Jill Pittard (born 5 September 1977) is a
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...
player from
England
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.
Career
All matches in the following incomplete list were in women's singles.
*2009
Portugal International The Portugal Open in badminton is an international open held annually in Portugal since 1965. It is currently a part of the European Badminton Circuit The European Badminton Circuit is a series of international badminton tournaments in Europe, san ...
: winner
*2009
Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse: finalist
*
2007 BWF World Championships
The 2007 BWF World Championships is the 16th tournament of BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships). It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 13 to 19 August 2007.
Host city selection
Aarhus and Kuala Lumpur were the candid ...
: defeated in the first round by
Kaori Mori
is a former Japanese badminton player. She was the women's singles national champion in 2001 and 2003. Mori won the bronze medal at the 2004 Asian Championships and also the silver medals in 2005 and 2006. She played badminton at the 2004 Sum ...
, of
Japan, 21–13, 21–16
*2007 National Championships: finalist, defeated by Elizabeth Cann, 21–19, 21–17
*2006 National Championships: finalist, defeated by
Tracey Hallam, 8–11, 11–4, 11–0
*Winner, 2006/07 European Badminton Circuit
Badminton Europe: Final European Badminton Circuit Rankings
, 2 May 2007
*2004 Austrian Open: defeated 16th-ranked Miho Tanaka of Japan in the quarter-finals
*2004 Scottish Open: finalist
*2003 Slovenian International: winner
*1998 Iceland International The Iceland International in badminton is an international open held in Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Eu ...
: winner
Pittard has twelve caps
Caps are flat headgear.
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Science and technology Computing
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for England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...
.
References
External links
BWF player profile
Badminton England profile
Living people
1977 births
Sportspeople from Coventry
English female badminton players
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