Jenny Wallwork | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Jenny Wallwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bolton, England | 17 January 1987|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Women's and Mixed doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 5 (12 September 2010 [1] ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Jennifer "Jenny" Wallwork (born 17 January 1987 in Bolton) is an English badminton player who has achieved international success in both the women's events and the mixed doubles event, including a Commonwealth Silver medal in 2010. [2] She represented her country 42 times, being the highest ranking female player for 4 years. [3]
Wallwork won the mixed doubles Bulgarian International in 2004, the Scottish Open in 2005, and the Dutch Open in 2006. [4] She won the Swedish International mixed doubles in 2012. [5] She won the women's doubles at the Irish International in 2005. [4] Her mother, Jill played badminton for England, and her father, Brian is a coach for the sport. [4]
In 2011, Jenny won both the mixed and women's doubles at the English National Championships [6] but 2013 she quit professional badminton after saying she was undervalued and ignored by the governing body Badminton England. [3] [7]
In 2023, she won her sixth national doubles title at the English National Badminton Championships, at the David Ross Sports Village in Nottingham. It was her first national title since 2012. [8] The following year in 2024, she won a seventh title. [9]
Mixed Doubles results with Nathan Robertson against Super Series finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists. [10]
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