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]

Chloe Birch
Personal information
Birth nameChloe Francesca Hannah Birch
CountryEngland
Born (1995-09-16) 16 September 1995
Preston, England
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachMike Adams
Alex Marritt
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking42 (WS 9 April 2019)
18 (WD with Lauren Smith 17 March 2020)
Current ranking67 (WS), 18 (WD with Smith) (17 March 2020)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Great Britain
European Games
2019 Minsk Women's doubles
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
European Mixed Team Championships
2015 Leuven Mixed team
2017 Lubin Mixed team
BWF profile

Birch graduated from Loughborough University with sport and exercise science degree.[7]

Achievements

European Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Falcon Club,
Minsk, Belarus		 Lauren Smith Selena Piek
Cheryl Seinen		 21–14, 13–21, 15–21 Silver

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
2019 Orléans Masters Super 100 Lauren Smith Hsu Ya-ching
Hu Ling-fang		 21–18, 21–17 Winner
2019 SaarLorLux Open Super 100 Lauren Smith Liu Xuanxuan
Xia Yuting		 16–21, 13–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 8 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2015 Romanian International Lianne Tan 7–11, 7–11, 10–12 Runner-up
2015 Hungarian International Aprilia Yuswandari 19–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2016 Portugal International Mia Blichfeldt 12–21, 14–21 Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Romanian International Jenny Wallwork Lea Palermo
Anne Tran		 11–6, 14–21, 8–11, 11–8 Winner
2015 Slovenia International Jenny Wallwork Linda Efler
Lara Kaepplein		 18–21, 21–19, 18–21 Runner-up
2015 Polish International Jessica Pugh Clara Nistad
Emma Wengberg		 16–21, 21–6, 15–21 Runner-up
2016 Iceland International Jenny Wallwork Jessica Pugh
Sarah Walker		 10–21, 21–10, 17–21 Runner-up
2016 Portugal International Sarah Walker Goh Yea Ching
Peck Yen Wei		 9–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2016 Dutch International Sophie Brown Myke Halkema
Lisa Malaihollo		 21–4, 21–15 Winner
2016 Slovenia International Sarah Walker Jessica Pugh
Cheryl Seinen		 22–20, 21–19 Winner
2016 Belgian International Lauren Smith Julie Finne-Ipsen
Rikke Søby Hansen		 24–22, 18–21, 21–18 Winner
2018 Czech Open Lauren Smith Émilie Lefel
Anne Tran		 21–14, 21–14 Winner
2019 Denmark International Lauren Smith Saori Ozaki
Akane Watanabe		 13–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2019 Azerbaijan International Lauren Smith Ekaterina Bolotova
Alina Davletova		 21–18, 21–12 Winner
2019 Kharkiv International Lauren Smith Rachel Honderich
Kristen Tsai		 21–14, 21–18 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. "Sterling silver for Smith and Birch in Minsk". Badminton England. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  7. "Former Sport and Exercise Science student Chloe Birch lands badminton spot for Gold Coast". Loughborough University. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  8. "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  9. "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
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