Jillie Cooper

Jillie Cooper
Personal information
Country Scotland
Born (1988-05-09) 9 May 1988 (age 36)
Edinburgh, Scotland[1]
ResidenceGlasgow, Scotland
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachYvette Yun Luo
John Quinn
Women's Doubles & Mixed Doubles
Highest ranking27 (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 Delhi and Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth 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 place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Welsh International Scotland Kirsty Gilmour England Lauren Smith
England Gabrielle White
7–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Czech International Scotland Kirsty Gilmour England Heather Olver
England Kate Robertshaw
16–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Banuinvest International Scotland Emma Mason Singapore Shinta Mulia Sari
Singapore Lei Yao
6–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Welsh International England Mariana Agathangelou Netherlands Ilse Vaessen
Netherlands Rachel van Cutsen
17–21, 21–19, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Scotland International England Mariana Agathangelou Sweden Emelie Lennartsson
Sweden Emma Wengberg
21–17, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Spanish Open Belgium Nathalie Descamps Indonesia Shendy Puspa Irawati
Indonesia Meiliana Jauhari
10–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

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 place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Welsh International Scotland Watson Briggs Netherlands Jorrit de Ruiter
Netherlands Ilse Vaessen
21–19, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Belgian International Scotland Watson Briggs Russia Vitalij Durkin
Russia Nina Vislova
13–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ a b "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". badmintonscotland.org.uk. BadmintonScotland. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Players: Jillie Cooper". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 15 September 2016.