Country England Career start 2005 Handedness Right Coach Julian Robertson | Name Heather Olver Highest ranking 23 Height 1.70 m | |
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Current ranking 33 (WD) (28 August 2014) Profiles |
Heather Olver & Lauren Smith - Team GB announcement for Rio 2016
Heather Olver (born 15 March 1986) is an English badminton player. Her career highlights so far include mixed team and mixed doubles silver at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, European women’s doubles bronze, and reaching the final of the 2013 London Grand Prix Gold and Scottish Open. She also competed at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.
Contents
- Heather Olver Lauren Smith Team GB announcement for Rio 2016
- Heather olver lauren smith england vs wang xiaoli yu yang china
- Early career
- Career
- Education
- Commonwealth Games
- European Championships
- BWF Grand Prix
- BWF International ChallengeSeries
- References

Heather olver lauren smith england vs wang xiaoli yu yang china
Early career
She started playing at the age of six and started when she joined her local club, Waldron Junior BC, with her brother.
Career

In 2005, Heather won the women's doubles at both the England Junior Championships and the Welsh International. In 2009, she was successful four times internationally, and in the following year she won the bronze medal at the European Championships in women's doubles.

She competed in the mixed team and mixed doubles event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won silver medals respectively. She also won mixed team bronze in 2010.
Education

She has a degree in Coach Education and Sports Development from the University of Bath. She was both a triple jumper and a 200m sprinter at Heathfield Community College in East Sussex.
Commonwealth Games
Mixed Doubles
European Championships
Women's 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 Doubles
Mixed Doubles
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournamentBWF International Challenge/Series
Women's Doubles
Mixed Doubles
BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament