Jessica Pugh

For the Australian politician, see Jess Pugh.

Jessica Rose Pugh (born 17 March 1997) is an English badminton player. She joined the national junior team in 2008, and selected to the senior team in 2015. She had won the mixed doubles bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in Poland, also helped the team winning the silver medal.^[1] She won her first senior international tournament when she was 16 years old in Hungarian International.^[2] Pugh was part of the English team that won the mixed team bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.^[3] Pugh announced her retirement from international competition on 4 April 2023.^[4]

Jessica Pugh
Personal information
Birth name	Jessica Rose Pugh
Country	England
Born	(1997-03-17) 17 March 1997 (age 27) Telford, Shropshire, England
Residence	Milton Keynes, England
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Retired	4 April 2023
Handedness	Right
Coach	Nathan Robertson Julian Robertson
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	26 (WD with Chloe Birch 21 June 2018) 21 (XD with Ben Lane 28 June 2018)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team European Junior Championships 2015 Lubin Mixed team 2015 Lubin Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Regional Sport Centrum Hall, Lubin, Poland	Ben Lane	Frederik Søgaard Sara Lundgaard	16–21, 21–23	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (11 titles, 6 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Polish International	Chloe Birch	Clara Nistad Emma Wengberg	16–21, 21–6, 15–21	Runner-up
2016	Iceland International	Sarah Walker	Chloe Birch Jenny Wallwork	21–10, 10–21, 21–17	Winner
2016	Romanian International	Cheryl Seinen	Goh Yea Ching Peck Yen Wei	21–19, 21–15	Winner
2016	Slovenia International	Cheryl Seinen	Chloe Birch Sarah Walker	20–22, 19–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Hungarian International	Ben Lane	Jakub Bitman Alžběta Bášová	11–4, 11–10, 11–7	Winner
2015	Slovak Open	Ben Lane	Đỗ Tuấn Đức Phạm Như Thảo	18–21, 21–13, 21–12	Winner
2016	Dutch International	Ben Lane	Alexander Bond Ditte Søby Hansen	21–19, 21–23, 18–21	Runner-up
2016	Spanish International	Ben Lane	Gaëtan Mittelheisser Émilie Lefel	21–14, 15–21, 21–14	Winner
2017	Italian International	Ben Lane	Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith	16–21, 21–19, 21–4	Winner
2019	Polish Open	Ben Lane	Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2019	Spanish International	Ben Lane	Mathias Bay-Smidt Rikke Søby Hansen	21–13, 24–26, 21–18	Winner
2019	Belgian International	Ben Lane	Mikkel Mikkelsen Amalie Magelund	21–12, 21–15	Winner
2021	Portugal International	Callum Hemming	William Villeger Sharone Bauer	21–18, 19–21, 21–15	Winner
2021	Spanish International	Callum Hemming	Tee Kai Wun Teoh Mei Xing	15–21, 21–13, 19–21	Runner-up
2021	Scottish Open	Callum Hemming	Ishaan Bhatnagar Tanisha Crasto	21-15, 21–17	Winner
2021	Welsh International	Callum Hemming	William Villeger Anne Tran	15–21, 21–17, 16–21	Runner-up
2022	Dutch Open	Callum Hemming	Robin Tabeling Selena Piek	17–21, 12–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Opportunity for Euro Junior medallists to shine". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
2. "Jess Pugh". Badminton England. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
3. "Team England take bronze at the Gold Coast". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
4. "Jess Pugh announces retirement". Badminton England. 4 April 2023. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.

External links

• Jessica Pugh at BWFBadminton.com
• Jessica Pugh at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Jessica Pugh at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Jessica Pugh at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)