Chloe Birch

Chloe Birch
Chloe Birch
	Birch at the 2022 Commonwealth Games medal ceremony.
Personal information
Birth name	Chloe Francesca Hannah Birch
Country	England
Born	16 September 1995; Preston, England
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Mike Adams; Alex Marritt
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	42 (WS 9 April 2019); 12 (WD with Lauren Smith 25 January 2022)
Current ranking	54 (WD with Jessica Pugh); 76 (WD with Lauren Smith); 139 (XD with Ethan van Leeuwen (17 January 2023)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Great Britain
European Games
Representing England
Commonwealth Games
European Championships
European Mixed Team Championships
	BWF profile

Chloe Francesca Hannah Birch (born 16 September 1995) is an English badminton player.[1] She was introduced to badminton through school and started playing at age eight at Abbeydale Badminton Club. Birch received the Michael Vaughan Award from Silverdale School, and competed at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in 2013.[2] She was the runner-up in 2016 English National Championships Women's singles.[3] Birch was part of the English team that won the mixed team bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[4][5] She won the women's doubles silver medal at the 2019 European Games partnered with Lauren Smith.[6]

Birch graduated from Loughborough University with sport and exercise science degree.[7]

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

The six medallists in the women's badminton doubles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Left to right: Chloe Birch and Lauren Smith (England), Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan (Malaysia), Treesa Jolly and Gayathri Gopichand (India).

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England	Lauren Smith	Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan	5–21, 8–21	Silver

European Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus	Lauren Smith	Selena Piek Cheryl Seinen	21–14, 13–21, 15–21	Silver

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine	Lauren Smith	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	14–21, 19–21	Silver

BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[8] 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[9]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Orléans Masters	Super 100	Lauren Smith	Hsu Ya-ching Hu Ling-fang	21–18, 21–17	Winner
2019	SaarLorLux Open	Super 100	Lauren Smith	Liu Xuanxuan Xia Yuting	16–21, 13–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 10 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Romanian International	Lianne Tan	7–11, 7–11, 10–12	Runner-up
2015	Hungarian International	Aprilia Yuswandari	19–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2016	Portugal International	Mia Blichfeldt	12–21, 14–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Romanian International	Jenny Wallwork	Léa Palermo Anne Tran	11–6, 14–21, 8–11, 11–8	Winner
2015	Slovenia International	Jenny Wallwork	Linda Efler Lara Kaepplein	18–21, 21–19, 18–21	Runner-up
2015	Polish International	Jessica Pugh	Clara Nistad Emma Wengberg	16–21, 21–6, 15–21	Runner-up
2016	Iceland International	Jenny Wallwork	Jessica Pugh Sarah Walker	10–21, 21–10, 17–21	Runner-up
2016	Portugal International	Sarah Walker	Goh Yea Ching Peck Yen Wei	9–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2016	Dutch International	Sophie Brown	Myke Halkema Lisa Malaihollo	21–4, 21–15	Winner
2016	Slovenia International	Sarah Walker	Jessica Pugh Cheryl Seinen	22–20, 21–19	Winner
2016	Belgian International	Lauren Smith	Julie Finne-Ipsen Rikke Søby Hansen	24–22, 18–21, 21–18	Winner
2018	Czech Open	Lauren Smith	Émilie Lefel Anne Tran	21–14, 21–14	Winner
2019	Denmark International	Lauren Smith	Saori Ozaki Akane Watanabe	13–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	Azerbaijan International	Lauren Smith	Ekaterina Bolotova Alina Davletova	21–18, 21–12	Winner
2019	Kharkiv International	Lauren Smith	Rachel Honderich Kristen Tsai	21–14, 21–18	Winner
2022	Dutch Open	Lauren Smith	Debora Jille Cheryl Seinen	10–5 retired	Runner-up
2022	Welsh International	Lauren Smith	Margot Lambert Anne Tran	21–9, 14–21, 9–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

References

"Players: Chloe Birch". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
"Chloe Birch". www.badmintonengland.co.uk. Badminton England. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
"English National Championships 2016: Adcocks revel in fourth title". www.badmintonengland.co.uk. Badminton England. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
"Commonwealth Games: England reach badminton mixed team semi-finals". BBC. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
"Commonwealth Games: England beat Singapore to claim badminton team bronze". BBC. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
"Sterling silver for Smith and Birch in Minsk". Badminton England. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
"Former Sport and Exercise Science student Chloe Birch lands badminton spot for Gold Coast". Loughborough University. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
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.
Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

Chloe Birch at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
Chloe Birch at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games

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[1] "Players: Chloe Birch". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[2] "Chloe Birch". www.badmintonengland.co.uk. Badminton England. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[3] "English National Championships 2016: Adcocks revel in fourth title". www.badmintonengland.co.uk. Badminton England. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[4] "Commonwealth Games: England reach badminton mixed team semi-finals". BBC. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[5] "Commonwealth Games: England beat Singapore to claim badminton team bronze". BBC. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[6] "Sterling silver for Smith and Birch in Minsk". Badminton England. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.

[7] "Former Sport and Exercise Science student Chloe Birch lands badminton spot for Gold Coast". Loughborough University. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[8] 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.

[9] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.