Jillie Cooper

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Jillie Cooper
Personal information
CountryFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Born (1988-05-09) 9 May 1988 (age 36)
Edinburgh, Scotland [1]
Residence Glasgow, Scotland
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachYvette Yun Luo
John Quinn
Women's Doubles & Mixed Doubles
Highest ranking27 (WD) 31 Oct 2013
39 (XD) 7 Mar 2013
BWF profile

Jillie Cooper (born 9 May 1988) is a professional badminton player (BWF player id: 53127) who plays for Scotland. [2] [3]

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Career

Cooper began her professional career in 2007. She first started playing senior international tournaments when she got to round '1/32' in the Scottish Open 2003 with her doubles partner in November 2003. Since then she had entered many other competitions building up to quarter and semi final stages. More recently she had become the winner of women's doubles for the first time in November 2008 in the Scottish Open, exactly 5 years after her first start there. Cooper then went on to win the Welsh International doubles and mixed Doubles titles one week after her Scottish Open success in December 2008. [4]

As a mixed doubles player, she had reached semi finals stages in 5 competitions to date and the final of Belgian International in September 2008 (29 November 2008). Cooper was also a member of Team Scotland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. [1]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013 Czech International Flag of Scotland.svg Kirsty Gilmour Flag of Scotland.svg Imogen Bankier
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Petya Nedelcheva
6–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2012 Welsh International Flag of Scotland.svg Kirsty Gilmour Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith
Flag of England.svg Gabrielle White
7–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2012 Czech International Flag of Scotland.svg Kirsty Gilmour Flag of England.svg Heather Olver
Flag of England.svg Kate Robertshaw
16–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2010 Banuinvest International Flag of Scotland.svg Emma Mason Flag of Singapore.svg Shinta Mulia Sari
Flag of Singapore.svg Lei Yao
6–21, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2008 Welsh International Flag of England.svg Mariana Agathangelou Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ilse Vaessen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rachel van Cutsen
17–21, 21–19, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Scotland International Flag of England.svg Mariana Agathangelou Flag of Sweden.svg Emelie Lennartsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Emma Wengberg
21–17, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Spanish Open Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nathalie Descamps Flag of Indonesia.svg Shendy Puspa Irawati
Flag of Indonesia.svg Meiliana Jauhari
10–21, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014 Romanian International Flag of Scotland.svg Martin Campbell Flag of France.svg Bastian Kersaudy
Flag of France.svg Teshana Vignes Waran
21–14, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Welsh International Flag of Scotland.svg Watson Briggs Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jorrit de Ruiter
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ilse Vaessen
21–19, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Belgian International Flag of Scotland.svg Watson Briggs Flag of Russia.svg Vitalij Durkin
Flag of Russia.svg Nina Vislova
13–21, 9–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
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References

  1. 1 2 "Jillie Cooper Biography". results.glasgow2014.com. Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  2. "Players: Jillie Cooper". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  3. "Jillie Cooper". badmintonscotland.org.uk. BadmintonScotland . Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  4. "Players: Jillie Cooper". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 15 September 2016.