Chloe Birch

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Chloe Birch
The six medallists in the women's doubles (cropped) (Chloe Birch).jpg
Birch at the 2022 Commonwealth Games medal ceremony.
Personal information
CountryEngland
Born (1995-09-16) 16 September 1995 (age 28)
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)
12 (WD with Lauren Smith 25 January 2022)
Current ranking39 (WD with Lauren Smith),
199 (WD with Estelle van Leeuwen) (13 February 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Minsk Women's doubles
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Women's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Kyiv Women's doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Leuven Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Lubin Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team
BWF profile

Chloe Francesca Hannah Birch (born 16 September 1995) is an English badminton player. [1]

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Career

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 Championships women's singles. [3]

Birch graduated from Loughborough University with sport and exercise science degree. [4]

Birch was part of the English team that won the mixed team bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. [5] [6] She won the women's doubles silver medal at the 2019 European Games partnered with Lauren Smith. [7]

In 2023, she won the doubles national title (her seventh national title) at the English National Badminton Championships, at the David Ross Sports Village in Nottingham. [8] The following year in 2024, she won an eighth title and this moved her to joint 10th in the all time list for women. [9]

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

The six medallists in the women's badminton doubles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Left to right: Chloe Birch and Lauren Smith (England), Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan (Malaysia), Treesa Jolly and Gayathri Gopichand (India). The six medallists in the women's doubles.jpg
The six medallists in the women's badminton doubles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Left to right: Chloe Birch and Lauren Smith (England), Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan (Malaysia), Treesa Jolly and Gayathri Gopichand (India).

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2022 National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith Flag of Malaysia.svg Pearly Tan
Flag of Malaysia.svg Thinaah Muralitharan
5–21, 8–21 Med 2.png Silver

European Games

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019 Falcon Club,
Minsk, Belarus
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lauren Smith Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cheryl Seinen
21–14, 13–21, 15–21 Med 2.png Silver

European Championships

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2021 Palace of Sports,
Kyiv, Ukraine
Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith Flag of Bulgaria.svg Gabriela Stoeva
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stefani Stoeva
14–21, 19–21 Med 2.png Silver

BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [10] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. [11]

Women's doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019 Orléans Masters Super 100 Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsu Ya-ching
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hu Ling-fang
21–18, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 SaarLorLux Open Super 100 Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Xuanxuan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xia Yuting
16–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 11 runners-up)

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2015 Romanian International Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lianne Tan 7–11, 7–11, 10–12Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Hungarian International Flag of Indonesia.svg Aprilia Yuswandari 19–21, 9–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Portugal International Flag of Denmark.svg Mia Blichfeldt 12–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Romanian International Flag of England.svg Jenny Wallwork Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Léa Palermo
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Anne Tran
11–6, 14–21, 8–11, 11–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Slovenia International Flag of England.svg Jenny Wallwork Flag of Germany.svg Linda Efler
Flag of Germany.svg Lara Kaepplein
18–21, 21–19, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Polish International Flag of England.svg Jessica Pugh Flag of Sweden.svg Clara Nistad
Flag of Sweden.svg Emma Wengberg
16–21, 21–6, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Iceland International Flag of England.svg Jenny Wallwork Flag of England.svg Jessica Pugh
Flag of England.svg Sarah Walker
10–21, 21–10, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Portugal International Flag of England.svg Sarah Walker Flag of Malaysia.svg Goh Yea Ching
Flag of Malaysia.svg Peck Yen Wei
9–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Dutch International Flag of England.svg Sophie Brown Flag of the Netherlands.svg Myke Halkema
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lisa Malaihollo
21–4, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016Slovenia International Flag of England.svg Sarah Walker Flag of England.svg Jessica Pugh
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cheryl Seinen
22–20, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Belgian International Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith Flag of Denmark.svg Julie Finne-Ipsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Rikke Søby Hansen
24–22, 18–21, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Czech Open Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Émilie Lefel
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Anne Tran
21–14, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Denmark International Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith Flag of Japan.svg Saori Ozaki
Flag of Japan.svg Akane Watanabe
13–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Azerbaijan International Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Bolotova
Flag of Russia.svg Alina Davletova
21–18, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Kharkiv International Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kristen Tsai
21–14, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2022 Dutch Open Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith Flag of the Netherlands.svg Debora Jille
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cheryl Seinen
10–5 retiredSilver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2022 Welsh International Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith Flag of France.svg Margot Lambert
Flag of France.svg Anne Tran
21–9, 14–21, 9–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2024 Estonian International Flag of England.svg Estelle van Leeuwen Flag of Turkey.svg Bengisu Erçetin
Flag of Turkey.svg Nazlıcan İnci
21–23, 21–16, 8–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

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