Chloe Magee

Chloe Noelle Magee (born 29 November 1988) is an Irish professional badminton player. She represented her country at the Olympic Games for three consecutive times in 2008 Beijing, 2012 London, and 2016 Rio de Janeiro.^[2] At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she became the 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 brother Sam Magee, she clinched a bronze medal at the 2017 European Championships, became Ireland's first medal at the European Badminton Championship.^[4] The duo also captured the bronze medals at the 2015 and 2019 European Games.^[5][6]

Chloe Magee
Chloe and Sam Magee after winning the 2018 Irish Open
Personal information
Birth name	Chloe Noelle Magee
Country	Ireland
Born	(1988-11-29) 29 November 1988 (age 36) Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)[1]
Handedness	Right
Coach	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 with Sam Magee 6 August 2015)
Current ranking	37 (XD with Sam Magee 3 May 2022)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Ireland European Games 2015 Baku Mixed doubles 2019 Minsk Mixed doubles European Championships 2017 Kolding Mixed doubles
BWF profile

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.^[7]

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,^[8] 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.^[9] "I have loads to improve on and I will take away a lot from this," Magee said after the match.^[8]

2009

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.^[10]

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.^[11] Magee and her brother Sam, ranked 40th in the world as a pairing, were third reserves for the mixed doubles event.^[12]

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.^[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's Hongyan 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 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."^[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 the Turkish Open.^[17]

2016 Summer Olympics

In Rio，she lost the game to Chinese player Wang Yihan in Group P 7-21 and 12–21 and to Karin Schnaase by 14–21 and 19–21, placing third in her group.^[18][19]

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

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