Chloe Magee
| Chloe Magee | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Birth name | Chloe Magee |
| Country |
 Ireland
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| Born |
29 November 1988 Raphoe, Ireland |
| Handedness | Right |
| Coach | Dan Magee |
| Women's singles | |
| Tournaments played |
2008 Summer Olympics 2012 Summer Olympics 2016 Summer Olympics |
| Highest ranking | 32 (22 May 2014) |
| Current ranking | 62 (30 June 2016) |
| BWF profile | |
Chloe Magee (born 29 November 1988 in Raphoe, County Donegal) is an Irish professional badminton player. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she became the first ever Irish woman to win a badminton match at the Olympics. She has been described as "the poster girl for Irish badminton".
In 2007, Magee won the women's doubles title at the Irish International Championships in Lisburn. Competing alongside Huang Bing, the pair beat second seeds Eva Lee and Mesinee Mangkalakiri of the United States 21–15, 9–21, 21–11 in the final.
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.
In 2009, Magee competed at the World Championships in Hyderabad, India, losing in the first round to Japanese number two Ai Goto by a score of 21–13, 21–9.
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.
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