Sinead Chambers (born 1 February 1992) is an
Irish badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...
player. She competed for
Northern Ireland
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at the
2010
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,
2014
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and
2018 Commonwealth Games
The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...
.
She was the champion at the 2012
Irish Future Series tournament in the women's doubles event with her partner
Jennie King
Jennie King (born 28 February 1986, now married Jennie Magee) is an Irish female badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common ...
and became the runner-up in the singles event.
Chambers graduated from the
Ulster University with a first class honours in Physiotherapy and became a members of
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
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Founded in 1894, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy has grown to become the profession's largest membership org ...
,
Health and Care Professions Council
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, and Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports & Exercise Medicines. Her brother
Ciaran Chambers also a professional badminton player.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Women's singles''
''Women's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
:
BWF International Challenge
The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
...
tournament
:
BWF International Series
The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...
tournament
:
BWF Future Series
The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...
tournament
References
External links
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1992 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Belfast
Irish female badminton players
Female badminton players from Northern Ireland
Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Badminton players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Northern Ireland
Alumni of Ulster University