Jillie Cooper

Jillie Cooper
Personal information
Country  Scotland
Born (1988-05-09) 9 May 1988
Edinburgh, Scotland[1]
Residence Glasgow, Scotland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Handedness Right
Coach Yvette Yun Luo
John Quinn
Women's Doubles & Mixed Doubles
Highest ranking 27 (WD) 31 Oct 2013
39 (XD) 7 Mar 2013
BWF profile

Jillie Cooper (born 9 May 1988) is a professional badminton player (BWF player id: 53127) who plays for Scotland.[2][3]

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 doubles and mixed Doubles titles one week after her Scottish Open success in December 2008.[4]

As a mixed doubles player, she had reached semi finals stages in 5 competitions to date and the final of Belgian International in September 2008 (29 November 2008). Cooper was also a member of Team Scotland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Dehli and Glasgow 2014 Commowealth Games.[1]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Czech International Scotland Kirsty Gilmour Scotland Imogen Bankier
Bulgaria Petya Nedelcheva		 6-21, 14-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Welsh International Scotland Kirsty Gilmour England Lauren Smith
England Gabrielle White		 7-21, 14-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Czech International Scotland Kirsty Gilmour England Heather Olver
England Kate Robertshaw		 16-21, 15-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Banuinvest International Scotland Emma Mason Singapore Shinta Mulia Sari
Singapore Lei Yao		 6-21, 10-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Scotland International England Mariana Agathangelou Sweden Emelie Lennartsson
Sweden Emma Wengberg		 21-17, 21-13 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Welsh International England Mariana Agathangelou Netherlands Ilse Vaessen
Netherlands Rachel van Cutsen		 17-21, 21-19, 21-16 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Romanian International Scotland Martin Campbell France Bastian Kersaudy
France Teshana Vignes Waran		 21-14, 21-15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Welsh International Scotland Watson Briggs Netherlands Jorrit de Ruiter
Netherlands Ilse Vaessen		 21-19, 21-18 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. 1 2 "Jillie Cooper Biography". results.glasgow2014.com. Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Players: Jillie Cooper". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Jillie Cooper". www.badmintonscotland.org.uk. BadmintonScotland. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Players: Jillie Cooper". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 15 September 2016.


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