Kirsty Gilmour

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Kirsty Gilmour
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Gilmour at the 2013 French Open
Personal information
CountryScotland
Born (1993-09-21) 21 September 1993 (age 30) [1]
Bellshill, Scotland [1]
Residence Glasgow, Scotland
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's singles
Highest ranking14 (29 September 2016 [2] )
Current ranking24 (16 July 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Minsk Women's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Women's singles
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Glasgow Women's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Women's singles
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Women's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Kolding Women's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Madrid Women's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Saarbrücken Women's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Kyiv Women's singles
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
Commonwealth Youth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Douglas Girls' singles
BWF profile

Kirsty Gilmour (born 21 September 1993) is a Scottish badminton player who has represented both Scotland and Great Britain. [3] [4]

Contents

Career

Gilmour won the silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, losing out to Michelle Li of Canada in the final and becoming the first Scottish player to reach the women's singles finals at the Commonwealth Games. [5] She jointly won Scottish Young Sports Personality of the Year 2012 with swimmer Craig Benson. [6]

On 1 May 2016, Gilmour went down fighting to Carolina Marín, in the finals of the European Championship held in La Roche-sur-Yon, settling for the silver medal. [7]

Making a second appearance at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Gilmour, the eleventh seed, won her opening match against the unseeded Sabrina Jaquet in straight games. However, she lost her second match against the world No. 28 Linda Zetchiri 21–12, 17–21, 16–21, thereby making an exit at the group stage. [8]

In 2017, she made it back into the final round of the European Championship in Kolding, Denmark but her pace was stopped by defending champion Carolina Marín with score 14–21, 12–21. Gilmour earned a silver medal. [9]

Gilmour represented Great Britain at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, going out in the group stages after defeating Mahoor Shahzad of Azerbaijan but losing to Japanese fourth seed Akane Yamaguchi. [10] [11]

At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, she again went out in the group stages after winning her opening match against Keisha Fatimah Az Zahra from Azerbaijan [12] then losing to China's number six seed He Bingjiao. [13] [14]

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2014 Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michelle Li 14–21, 7–21 Med 2.png Silver
2018 Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast, Australia Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michelle Li21–11, 21–16 Med 3.png Bronze

European Games

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2019 Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus Flag of Denmark.svg Mia Blichfeldt 16–21, 17–21 Med 2.png Silver
2023 Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów, Poland Flag of Spain.svg Carolina Marín 13–21, 11–21 Med 3.png Bronze

European Championships

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2016 Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France Flag of Spain.svg Carolina Marín 12–21, 18–21 Med 2.png Silver
2017 Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark Flag of Spain.svg Carolina Marín14–21, 12–21 Med 2.png Silver
2021 Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine Flag of Denmark.svg Line Christophersen 13–21, 21–7, 10–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2022 Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain Flag of Spain.svg Carolina Marín10–21, 12–21 Med 2.png Silver
2024 Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany Flag of Spain.svg Carolina Marín11–21, 18–21 Med 2.png Silver

Commonwealth Youth Games

Girls' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResultRef
2011 National Sports Centre, Douglas, Isle of Man Flag of Malaysia.svg Yang Li Lian 21–16, 22–20 Med 3.png Bronze [15]

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [16] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. [17]

Women's singles

YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2018 Scottish Open Super 100 Flag of Denmark.svg Line Kjærsfeldt 21–16, 18–21, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Orléans Masters Super 100 Flag of Japan.svg Saena Kawakami 8–21, 21–18, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Russian Open Super 100 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Pai Yu-po 21–9, 19–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2020 SaarLorLux Open Super 100 Flag of Germany.svg Yvonne Li 21–10, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2013 London Open Flag of Spain.svg Carolina Marín 19–21, 9–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Scottish Open Flag of Spain.svg Carolina Marín14–21, 21–11, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Dutch Open Flag of Germany.svg Karin Schnaase 21–16, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Scottish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Line Kjærsfeldt 21–16, 16–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 U.S. Grand Prix Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Pai Yu-po 21–18, 15–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Malaysia Masters Flag of India.svg P. V. Sindhu 15–21, 9–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 Canada Open Flag of Japan.svg Saena Kawakami 21–19, 19–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 Scottish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Mia Blichfeldt 23–21, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (10 titles, 6 runners-up)

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2012 Polish International Flag of England.svg Panuga Riou 21–12, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2012 Czech International Flag of France.svg Sashina Vignes Waran 21–18, 10–21, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2012 Swiss International Flag of Indonesia.svg Millicent Wiranto 24–22, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013Czech International Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng Chi-ya 21–18, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Swedish Masters Flag of Denmark.svg Line Kjærsfeldt 24–22, 12–21, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Spanish Open Flag of Spain.svg Carolina Marín 21–19, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015Swedish Masters Flag of Spain.svg Beatriz Corrales 21–18, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Belgian International Flag of Malaysia.svg Goh Jin Wei 15–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Prague Open Flag of Bulgaria.svg Linda Zechiri 21–16, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Austrian Open Flag of Germany.svg Fabienne Deprez 21–17, 21–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Orleans International Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Ying Ying 22–20, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Spanish International Flag of Thailand.svg Phittayaporn Chaiwan 12–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012 Czech International Flag of Scotland.svg Jillie Cooper Flag of England.svg Heather Olver
Flag of England.svg Kate Robertshaw
16–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2012 Welsh International Flag of Scotland.svg Jillie Cooper Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith
Flag of England.svg Gabrielle White
7–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013Czech International Flag of Scotland.svg Jillie Cooper Flag of Scotland.svg Imogen Bankier
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Petya Nedelcheva
6–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2014 Spanish Open Flag of Scotland.svg Imogen Bankier Flag of Bulgaria.svg Gabriela Stoeva
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stefani Stoeva
14–21, 9–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists. Accurate as of 28 November 2022.

Personal life

Gilmour is currently based in Glasgow. [18] Kirsty Gilmour studied at University of the West of Scotland's Ayr Campus graduating with a BA in Creative Industries Practice in 2015.

Gilmour is openly lesbian [19] and uses she/her and they/them pronouns. She is currently the only openly LGBT badminton player to be ranked in the top 100 of any event and is one of very few openly LGBT professional badminton players. [20]

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