Kirsty Gilmour (born 21 September 1993) is a Scottish

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player who has represented both Scotland and

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Career

Gilmour won the silver medal at the

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, losing out to

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of Canada in the final and becoming the first Scottish player to reach the women's singles finals at the

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. She jointly won Scottish Young Sports Personality of the Year 2012 with swimmer

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. On 1 May 2016, Gilmour went down fighting to

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, in the finals of the European Championship held in

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, settling for the silver medal. Making a second appearance at the

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in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Gilmour, the eleventh seed, won her opening match against the unseeded

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in straight games. However, she lost her second match against the world No. 28 Linda Zetchiri 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 Championship in

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, Denmark but her pace was stopped by defending champion

with score 14–21, 12–21. Gilmour earned a silver medal. As of 2022, Gilmour is the highest-ranking active badminton player representing Scotland.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

''Women's singles''

European Games

''Women's singles''

European Championships

''Women's singles''

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

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(BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Women's singles''

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Women's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (10 titles, 6 runners-up)

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' :

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tournament :

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 :

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tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists. Accurate as of 28 November 2022.

Personal life

Gilmour is currently based in

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. Kirsty Gilmour studied at

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's Ayr Campus graduating with a BA in Creative Industries Practice in 2015. Gilmour is openly

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and uses she/her and they/them pronouns. She is currently the only openly

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badminton player to be ranked in the top 100 of any event and is one of very few openly LGBT professional badminton players.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gilmour, Kirsty 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Bellshill Scottish female badminton players Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Great Britain Badminton players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Badminton players at the 2019 European Games European Games silver medalists for Great Britain European Games medalists in badminton Alumni of the University of the West of Scotland LGBT badminton players Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Career

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

European Games

European Championships

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 6 runners-up)

BWF International Challenge/Series (10 titles, 6 runners-up)

Record against selected opponents

Personal life

See also

References