Chloe Magee

Chloe and Sam Magee after winning the 2018Irish Open
Personal information
Born	Chloe Noelle Magee (1988-11-29)29 November 1988 (age 37) Raphoe,County Donegal, Ireland
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	Ireland
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Right
Coached by	Daniel Magee
Women's singles & doubles
Tournaments played	2008 Summer Olympics 2012 Summer Olympics 2016 Summer Olympics
Highest ranking	32 (WS 22 May 2014) 59 (WD with Bing Huang 21 January 2010) 21 (XD withSam Magee 6 August 2015)
Current ranking	37 (XD with Sam Magee 3 May 2022)
BWF profile
Medal record Women'sbadminton Representing Ireland European Games 2015 Baku Mixed doubles 2019 Minsk Mixed doubles European Championships 2017 Kolding Mixed doubles

Chloe Noelle Magee (born 29 November 1988) is anIrish professionalbadminton player. She represented her country at theOlympic Games for three consecutive times in2008 Beijing,2012 London, and2016 Rio de Janeiro.^[2] At the2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing, she becamethe first Irish woman to win a badminton match at the Olympics. She has been described as "the poster girl for Irish badminton".^[3] Together with her brotherSam Magee, she clinched a bronze medal at the2017 European Championships, claiming Ireland's first medal at the European Badminton Championship.^[4] The duo also captured the bronze medals at the2015 and2019 European Games.^[5][6]

In 2007, Magee won the women's doubles title at the Irish International Championships in Lisburn. Competing alongsideBing Huang, the pair beat second seedsEva Lee andMesinee Mangkalakiri of the United States 21–15, 9–21, 21–11 in the final.^[7]

Magee competed forIreland at the 2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing, China at the age of 19. She became the first ever Irish woman to win a badminton match at the Olympics,^[8] beating EstonianKati Tolmoff by a score of 18–21, 21–18, 21–19 in the first round of thewomen's singles. She was eliminated after losing her second round match 12–21, 14–21 to world number elevenJun Jae-youn of South Korea.^[9] "I have loads to improve on and I will take away a lot from this," Magee said after the match.^[8]

In 2009, Magee competed at theWorld Championships inHyderabad, India, losing in the first round to Japanese number twoAi Goto by a score of 21–13, 21–9.^[10]

Magee, ranked 44th in the world, qualified for thewomen's singles at the2012 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 themen's singles.^[11] Magee and her brotherSam, ranked 40th in the world as a pairing, were third reserves for themixed doubles event.^[12]

In July 2012, Magee reached the final of the White Nights pre-Olympic tournament held in Russia. She beat SlovakianMonika Fasungova, 21–17, 20–22, 21–5, in the quarter-finals and Russia'sRomina Gabdullina, 21–15, 17–21, 21–15, in the semi-finals but finished runner-up after losing to Poland'sKamila Augustyn, 21–19, 14–21, 14–21, despite having a 10–6 lead in the final set.^[13]

A slight schedule change led to Magee starting her 2012 Olympic campaign against Egypt's Hadia Hosny at 20.17 (29 July) and France'sHongyan Pi at 20.32 (30 July).^[14]

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 informHighland 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."^[15]

She lost 16–21, 21–18, 21–14, to Hongyan Pi and exited the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[16]

In December 2012, Magee reached the final of theTurkish Open.^[17]

InRio at the2016 Summer Olympics, she lost to Chinese playerWang Yihan 7-21 and 12–21, and lost to German PlayerKarin Schnaase 14–21 and 19–21, placing third inher group.^[18][19]

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Baku Sports Hall,Baku, Azerbaijan	Sam Magee	Gaëtan Mittelheisser Audrey Fontaine	12–21, 21–23	Bronze
2019	Falcon Club,Minsk, Belarus	Sam Magee	Chris Adcock Gabby Adcock	8–21, 18–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Sydbank Arena,Kolding, Denmark	Sam Magee	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	14–21, 10–21	Bronze

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, theGrand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by theBadminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	U.S. Open	Lili Zhou	21–23, 16–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Brasil Open	Sam Magee	Max Schwenger Carla Nelte	11–10, 11–10, 10–11, 8–11, 7–11	Runner-up

 BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

 BWF Grand Prix tournament

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Dutch International	Karina Jørgensen	22–20, 14–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2010	Bulgarian International	Petya Nedelcheva	17–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2011	Lithuanian International	Ragna Ingólfsdóttir	21–11, 23–21	Winner
2011	Norwegian International	Linda Zetchiri	19–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2012	White Nights	Kamila Augustyn	21–19, 14–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2012	Irish International	Line Kjærsfeldt	21–23, 21–18, 18–21	Runner-up
2012	Turkey International	Sashina Vignes Waran	21–18, 23–21	Winner
2014	Hellas International	Linda Zetchiri	13–21, 13–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	North Shore City International	Bing Huang	Catherine Moody Lê Ngọc Nguyên Nhung	21–15, 16–21, 21–15	Winner
2007	Welsh International	Bing Huang	Sarah Walker Samantha Ward	21–11, 21–14	Winner
2007	Irish International	Bing Huang	Mesinee Mangkalakiri Eva Lee	21–15, 9–21, 21–11	Winner
2008	Slovak Open	Bing Huang	Anna Narel Natalia Pocztowiak	21–8, 21–13	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Spanish Open	Sam Magee	Peter Käsbauer Johanna Goliszewski	21–11, 21–9	Winner
2011	Banuinvest International	Sam Magee	Roman Zirnwald Elisabeth Baldauf	21–12, 18–21, 21–18	Winner
2011	Lithuanian International	Sam Magee	Wojciech Szkudlarczyk Agnieszka Wojtkowska	21–9, 15–21, 21–19	Winner
2011	Norwegian International	Sam Magee	Rasmus Bonde Maria Helsbøl	21–17, 21–16	Winner
2012	Turkey International	Sam Magee	Fabian Roth Jennifer Karnott	21–10, 21–14	Winner
2013	Dutch International	Sam Magee	Michael Fuchs Birgit Michels	14–21, 21–18, 17–21	Runner-up
2014	Hellas International	Sam Magee	Blagovest Kisyov Dimitria Popstoikova	21–14, 21–10	Winner
2015	White Nights	Sam Magee	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba	21–18, 21–17	Winner
2017	Spanish International	Sam Magee	Robin Tabeling Cheryl Seinen	21–11, 21–18	Winner
2017	Irish Open	Sam Magee	Gregory Mairs Jenny Moore	16–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2018	Irish Open	Sam Magee	Harley Towler Emily Westwood	21–13, 21–12	Winner
2019	White Nights	Sam Magee	Rodion Alimov Alina Davletova	16–21, 21–13, 16–21	Runner-up

 BWF International Challenge tournament

 BWF International Series tournament

 BWF Future Series tournament

• Chloe Magee atBWFBadminton.com
• Chloe Magee atBWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
• Chloe Magee atOlympics.com
• Chloe Magee atOlympedia
• Chloe Magee at InterSportStats
• Chloe Magee at theBaku 2015 European Games (archived)

• 1988 births
• Living people
• People from Raphoe
• Sportspeople from County Donegal
• Irish female badminton players
• Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Olympic badminton players for Ireland
• Badminton players at the 2015 European Games
• Medalists at the 2015 European Games
• Badminton players at the 2019 European Games
• Medalists at the 2019 European Games
• European Games bronze medalists for Ireland
• European Games medalists in badminton
• 21st-century Irish sportswomen

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