Chloe Magee

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Chloe Magee
Chloe & Sam Magee Irish Open Mixed Double Champions 2018.jpg
Chloe and Sam Magee after winning the 2018 Irish Open
Personal information
Birth nameChloe Noelle Magee
CountryIreland
Born (1988-11-29) 29 November 1988 (age 34)
Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) [1]
Weight60 kg (132 lb) [1]
HandednessRight
CoachDaniel Magee
Women's singles & doubles
Tournaments played 2008 Summer Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics
2016 Summer Olympics
Highest ranking32 (WS 22 May 2014)
59 (WD with Bing Huang 21 January 2010)
21 (XD with Sam Magee 6 August 2015)
Current ranking37 (XD with Sam Magee 3 May 2022)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
European Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Baku Mixed doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Minsk Mixed doubles
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Kolding Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Chloe Noelle Magee (born 29 November 1988) is an Irish professional badminton player. She represented her country at the Olympic Games for three consecutive times in 2008 Beijing, 2012 London, and 2016 Rio de Janeiro. [2] At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she became the first Irish woman to win a badminton match at the Olympics. She has been described as "the poster girl for Irish badminton". [3] Together with her brother Sam Magee, she clinched a bronze medal at the 2017 European Championships, became Ireland's first medal at the European Badminton Championship. [4] The duo also captured the bronze medals at the 2015 and 2019 European Games. [5] [6]

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Career

2007

In 2007, Magee won the women's doubles title at the Irish International Championships in Lisburn. Competing alongside Bing Huang, the pair beat second seeds Eva Lee and Mesinee Mangkalakiri of the United States 21–15, 9–21, 21–11 in the final. [7]

2008 Summer Olympics

Magee competed for Ireland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China at the age of 19. She became the first ever Irish woman to win a badminton match at the Olympics, [8] beating Estonian Kati Tolmoff by a score of 18–21, 21–18, 21–19 in the first round of the women's singles. She was eliminated after losing her second round match 12–21, 14–21 to world number eleven Jun Jae-youn of South Korea. [9] "I have loads to improve on and I will take away a lot from this," Magee said after the match. [8]

2009

In 2009, Magee competed at the World Championships in Hyderabad, India, losing in the first round to Japanese number two Ai Goto by a score of 21–13, 21–9. [10]

2012 Summer Olympics

Magee, ranked 44th in the world, qualified for the women's singles at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London as the 26 ranked player on the list of participants. She was one of two Irish badminton players at the Games; Scott Evans competed in the men's singles. [11] Magee and her brother Sam, ranked 40th in the world as a pairing, were third reserves for the mixed doubles event. [12]

In July 2012, Magee reached the final of the White Nights pre-Olympic tournament held in Russia. She beat Slovakian Monika Fasungova, 21–17, 20–22, 21–5, in the quarter-finals and Russia's Romina Gabdullina, 21–15, 17–21, 21–15, in the semi-finals but finished runner-up after losing to Poland's Kamila Augustyn, 21–19, 14–21, 14–21, despite having a 10–6 lead in the final set. [13]

A slight schedule change led to Magee starting her 2012 Olympic campaign against Egypt's Hadia Hosny at 20.17 (29 July) and France's Hongyan Pi at 20.32 (30 July). [14]

Bill O'Herlihy sparked controversy while covering Chloe Magee's progress at the 2012 Summer Olympics by suggesting badminton was "a mainly Protestant sport". RTÉ confirmed it received complaints about O'Herlihy's sectarian remarks on live television. The remarks prompted Magee to inform Highland Radio: "We need to remember what the Olympics is all about. I don't think it is any different from any other sport. There are people here from all over the world and from many different religions." [15]

She lost 16–21, 21–18, 21–14, to Hongyan Pi and exited the 2012 Summer Olympics. [16]

In December 2012, Magee reached the final of the Turkish Open. [17]

