Julie MacPherson

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Julie MacPherson
Personal information
Birth nameJulie Claire MacPherson
CountryScotland
Born (1997-11-17) 17 November 1997 (age 26)
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 ranking45 (WD with Ciara Torrance),
43 (XD with Adam Hall) (2 January 2024)
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 International Challenge/Series (2 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

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
  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

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