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Jessica Pugh
Personal information
Birth nameJessica Rose Pugh
Country England
Born (1997-03-17) 17 March 1997 (age 27)
Telford, Shropshire, England
ResidenceMilton Keynes, England
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachNathan Robertson
Julian Robertson
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking26 (WD 21 June 2018)
21 (XD 28 June 2018)
Current ranking422 (WD), 27 (XD) (10 September 2019)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Lubin Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lubin Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Jessica Pugh (born 17 March 1997) is a badminton player from England. She joined the national junior team in 2008, and selected to the senior team in 2015. She had won the mixed doubles bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in Poland, also helped the team winning the silver medal.[1] She won her first senior international tournament when she was 16 years old in Hungarian International.[2] Pugh was part of the English team that won the mixed team bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[3]

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Regional Sport Centrum Hall,
Lubin, Poland
England Ben Lane Denmark Frederik Søgaard Mortensen
Denmark Sara Lundgaard
16–21, 21–23 Bronze Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Slovenia International Netherlands Cheryl Seinen England Chloe Birch
England Sarah Walker
20–22, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Romanian International Netherlands Cheryl Seinen Malaysia Goh Yea Ching
Malaysia Peck Yen Wei
21–19, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Iceland International England Sarah Walker England Chloe Birch
England Jenny Wallwork
21–10, 10–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Polish International England Chloe Birch Sweden Clara Nistad
Sweden Emma Wengberg
16–21, 21–6, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Belgian International England Ben Lane Denmark Mikkel Mikkelsen
Denmark Amalie Magelund
21–12, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Spanish International England Ben Lane Denmark Mathias Bay-Smidt
Denmark Rikke Søby Hansen
21–13, 24–26, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Polish Open England Ben Lane France Thom Gicquel
France Delphine Delrue
21–17, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Italian International England Ben Lane England Marcus Ellis
England Lauren Smith
16–21, 21–19, 21–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Spanish International England Ben Lane France Gaetan Mittelheisser
France Emilie Lefel
21–14, 15–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Dutch International England Ben Lane Denmark Alexander Bond
Denmark Ditte Søby Hansen
21–19, 21–23, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Slovak Open England Ben Lane Vietnam Do Tuan Duc
Vietnam Pham Nhu Thao
18–21, 21–13, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Hungarian International England Ben Lane Czech Republic Jakub Bitman
Czech Republic Alzbeta Basova
11–4, 11–10, 11–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Opportunity for Euro Junior medallists to shine". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Jess Pugh". www.badmintonengland.co.uk. Badminton England. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Team England take bronze at the Gold Coast". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 10 April 2018.