Julie MacPherson
Personal information
Birth nameJulie Claire MacPherson
CountryScotland
Born (1997-11-17) 17 November 1997
Edinburgh, Scotland[1]
ResidenceEdinburgh, Scotland[2]
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[3]
Weight58 kg (128 lb)[3]
HandednessRight[1]
CoachRobert Blair
Ingo Kindervater[1]
Wong Tat Meng
Andy Bowman[2]
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking31 (WD with Ciara Torrance 15 November 2022)
21 (XD with Adam Hall 27 December 2022)
Current ranking45 (WD with Ciara Torrance),
43 (XD with Adam Hall) (2 January 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Scotland
European Women's Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Liévin Women's team
BWF profile

Julie Claire MacPherson (born 17 November 1997) is a Scottish badminton player who competes in international level events both for Scotland and Great Britain.[4][5] She affiliates with club SV Fun-Ball Dortelweil[2] She has won the Scottish National Championships seven times in the women's doubles and five times in the mixed doubles.[1][2] She also part of team Scotland that won the bronze medal at the 2020 European Women's Team Championships.[6]

MacPherson won the girls' singles bronze medal at the European U17 Championships in 2014.[2] She has competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where she reached the quarterfinals in the mixed team event.[3] She has competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where she reached the semifinals in the mixed doubles.

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Iceland International Scotland Eleanor O'Donnell Denmark Emilie Furbo
Denmark Trine Villadsen		 17–21, 21–13, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Portugal International Scotland Eleanor O'Donnell Chinese Taipei Li Zi-qing
Chinese Taipei Teng Chun-hsun		 15–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Welsh International Scotland Holly Newall Denmark Susan Ekelund
Denmark Line Fleischer		 22–20, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Belgian International Scotland Ciara Torrance Japan Rin Iwanaga
Japan Kie Nakanishi		 12–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Belgian International Scotland Adam Hall Netherlands Jacco Arends
Netherlands Selena Piek		 11–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (2 runners-up)

Girls' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Belgian Junior International Scotland Holly Newall Germany Eva Janssens
Germany Yvonne Li		 11–10, 8–11, 5–11, 9–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Polish Junior International Scotland Adam Hall France Thomas Vallez
France Delphine Delrue		 15–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Julie MacPherson". Badminton Scotland. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Julie MacPherson - Team Scotland Profile". Team Scotland. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Julie MacPherson". 2018 Gold Coast. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Julie MacPherson - BWF Profile". BWF. 17 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Biographies: Julie Claire MacPherson". 3rd European Games. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "Julie MacPherson: We are not that far away". Badminton Europe. 30 May 2020.
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