2016 Summer Olympics

In Rio,she lost the game to Chinese player Wang Yihan in Group P 7-21 and 12–21 and to Karin Schnaase by 14–21 and 19–21, placing third in her group. [18] [19]

Achievements

European Games

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Magee Flag of France.svg Gaëtan Mittelheisser
Flag of France.svg Audrey Fontaine
12–21, 21–23 Med 3.png Bronze
2019 Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Magee Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Adcock
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gabby Adcock
8–21, 18–21 Med 3.png Bronze

European Championships

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017 Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Magee Flag of Denmark.svg Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Christinna Pedersen
14–21, 10–21 Med 3.png Bronze

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2008 U.S. Open Flag of the United States.svg Lili Zhou 21–23, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014 Brasil Open Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Magee Flag of Germany.svg Max Schwenger
Flag of Germany.svg Carla Nelte
11–10, 11–10, 10–11, 8–11, 7–11Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2010 Dutch International Flag of Denmark.svg Karina Jørgensen 22–20, 14–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2010 Bulgarian International Flag of Bulgaria.svg Petya Nedelcheva 17–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2011 Lithuanian International Flag of Iceland.svg Ragna Ingólfsdóttir 21–11, 23–21Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011 Norwegian International Flag of Bulgaria.svg Linda Zetchiri 19–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2012 White Nights Flag of Poland.svg Kamila Augustyn 21–19, 14–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2012 Irish International Flag of Denmark.svg Line Kjærsfeldt 21–23, 21–18, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2012 Turkey International Flag of France.svg Sashina Vignes Waran 21–18, 23–21Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Hellas International Flag of Bulgaria.svg Linda Zetchiri13–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007North Shore City International Flag of Ireland.svg Bing Huang Flag of New Zealand.svg Catherine Moody
Flag of Vietnam.svg Lê Ngọc Nguyên Nhung
21–15, 16–21, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2007 Welsh International Flag of Ireland.svg Bing Huang Flag of England.svg Sarah Walker
Flag of England.svg Samantha Ward
21–11, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2007 Irish International Flag of Ireland.svg Bing Huang Flag of the United States.svg Mesinee Mangkalakiri
Flag of the United States.svg Eva Lee
21–15, 9–21, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Slovak Open Flag of Ireland.svg Bing Huang Flag of Poland.svg Anna Narel
Flag of Poland.svg Natalia Pocztowiak
21–8, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010 Spanish Open Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Magee Flag of Germany.svg Peter Käsbauer
Flag of Germany.svg Johanna Goliszewski
21–11, 21–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011 Banuinvest International Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Magee Flag of Austria.svg Roman Zirnwald
Flag of Austria.svg Elisabeth Baldauf
21–12, 18–21, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011 Lithuanian International Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Magee Flag of Poland.svg Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Wojtkowska
21–9, 15–21, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011 Norwegian International Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Magee Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Bonde
Flag of Denmark.svg Maria Helsbøl
21–17, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2012 Turkey International Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Magee Flag of Germany.svg Fabian Roth
Flag of Germany.svg Jennifer Karnott
21–10, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Dutch International Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Magee Flag of Germany.svg Michael Fuchs
Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Michels
14–21, 21–18, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2014 Hellas International Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Magee Flag of Bulgaria.svg Blagovest Kisyov
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Dimitria Popstoikova
21–14, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 White Nights Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Magee Flag of Poland.svg Robert Mateusiak
Flag of Poland.svg Nadieżda Zięba
21–18, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017Spanish International Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Magee Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Tabeling
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cheryl Seinen
21–11, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Irish Open Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Magee Flag of England.svg Gregory Mairs
Flag of England.svg Jenny Moore
16–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2018Irish Open Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Magee Flag of England.svg Harley Towler
Flag of England.svg Emily Westwood
21–13, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019White Nights Flag of Ireland.svg Sam Magee Flag of Russia.svg Rodion Alimov
Flag of Russia.svg Alina Davletova
16–21, 21–13, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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