Heather Olver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Heather Olver at the 2013 French Super Series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Eastbourne, East Sussex, England | 15 March 1986|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Julian Robertson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 18 (WD) 10 March 2011 15 (XD) 13 March 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Heather Olver (born 15 March 1986) is an English badminton player.[1] Her career highlights so far include mixed team and mixed doubles silver at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, European women’s doubles bronze, and reaching the final of the 2013 London Grand Prix Gold and Scottish Open.[2] She also competed at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.[3]
Early career
[edit]She started playing at the age of six and started when she joined her local club, Waldron Junior BC, with her brother.[1]
Career
[edit]In 2005, Olver won the women's doubles at both the England Junior Championships and the Welsh International. In 2009, she was successful four times internationally, and in the following year she won the bronze medal at the European Championships in women's doubles.[4]
She competed in the mixed team and mixed doubles event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won silver medals respectively.[5][6] She also won mixed team bronze in 2010.[5]
Education
[edit]Having attended primary school at Cross in Hand CEP, she later went on to obtain a degree in Coach Education and Sports Development from the University of Bath. She was both a triple jumper and a 200m sprinter at Heathfield Community College in East Sussex.[1]
Achievements
[edit]Commonwealth Games
[edit]Mixed Doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2014 | Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland |
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9–21, 12–21 | ![]() |
European Championships
[edit]Women's Doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2010 | Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England |
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18–21, 13–21 | ![]() |
BWF Grand Prix
[edit]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 Doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2016 | Canada Open | ![]() |
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15–21, 16–21 | ![]() |
2014 | Scottish Open | ![]() |
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7–21, 15–21 | ![]() |
Mixed Doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2013 | Scottish Open | ![]() |
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16–21, 14–21 | ![]() |
2013 | London Grand Prix Gold | ![]() |
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19–21, 14–21 | ![]() |
- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series
[edit]Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Heather Olver". Badminton England. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ "About Heather". Team GB. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Heather Olver". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Heather Olver". Bath Chronicle. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Silver for Olver at Glasgow 2014". University of Bath. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Second silver for Olver on final day of Glasgow Games". University of Bath. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
External links
[edit]- Heather Olver at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
- Heather Olver at BWFbadminton.com
- Heather Olver at Olympedia
- Heather Olver at Olympics.com
- Heather Olver at Team GB
- Heather Olver at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Heather Olver at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)