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Birth name
  
Chloe Magee

Name
  
Chloe Magee

Siblings
  
Sam Magee, Daniel Magee

Current ranking
  
44 (July 2012)

Weight
  
60 kg

Coach
  
Dan Magee

Height
  
1.65 m

Country
  
Ireland

Role
  
Player


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Born
  
29 November 1988 (age 35) Raphoe, Ireland (
1988-11-29
)

Tournaments played
  
2008 Summer Olympics 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete profile chloe magee


Chloe Magee (born 29 November 1988 in Raphoe, County Donegal) is an Irish professional badminton player. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she became the first ever Irish woman to win a badminton match at the Olympics. She has been described as "the poster girl for Irish badminton".

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2007

Chloe Magee BBC Sport Chloe Magee beaten in Irish Open singles final

In 2007, Magee won the women's doubles title at the Irish International Championships in Lisburn. Competing alongside Bing Huang, the pair beat second seeds Eva Lee and Mesinee Mangkalakiri of the United States 21–15, 9–21, 21–11 in the final.

2008 Summer Olympics

Chloe Magee BBC Sport Chloe Magee secures singles place at London

Magee competed for Ireland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China at the age of 19. She became the first ever Irish woman to win a badminton match at the Olympics, beating Estonian Kati Tolmoff by a score of 18–21, 21–18, 21–19 in the first round of the women's singles. She was eliminated after losing her second round match 12–21, 14–21 to world number eleven Jun Jae-youn of South Korea. "I have loads to improve on and I will take away a lot from this," Magee said after the match.

2009

Chloe Magee July 2012 Donegal Daily

In 2009, Magee competed at the World Championships in Hyderabad, India, losing in the first round to Japanese number two Ai Goto by a score of 21–13, 21–9.

2012 Summer Olympics

Magee, ranked 44th in the world, qualified for the women's singles at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London as the 26 ranked player on the list of participants. She was one of two Irish badminton players at the Games; Scott Evans competed in the men's singles. Magee and her brother Sam, ranked 40th in the world as a pairing, were third reserves for the mixed doubles event.

Chloe Magee London 2012 Chloe Magee lays down a marker The42

In July 2012, Magee reached the final of the White Nights pre-Olympic tournament held in Russia. She beat Slovakian Monika Fasungova, 21–17, 20–22, 21–5, in the quarter-finals and Russia's Romina Gabdullina, 21–15, 17–21, 21–15, in the semi-finals but finished runner-up after losing to Poland's Kamila Augustyn, 21–19, 14–21, 14–21, despite having a 10–6 lead in the final set.

Chloe Magee Olympics Day 4 Badminton Pictures Zimbio

A slight schedule change led to Magee starting her 2012 Olympic campaign against Egypt's Hadia Hosny at 20.17 (29 July) and France's Hongyan Pi at 20.32 (30 July).

Bill O'Herlihy sparked controversy while covering Chloe Magee's progress at the 2012 Summer Olympics by suggesting badminton was “a mainly Protestant sport”. RTÉ confirmed it received complaints about O'Herlihy's sectarian remarks on live television. The remarks prompted Magee to inform Highland Radio: "We need to remember what the Olympics is all about. I don't think it is any different from any other sport. There are people here from all over the world and from many different religions."

She lost 16-21, 21-18, 21-14, to Hongyan Pi and exited the 2012 Summer Olympics.

In December 2012, Magee reached the final of the Turkish Open.

2016 Summer Olympics

In Rio,she lost the game to Chinese player Wang Yihan in Group P 7-21 and 12-21 and to Karin Schnaase by 14-21 and 19-21, placing third in her group.

European Games

Mixed Doubles

European Championships

Mixed Doubles

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's Singles

Mixed Doubles

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament      BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's Singles

Women's Doubles

Mixed Doubles

     BWF International Challenge tournament      BWF International Series tournament      BWF Future Series tournament

References

Chloe Magee Wikipedia