Chloe Birch

Chloe Birch
Birch at the 2022 Commonwealth Games medal ceremony.
Personal information
Full name	Chloe Francesca Hannah Coney
Birth name	Chloe Francesca Hannah Birch
Country	England
Born	(1995-09-16) 16 September 1995 (age 29) 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	43 (WD with Estelle van Leeuwen), 74 (XD with Ethan van Leeuwen) (26 November 2024)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Great Britain European Games 2019 Minsk Women's doubles Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Women's doubles 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team European Championships 2021 Kyiv Women's doubles European Mixed Team Championships 2015 Leuven Mixed team 2017 Lubin Mixed team 2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team
BWF profile

Chloe Francesca Hannah Coney (née Birch; born 16 September 1995) is an English badminton player.[1]

Career

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]

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,[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
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 (10 titles, 15 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
2024	Estonian International	Estelle van Leeuwen	Bengisu Erçetin Nazlıcan İnci	21–23, 21–16, 8–21	Runner-up
2024	Portugal International	Estelle van Leeuwen	Abbygael Harris Annie Lado	21–16, 21–9	Winner
2024	Luxembourg Open	Estelle van Leeuwen	Miki Kanehiro Rui Kiyama	14–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2024	Nantes International	Estelle van Leeuwen	Abbygael Harris Annie Lado	21–18, 21–9	Winner
2024	Dutch Open	Estelle van Leeuwen	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2024	Irish Open	Estelle van Leeuwen	Natasja P. Anthonisen Maiken Fruergaard	19–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2024	Scottish Open	Estelle van Leeuwen	Debora Jille Sara Thygesen	14–21, 21–10, 8–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	Portugal International	Ethan van Leeuwen	Rory Easton Lizzie Tolman	18–21, 21–6, 21–17	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

References

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. "Former Sport and Exercise Science student Chloe Birch lands badminton spot for Gold Coast". Loughborough University. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
5. "Commonwealth Games: England reach badminton mixed team semi-finals". BBC. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
6. "Commonwealth Games: England beat Singapore to claim badminton team bronze". BBC. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
7. "Sterling silver for Smith and Birch in Minsk". Badminton England. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
8. "English National Badminton Championships 2023". Badminton England. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
9. "English National Badminton Championships 2024 Day Two Wrap". Badminton England. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
10. 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.
11. 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 BWFBadminton.com
• Chloe Birch at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link) (archived)
• Chloe Birch at Olympedia (archive)
• Chloe Birch at Olympics.com
• Chloe Birch at Team GB
• Chloe Birch at Team England
• Chloe Birch at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Chloe Birch at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games