Kirsty Gilmour


Kirsty Gilmour is a badminton player from Scotland, who represented both Scotland and Great Britain in the international tournament.

Career

Gilmour won the silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, losing out to Michelle Li of Canada in the final. She jointly won Scottish Young Sports Personality of the Year 2012 with swimmer Craig Benson.
On 1 May 2016, Gilmour went down fighting to Carolina Marín, in the finals of the European Badminton Championships held in La Roche-sur-Yon, settling for the silver medal.
Making a second appearance at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Gilmour, the eleven 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 by 21–12, 17–21, 16–21, thereby making an exit at the group stage.
In 2017 she made it back into the final round of the European Badminton Championship in Kolding, Denmark but her pace was stopped by defending champion Carolina Marin with score 14–21, 12–21. Gilmour earned a silver medal.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2018Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast, Australia Michelle Li21–11, 21–16 Bronze
2014Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland Michelle Li14–21, 7–21 Silver

European Games

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2019Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus Mia Blichfeldt16–21, 17–21 Silver

European Championships

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2017Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark Carolina Marín14–21, 12–21 Silver
2016Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France Carolina Marín12–21, 18–21 Silver

BWF World Tour

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 singles
YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2019Russian OpenSuper 100 Pai Yu-po21–9, 19–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2019Orléans MastersSuper 100 Saena Kawakami8–21, 21–18, 16–21 Runner-up
2018Scottish OpenSuper 100 Line Kjærsfeldt21–16, 18–21, 21–18 Winner

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2017Scottish Open Mia Blichfeldt23–21, 21–12 Winner
2017Canada Open Saena Kawakami21–19, 19–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2016Malaysia Masters P. V. Sindhu15–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2015U.S. Grand Prix Pai Yu-po21–18, 15–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2015Scottish Open Line Kjærsfeldt21–16, 16–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2015Dutch Open Karin Schnaase21–16, 21–13 Winner
2013Scottish Open Carolina Marín14–21, 21–11, 13–21 Runner-up
2013London Open Carolina Marín19–21, 9–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2019Spanish International Phittayaporn Chaiwan12–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2017Orleans International Lee Ying Ying22–20, 21–11 Winner
2017Austrian Open Fabienne Deprez21–17, 21–9 Winner
2015Prague Open Linda Zechiri21–16, 21–14 Winner
2015Belgian International Goh Jin Wei15–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2015Swedish Masters Beatriz Corrales21–18, 21–19 Winner
2014Spanish Open Carolina Marin21–19, 21–18 Winner
2014Swedish Masters Line Kjaersfeldt24–22, 12–21, 21–10 Winner
2013Czech International Cheng Chi-ya21–18, 21–10 Winner
2012Swiss International Millicent Wiranto24–22, 21–17 Winner
2012Czech International Sashina Vignes Waran21–18, 10–21, 21–13 Winner
2012Polish International Panuga Riou21–12, 21–12 Winner

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Spanish Open Imogen Bankier Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva		14–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2013Czech International Jillie Cooper Imogen Bankier
Petya Nedelcheva		6–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2012Welsh International Jillie Cooper Lauren Smith
Gabrielle White		7–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2012Czech International Jillie Cooper Heather Olver
Kate Robertshaw		16–21, 15–21 Runner-up