Jillie Cooper
{{short description|Scottish badminton player (born 1988)}}
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{{Use British English|date=September 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox badminton player
| name = Jillie Cooper
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|5|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland{{cite web|title=Jillie Cooper Biography|url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/lawn_bowls/1015783/jillie_cooper.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140808000313/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/lawn_bowls/1015783/jillie_cooper.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=8 August 2014 |website=results.glasgow2014.com|publisher=Glasgow 2014 |accessdate=15 September 2016}}
| residence = Glasgow, Scotland
| height = 1.78 m
| weight = 70 kg
| country = {{SCO}}
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| handedness = Right
| coach = Yvette Yun Luo
John Quinn
| event = Women's Doubles & Mixed Doubles
| highest_ranking = 27 (WD) 31 Oct 2013
39 (XD) 7 Mar 2013
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| bwfbadminton_id = 53127
| bwf_id = 3C34D6CF-B1DB-4E20-B152-9A9835435266
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Jillie Cooper (born 9 May 1988) is a professional badminton player (BWF player id: 53127) who plays for Scotland.{{cite web|title=Players: Jillie Cooper |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/player/53127/jillie-cooper |website=bwfbadminton.com |publisher=Badminton World Federation |accessdate=15 September 2016}}{{cite web|title=Jillie Cooper |url=http://badmintonscotland.org.uk/index.php/glasgow-2014-player-profiles/jillie-cooper-profile |website=badmintonscotland.org.uk |publisher=BadmintonScotland |accessdate=15 September 2016}}
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.{{cite web|title=Players: Jillie Cooper |url=http://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=9499BDAB-A65C-4CCC-A9D6-9C3B177A2995 |website=bwf.tournamentsoftware.com |publisher=Badminton World Federation |accessdate=15 September 2016}}
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.
Achievements
=BWF International Challenge/Series=
Women's doubles
| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
!|Year !|Tournament !|Partner !|Opponent !|Score !|Result |
| style="background:#D8CEF6"
|align="center"|2013 |align="left"|Czech International |align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Kirsty Gilmour |align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Imogen Bankier |align="left"|6–21, 14–21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{Silver2}} Runner-up |
| style="background:#D8CEF6"
|align="center"|2012 |align="left"|Welsh International |align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Kirsty Gilmour |align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Lauren Smith |align="left"|7–21, 14–21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{Silver2}} Runner-up |
| style="background:#D8CEF6"
|align="center"|2012 |align="left"|Czech International |align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Kirsty Gilmour |align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Heather Olver |align="left"|16–21, 15–21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{Silver2}} Runner-up |
| style="background:#D5D5D5"
|align="center"|2010 |align="left"|Banuinvest International |align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Emma Mason |align="left"|{{flagicon|SIN}} Shinta Mulia Sari |align="left"|6–21, 10–21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{Silver2}} Runner-up |
| style="background:#D5D5D5"
|align="center"|2008 |align="left"|Welsh International |align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mariana Agathangelou |align="left"|{{flagicon|NED}} Ilse Vaessen |align="left"|17–21, 21–19, 21–16 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{gold1}} Winner |
| style="background:#D8CEF6"
|align="center"|2008 |align="left"|Scotland International |align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mariana Agathangelou |align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Emelie Lennartsson |align="left"|21–17, 21–13 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{gold1}} Winner |
| style="background:#D8CEF6"
|align="center"|2008 |align="left"|Spanish Open |align="left"|{{flagicon|BEL}} Nathalie Descamps |align="left"|{{flagicon|INA}} Shendy Puspa Irawati |align="left"|10–21, 10–21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{silver2}} Runner-up |
Mixed doubles
| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
!|Year !|Tournament !|Partner !|Opponent !|Score !|Result |
| style="background:#D5D5D5"
|align="center"|2014 |align="left"|Romanian International |align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Martin Campbell |align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Bastian Kersaudy |align="left"|21–14, 21–15 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{gold1}} Winner |
| style="background:#D5D5D5"
|align="center"|2008 |align="left"|Welsh International |align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Watson Briggs |align="left"|{{flagicon|NED}} Jorrit de Ruiter |align="left"|21–19, 21–18 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{gold1}} Winner |
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|align="center"|2008 |align="left"|Belgian International |align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Watson Briggs |align="left"|{{flagicon|RUS}} Vitalij Durkin |align="left"|13–21, 9–21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{silver2}} Runner-up |
:{{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} BWF International Challenge tournament
:{{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} BWF International Series tournament
References
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External links
- {{BWFB}}
- {{BWFT|3C34D6CF-B1DB-4E20-B152-9A9835435266}}
- {{Team Scotland}}
- {{CGF profile}}
- {{2014 Commonwealth Games profile|badminton/1015783/j_cooper}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Edinburgh
Category:Scottish female badminton players
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland
Category:Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:Badminton players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:21st-century Scottish sportswomen
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