Emma Mason (born 28 June 1986) is a retired Scottish badminton player.[1]

Emma Mason
Personal information
Country Scotland
Born (1986-06-28) 28 June 1986 (age 38)
Edinburgh, Scotland
HandednessRight
Women's doubles
Career record121 wins, 103 losses
Highest ranking63 (with Samantha Ward; November 19, 2009)
BWF profile

Career

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Mason, aged 10, started playing badminton in primary school as her mother had volunteered to run the after school club. She won the Scottish junior title in women's doubles in 2006. In 2008, she won Scottish National Championship with Imogen Bankier. She won the same title in 2010 (with Imogen Bankier) and 2011 (with Jillie Cooper) also. In 2008, she snapped her Achilles tendon in the match at Portuguese Open and returned only after an year. Her first match after rehabilitation was in Sudirman Cup 2009. She also represented her country in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth games. Additionally, she also played for Scotland at the European and World championships. She shortly ended her playing career after that.[2]

Mason has 27 caps for her country and, in 2010, was elected by her fellow players to the World Badminton Federation's Athletes Commission. Mason was Vice-Chair from 2010 to 2012. She became the first ever female Chair of the Athlete's Commission, a position she held until her term ended in 2015. As Chair of the commission, Mason was a full voting member of the World Badminton Federation's Council. Currently, she is a director of Badminton Europe Confederation, a member of British Showjumping's Disciplinary Panel and of British Triathlon's Audit and Governance Committee. She has an undergraduate degree in Chemistry with a dissertation focusing on the EPO test and the Athlete Biological Passport. She is also a graduate of UK Sport's International Leadership Programme and a 2015 WeAreTheCity Rising Star in the category of sport.[3]

Achievements

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BWF International

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Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Slovak International   Imogen Bankier   Nadieżda Kostiuczyk
  Kamila Augustyn
7–15, 3–15   Runner-up
2005 Hungarian International   Imogen Bankier   Ekaterina Ananina
  Anastasia Russkikh
4–15, 15–10, 5–15   Runner-up
2005 Irish International   Imogen Bankier   Jenny Wallwork
  Sarah Bok
5–15, 15–3, 16–17   Runner-up
2006 Hungarian International   Imogen Bankier   Ekaterina Ananina
  Anastasia Russkikh
18–21, 8–21   Runner-up
2006 Iceland International   Imogen Bankier   Tinna Helgadóttir
  Ragna Ingólfsdóttir
21–16, 21–19   Winner
2006 Norwegian International   Imogen Bankier   Chloe Magee
  Bing Huang
21–16, 21–19   Winner
2006 Irish International   Imogen Bankier   Ginny Severien
  Karina de Wit
21–14, 11–21, 22–20   Winner
2009 Belgian International   Samantha Ward   Ayaka Takahashi
  Misaki Matsutomo
8–21, 21–18, 13–21   Runner-up
2009 Scottish International   Mariana Agathangelou   Valeria Sorokina
  Nina Vislova
16–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2010 Banuinvest International   Jillie Cooper   Shinta Mulia Sari
  Yao Lei
6–21, 10–21   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Iceland International   Andrew Bowman   Henri Hurskainen
  Emma Wengberg
19–21, 16–21   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Profile:Emma Mason". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. ^ Kovacs, Zsuzsanna (29 February 2016). ""Make yourself and your interest known"". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Emma Mason". www.lawinsport.com. Retrieved 4 December 2020.