Chloe Magee

Career

2007 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

2015 With her brother Sam, she captured a bronze medal at the Badminton at the 2015 European Games.

2016 Summer Olympics In Rio at the 2016 Summer Olympics, she lost to Chinese player Wang Yihan 7-21 and 12–21, and lost to German Player Karin Schnaase 14–21 and 19–21, placing third in her group.

2019 Another bronze medal was secured with her brother at the 2019 European Games.

Achievements

European Games 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 Bronze 2019 Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus Sam Magee Chris Adcock Gabby Adcock 8–21, 18–21 Bronze Bronze

European Championships 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 Bronze

BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton 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

BWF International Challenge/Series 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