| Fontaine Chapman | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Fontaine Mica Chapman | |||||||||||||||||
| Country | England | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 January 1990 Coventry, England | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Stuart Wardell | |||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 52 (17 September 2015) | |||||||||||||||||
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Fontaine Mica Chapman (born 2 January 1990) is an English badminton player. She started playing badminton at age 6, and joined the England national junior badminton team in 2003. [1] [2]
Her grandad used to coach her every day after school when she was a junior from age 9 and also helped her with summer training. She first represented England at the age of 12 years old at the under 13 Aros Junior Cup in Viby J, Denmark. [3] She was runner-up in the women's singles event of the English National Badminton Championships in 2013, reached the semi-finals in 2014 and again a losing finalist in 2015. In the 2016 edition she captured the English National women's singles title. [4] She played for the Birmingham Lions in the National Badminton League. She won a silver medal with the English National squad at the 2015 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships in Leuven, Belgium.
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Auckland International |  Tracey Hallam | 15-21, 16-21 |  Runner-up |
| 2014 | Hungarian International |  Sandra-Maria Jensen | 11-2, 11-10, 11-9 |  Winner |
| 2015 | Hellas International |  Linda Zetchiri | 21–9, 14–6 retired | Winner |
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