Jessica Pugh

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Jessica Pugh
Personal information
Birth nameJessica Rose Pugh
CountryEngland
Born (1997-03-17) 17 March 1997 (age 27)
Telford, Shropshire, England
Residence Milton Keynes, England
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Retired4 April 2023
HandednessRight
Coach Nathan Robertson
Julian Robertson
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking26 (WD with Chloe Birch 21 June 2018)
21 (XD with Ben Lane 28 June 2018)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
European Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Lubin Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Lubin Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Jessica Rose Pugh (born 17 March 1997) is an English badminton player. She joined the national junior team in 2008, and selected to the senior team in 2015. She had won the mixed doubles bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in Poland, also helped the team winning the silver medal. [1] She won her first senior international tournament when she was 16 years old in Hungarian International. [2] Pugh was part of the English team that won the mixed team bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. [3] Pugh announced her retirement from international competition on 4 April 2023. [4]

Contents

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Regional Sport Centrum Hall,
Lubin, Poland
Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Søgaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Sara Lundgaard
16–21, 21–23 Med 3.png Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (11 titles, 6 runners-up)

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Polish International Flag of England.svg Chloe Birch 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 Sarah Walker Flag of England.svg Chloe Birch
Flag of England.svg Jenny Wallwork
21–10, 10–21, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Romanian International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cheryl Seinen Flag of Malaysia.svg Goh Yea Ching
Flag of Malaysia.svg Peck Yen Wei
21–19, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Slovenia International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cheryl Seinen Flag of England.svg Chloe Birch
Flag of England.svg Sarah Walker
20–22, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014 Hungarian International Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jakub Bitman
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Alžběta Bášová
11–4, 11–10, 11–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Slovak Open Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of Vietnam.svg Đỗ Tuấn Đức
Flag of Vietnam.svg Phạm Như Thảo
18–21, 21–13, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Dutch International Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of Denmark.svg Alexander Bond
Flag of Denmark.svg Ditte Søby Hansen
21–19, 21–23, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Spanish International Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Gaëtan Mittelheisser
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Émilie Lefel
21–14, 15–21, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Italian International Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of England.svg Marcus Ellis
Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith
16–21, 21–19, 21–4Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Polish Open Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Thom Gicquel
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Delphine Delrue
21–17, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019Spanish International Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Bay-Smidt
Flag of Denmark.svg Rikke Søby Hansen
21–13, 24–26, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Belgian International Flag of England.svg Ben Lane Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Mikkelsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Amalie Magelund
21–12, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2021 Portugal International Flag of England.svg Callum Hemming Flag of France.svg William Villeger
Flag of France.svg Sharone Bauer
21–18, 19–21, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2021Spanish International Flag of England.svg Callum Hemming Flag of Malaysia.svg Tee Kai Wun
Flag of Malaysia.svg Teoh Mei Xing
15–21, 21–13, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2021 Scottish Open Flag of England.svg Callum Hemming Flag of India.svg Ishaan Bhatnagar
Flag of India.svg Tanisha Crasto
21-15, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2021Welsh International Flag of England.svg Callum Hemming Flag of France.svg William Villeger
Flag of France.svg Anne Tran
15–21, 21–17, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2022 Dutch Open Flag of England.svg Callum Hemming Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Tabeling
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek
17–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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References

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