Chloe Birch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Birch at the 2022 Commonwealth Games medal ceremony. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Preston, England | 16 September 1995||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 39 (WD with Lauren Smith), 199 (WD with Estelle van Leeuwen) (13 February 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 graduated from Loughborough University with sport and exercise science degree.[4]
Birch was part of the English team that won the mixed team bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[5][6] She won the women's doubles silver medal at the 2019 European Games partnered with Lauren Smith.[7]
In 2023, she won the doubles national title (her seventh national title) at the English National Badminton Championships, at the David Ross Sports Village in Nottingham.[8] The following year in 2024, she won an eighth title and this moved her to joint 10th in the all time list for women.[9]
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2022 | National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England | ![]() |
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5–21, 8–21 | ![]() |
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus |
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21–14, 13–21, 15–21 | ![]() |
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2021 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine |
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14–21, 19–21 | ![]() |
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[10] 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.[11]
Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Orléans Masters | Super 100 | ![]() |
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21–18, 21–17 | ![]() |
2019 | SaarLorLux Open | Super 100 | ![]() |
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16–21, 13–21 | ![]() |
Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2015 | Romanian International | ![]() |
7–11, 7–11, 10–12 | ![]() |
2015 | Hungarian International | ![]() |
19–21, 9–21 | ![]() |
2016 | Portugal International | ![]() |
12–21, 14–21 | ![]() |
Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2015 | Romanian International | ![]() |
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11–6, 14–21, 8–11, 11–8 | ![]() |
2015 | Slovenia International | ![]() |
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18–21, 21–19, 18–21 | ![]() |
2015 | Polish International | ![]() |
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16–21, 21–6, 15–21 | ![]() |
2016 | Iceland International | ![]() |
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10–21, 21–10, 17–21 | ![]() |
2016 | Portugal International | ![]() |
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9–21, 15–21 | ![]() |
2016 | Dutch International | ![]() |
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21–4, 21–15 | ![]() |
2016 | Slovenia International | ![]() |
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22–20, 21–19 | ![]() |
2016 | Belgian International | ![]() |
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24–22, 18–21, 21–18 | ![]() |
2018 | Czech Open | ![]() |
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21–14, 21–14 | ![]() |
2019 | Denmark International | ![]() |
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13–21, 18–21 | ![]() |
2019 | Azerbaijan International | ![]() |
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21–18, 21–12 | ![]() |
2019 | Kharkiv International | ![]() |
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21–14, 21–18 | ![]() |
2022 | Dutch Open | ![]() |
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10–5 retired | ![]() |
2022 | Welsh International | ![]() |
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21–9, 14–21, 9–21 | ![]() |
2024 | Estonian International | ![]() |
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21–23, 21–16, 8–21 | ![]() |
2024 | Portugal International | ![]() |
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21–16, 21–9 | ![]() |
2024 | Luxembourg Open | ![]() |
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14–21, 13–21 | ![]() |
2024 | Nantes International | ![]() |
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21–18, 21–9 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2024 | Portugal International | ![]() |
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18–21, 21–6, 21–17 | ![]() |