Kirsty Gilmour | |
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Kirsty Gilmour at the 2013 French Super Series.
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Personal information | |
Birth name | Kirsty Gilmour |
Country | Scotland |
Born |
Bellshill, Scotland |
21 September 1993
Residence | Glasgow, Scotland |
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) |
Handedness | Right |
Women's singles | |
Highest ranking | 14 (29 September 2016) |
Current ranking | 45 (30 March 2017) |
BWF profile |
Kirsty Gilmour (born 21 September 1993) is a female badminton player from Scotland.
Gilmour won the silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, losing out to Michelle Li of Canada in the final. She jointly won Scottish Young Sports Personality of the Year 2012 with swimmer Craig Benson.
On 1 May 2016, Kirsty Gilmour went down fighting to Carolina Marin, in the finals of the European Badminton Championships were held in La Roche-sur-Yon, settling for the Silver Medal
Making a second appearance at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Kirsty Gilmour, the eleven seed, won her opening match against the unseeded Sabrina Jaquet in straight games. However, she lost her second match against the world No. 28 Linda Zetchiri by 21-12, 17-21, 16-21, thereby making an exit at the group stage.
Women's Singles
Women's Singles
The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
Women's Singles
Women's Singles
Women's Doubles