Grace King (badminton)

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Grace King
Personal information
CountryEngland
Born (2000-06-21) 21 June 2000 (age 20)
Derby, England
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking192 (WS 30 November 2017)
280 (WD with Lizzie Tolman 25 May 2021)
Medal record
BWF profile

Grace King (born 21 June 2000) is an English badminton player. [1] She trained in her hometown in Derbyshire under coach James Boxall and Steve Butler. She made her international debut in 2013 at the Danish Junior Cup. King represented Great Britain at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. [2]

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Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016 Bulgarian International Flag of Malaysia.svg Lyddia Cheah Flag of Turkey.svg Büşra Yalçınkaya
Flag of Turkey.svg Fatma Nur Yavuz
17–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 Iceland International Flag of England.svg Hope Warner Flag of Malaysia.svg Lyddia Cheah
Flag of Malaysia.svg Yang Li Lian
6–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 runner-up)

Girls' singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2017Slovak Junior International Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Yu-ying 6–21, 7–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

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References

  1. "Players: Grace King". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  2. "Grace King". Team GB . Retrieved 18 August 2019.