Sarah Walker		 20–22, 19–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Romanian International Netherlands Cheryl Seinen Malaysia Goh Yea Ching
Malaysia Peck Yen Wei		 21–19, 21–15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Iceland International England Sarah Walker England Chloe Birch
England Jenny Wallwork		 21–10, 10–21, 21–17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Polish International England Chloe Birch Sweden Clara Nistad
Sweden Emma Wengberg		 16–21, 21–6, 15–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Italian International England Ben Lane England Marcus Ellis
England Lauren Smith		 16–21, 21–19, 21–4 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Spanish International England Ben Lane France Gaetan Mittelheisser
France Emilie Lefel		 21–14, 15–21, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Dutch International England Ben Lane Denmark Alexander Bond
Denmark Ditte Søby Hansen		 21–19, 21–23, 18–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Slovak Open England Ben Lane Vietnam Do Tuan Duc
Vietnam Pham Nhu Thao		 18–21, 21–13, 21–12 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Hungarian International England Ben Lane Czech Republic Jakub Bitman
Czech Republic Alzbeta Basova		 11–4, 11–10, 11–7 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Players: Jessica Pugh". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Jess Pugh". www.badmintonengland.co.uk. Badminton England. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Opportunity for Euro Junior medallists to shine". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Team England take bronze at the Gold Coast". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
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