Julie Claire MacPherson (born 17 November 1997) is a Scottish badminton player who competes in international level events both for Scotland and Great Britain.[4][5] She affiliates with club SV Fun-Ball Dortelweil[2] She has won the Scottish National Championships seven times in the women's doubles and five times in the mixed doubles.[1][2] She also part of team Scotland that won the bronze medal at the 2020 European Women's Team Championships.[6]
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| Birth name | Julie Claire MacPherson | |||||||||||||||||
| Country | Scotland | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 November 1997 Edinburgh, Scotland[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Edinburgh, Scotland[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[3] | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb)[3] | |||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Robert Blair Ingo Kindervater[1] Wong Tat Meng Andy Bowman[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Women's & mixed doubles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 31 (WD with Ciara Torrance 15 November 2022) 21 (XD with Adam Hall 27 December 2022) | |||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 42 (WD with Ciara Torrance), 49 (XD with Adam Hall) (16 April 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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MacPherson won the girls' singles bronze medal at the European U17 Championships in 2014.[2] She has competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where she reached the quarterfinals in the mixed team event.[3] She has competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where she reached the semifinals in the mixed doubles.
Achievements edit
BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up) edit
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | Iceland International |  Eleanor O'Donnell
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 Emilie Furbo Trine Villadsen
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17–21, 21–13, 21–17 |  Winner
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| 2018 | Portugal International | Eleanor O'Donnell
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 Li Zi-qing Teng Chun-hsun
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15–21, 13–21 |  Runner-up
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| 2018 | Welsh International | Holly Newall
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Susan Ekelund Line Fleischer
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22–20, 21–12 | Winner
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| 2021 | Belgian International | Ciara Torrance
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 Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi
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12–21, 15–21 | Runner-up
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Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | Belgian International | Adam Hall
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 Jacco Arends Selena Piek
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11–21, 13–21 | Runner-up
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
BWF Junior International (2 runners-up) edit
Girls' doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2014 | Belgian Junior International | Holly Newall
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 Eva Janssens Yvonne Li
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11–10, 8–11, 5–11, 9–11 | Runner-up
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Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2015 | Polish Junior International | Adam Hall
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 Thomas Vallez Delphine Delrue
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15–21, 18–21 | Runner-up
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- BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
- BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
- BWF Junior International Series tournament
- BWF Junior Future Series tournament
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Julie MacPherson". Badminton Scotland. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Julie MacPherson - Team Scotland Profile". Team Scotland. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Julie MacPherson". 2018 Gold Coast. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "Julie MacPherson - BWF Profile". BWF. 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Biographies: Julie Claire MacPherson". 3rd European Games. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "Julie MacPherson: We are not that far away". Badminton Europe. 30 May 2020.
External links edit
- Julie MacPherson at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
- Julie MacPherson at BWFbadminton.com
- Julie MacPherson at Team Scotland
