Jessica Pugh

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]

Jessica Pugh
Personal information
Birth nameJessica Rose Pugh
CountryEngland
Born (1997-03-17) 17 March 1997
Telford, Shropshire, England
ResidenceMilton Keynes, England
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
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)
Current ranking80 (WD with Jessica Hopton)
38 (XD with Ben Lane)
48 (XD with Callum Hemming) (7 December 2021)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
European Junior Championships
2015 Lubin Mixed team
2015 Lubin Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

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

BWF International Challenge/Series (11 titles, 5 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Polish International Chloe Birch Clara Nistad
Emma Wengberg
16–21, 21–6, 15–21 Runner-up
2016 Iceland International Sarah Walker Chloe Birch
Jenny Wallwork
21–10, 10–21, 21–17 Winner
2016 Romanian International Cheryl Seinen Goh Yea Ching
Peck Yen Wei
21–19, 21–15 Winner
2016 Slovenia International Cheryl Seinen Chloe Birch
Sarah Walker
20–22, 19–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

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

References

  1. "Opportunity for Euro Junior medallists to shine". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. "Jess Pugh". Badminton England. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  3. "Team England take bronze at the Gold Coast". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
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