Jillie Cooper (born 9 May 1988) is a professional
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...
player (BWF player id: 53127) who plays for
Scotland
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.
Career
Cooper began her professional career in 2007. She first started playing senior international tournaments when she got to round '1/32' in the
Scottish Open 2003 with her doubles partner in November 2003. Since then she had entered many other competitions building up to quarter and semi final stages. More recently she had become the winner of women's doubles for the first time in November 2008 in the
Scottish Open, exactly 5 years after her first start there. Cooper then went on to win the
Welsh International
The Welsh International is an international badminton championship held in Wales since 1928 and is thereby one of the oldest badminton tournaments in the world. The tournament was halted during World War II and until 1956, between 1960 and 1966, a ...
doubles and mixed Doubles titles one week after her Scottish Open success in December 2008.
As a mixed doubles player, she had reached semi finals stages in 5 competitions to date and the final of
Belgian International
The Belgian International is an international badminton open tournament, held since 1958 but in irregular periods.
Since 2005, Yonex has become title sponsor of the event, which also become an International Challenge tournament within the Badminto ...
in September 2008 (29 November 2008). Cooper was also a member of Team Scotland at the
2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...
in Delhi and Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Women's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
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BWF International Challenge
The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
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tournament
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BWF International Series
The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...
tournament
References
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1988 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Edinburgh
Scottish female badminton players
Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland
Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Badminton players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
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