Chloe Birch


Chloe Francesca Hannah Birch is an English badminton player. 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. She was the runner-up in 2016 English National Badminton Championships Women's singles. Birch was part of the English team that won the mixed team bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. She won the women's doubles silver medal at the 2019 European Games partnered with Lauren Smith.
Birch graduated from Loughborough University with sport and exercise science degree.

Achievements

European Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Falcon Club,
Minsk, Belarus		 Lauren Smith Selena Piek
Cheryl Seinen		21–14, 13–21, 15–21 Silver

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

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019SaarLorLux OpenSuper 100 Lauren Smith Liu Xuanxuan
Xia Yuting		16–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2019Orléans MastersSuper 100 Lauren Smith Hsu Ya-ching
Hu Ling-fang		21–18, 21–17 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 8 runners-up)

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016Portugal International Mia Blichfeldt12–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2015Hungarian International Aprilia Yuswandari19–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2015Romanian International Lianne Tan7–11, 7–11, 10–12 Runner-up

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