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Jessica Pugh

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Jessica Pugh
Personal information
Birth nameJessica Rose Pugh
CountryEngland
Born (1997-03-17) 17 March 1997 (age 27)
Telford, Shropshire, England
ResidenceMilton Keynes, England
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Retired4 April 2023
HandednessRight
CoachNathan Robertson
Julian Robertson
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking26 (WD with Chloe Birch 21 June 2018)
21 (XD with Ben Lane 28 June 2018)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Lubin Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lubin Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Jessica Rose Pugh (born 17 March 1997) is an English badminton player. She joined the national junior team in 2008, and selected to the senior team in 2015. She had won the mixed doubles bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in Poland, also helped the team winning the silver medal.[1] She won her first senior international tournament when she was 16 years old in Hungarian International.[2] Pugh was part of the English team that won the mixed team bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.[3] Pugh announced her retirement from international competition on 4 April 2023.[4]

Achievements

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European Junior Championships

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Regional Sport Centrum Hall,
Lubin, Poland
England Ben Lane Denmark Frederik Søgaard
Denmark Sara Lundgaard
16–21, 21–23 Bronze Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (11 titles, 6 runners-up)

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Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Polish International England Chloe Birch Sweden Clara Nistad
Sweden Emma Wengberg
16–21, 21–6, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Iceland International England Sarah Walker England Chloe Birch
England Jenny Wallwork
21–10, 10–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Romanian International Netherlands Cheryl Seinen Malaysia Goh Yea Ching
Malaysia Peck Yen Wei
21–19, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Slovenia International Netherlands Cheryl Seinen England Chloe Birch
England Sarah Walker
20–22, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Hungarian International England Ben Lane Czech Republic Jakub Bitman
Czech Republic Alžběta Bášová
11–4, 11–10, 11–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Slovak Open England Ben Lane Vietnam Đỗ Tuấn Đức
Vietnam Phạm Như Thảo
18–21, 21–13, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Dutch International England Ben Lane Denmark Alexander Bond
Denmark Ditte Søby Hansen
21–19, 21–23, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Spanish International England Ben Lane France Gaëtan Mittelheisser
France Émilie Lefel
21–14, 15–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Italian International England Ben Lane England Marcus Ellis
England Lauren Smith
16–21, 21–19, 21–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Polish Open England Ben Lane France Thom Gicquel
France Delphine Delrue
21–17, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Spanish International England Ben Lane Denmark Mathias Bay-Smidt
Denmark Rikke Søby Hansen
21–13, 24–26, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Belgian International England Ben Lane Denmark Mikkel Mikkelsen
Denmark Amalie Magelund
21–12, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Portugal International England Callum Hemming France William Villeger
France Sharone Bauer
21–18, 19–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Spanish International England Callum Hemming Malaysia Tee Kai Wun
Malaysia Teoh Mei Xing
15–21, 21–13, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Scottish Open England Callum Hemming India Ishaan Bhatnagar
India Tanisha Crasto
21-15, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Welsh International England Callum Hemming France William Villeger
France Anne Tran
15–21, 21–17, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Dutch Open England Callum Hemming Netherlands Robin Tabeling
Netherlands Selena Piek
17–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Opportunity for Euro Junior medallists to shine". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Jess Pugh". Badminton England. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Team England take bronze at the Gold Coast". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Jess Pugh announces retirement". Badminton England. 4 April 2023. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
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