Julie MacPherson

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Julie MacPherson
Personal information
Birth nameJulie Claire MacPherson
CountryScotland
Born (1997-11-17) 17 November 1997 (age 27)
Edinburgh, Scotland [1]
ResidenceEdinburgh, Scotland [2]
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) [3]
Weight58 kg (128 lb) [3]
HandednessRight [1]
Coach Robert Blair
Ingo Kindervater [1]
Wong Tat Meng
Andy Bowman [2]
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking31 (WD with Ciara Torrance, 15 November 2022)
21 (XD with Adam Hall, 27 December 2022)
Current ranking35 (WD with Ciara Torrance),
35 (XD with Alexander Dunn) (21 January 2025)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
European Women's Team Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Liévin Women's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Łódź Women's team
BWF profile

Julie Claire MacPherson (born 17 November 1997) is a Scottish badminton player who competes in international level events both for Scotland and Great Britain. [4] [5] She affiliates with club SV Fun-Ball Dortelweil [2] She has won the Scottish National Championships seven times in the women's doubles and five times in the mixed doubles. [1] [2] She also part of team Scotland that won the bronze medal at the 2020 European Women's Team Championships. [6]

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MacPherson won the girls' singles bronze medal at the European U17 Championships in 2014. [2] She has competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where she reached the quarterfinals in the mixed team event. [3] She has competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where she reached the semifinals in the mixed doubles.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [7] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. [8]

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2024 Hylo Open Super 300 Flag of Scotland.svg Alexander Dunn Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Toft
Flag of Denmark.svg Amalie Magelund
19–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 3 runners-up)

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 Iceland International Flag of Scotland.svg Eleanor O'Donnell Flag of Denmark.svg Emilie Furbo
Flag of Denmark.svg Trine Villadsen
17–21, 21–13, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Portugal International Flag of Scotland.svg Eleanor O'Donnell Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Li Zi-qing
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Teng Chun-hsun
15–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2018 Welsh International Flag of Scotland.svg Holly Newall Flag of Denmark.svg Susan Ekelund
Flag of Denmark.svg Line Fleischer
22–20, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2021 Belgian International Flag of Scotland.svg Ciara Torrance Flag of Japan.svg Rin Iwanaga
Flag of Japan.svg Kie Nakanishi
12–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2024Belgian International Flag of Scotland.svg Ciara Torrance Flag of France.svg Elsa Jacob
Flag of France.svg Camille Pognante
21–9, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 Belgian International Flag of Scotland.svg Adam Hall Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek
11–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2024 Scottish Open Flag of Scotland.svg Alexander Dunn Flag of Spain.svg Rubén García
Flag of Spain.svg Lucía Rodríguez
23–21, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (2 runners-up)

Girls' doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Belgian Junior International Flag of Scotland.svg Holly Newall Flag of Germany.svg Eva Janssens
Flag of Germany.svg Yvonne Li
11–10, 8–11, 5–11, 9–11Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Polish Junior International Flag of Scotland.svg Adam Hall Flag of France.svg Thomas Vallez
Flag of France.svg Delphine Delrue
15–21, 18–21Silver 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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Julie MacPherson". Badminton Scotland. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Julie MacPherson - Team Scotland Profile". Team Scotland. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Julie MacPherson". 2018 Gold Coast. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. "Julie MacPherson - BWF Profile". BWF. 17 November 2020.
  5. "Biographies: Julie Claire MacPherson". 3rd European Games. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  6. "Julie MacPherson: We are not that far away". Badminton Europe. 30 May 2020.
  7. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  8. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.