Jenny Wallwork
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Birth name | Jenny Wallwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bolton, England | 17 January 1987|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Women's and Mixed doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 5 (12 September 2010[1]) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BWF profile |
Jennifer "Jenny" Wallwork (born 17 January 1987 in Bolton) is an English badminton player who has achieved international success in both the women's events and the mixed doubles event, including a Commonwealth Silver medal in 2010.[2] She represented her country 42 times, being the highest ranking female player for 4 years.[3]
Career
Wallwork won the mixed doubles Bulgarian International in 2004, the Scottish Open in 2005, and the Dutch Open in 2006.[4] She won the Swedish International mixed doubles in 2012.[5] She won the women's doubles at the Irish International in 2005.[4] Her mother, Jill played badminton for England, and her father, Brian is a coach for the sport.[4]
In 2011, Jenny won both the mixed and women's doubles at the English National Championships[6] but 2013 she quit professional badminton after saying she was undervalued and ignored by the governing body Badminton England.[3][7]
In 2023, she won her sixth national doubles title at the English National Badminton Championships, at the David Ross Sports Village in Nottingham. It was her first national title since 2012.[8]
Record against selected opponents
Mixed Doubles results with Nathan Robertson against Super Series finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.[9]
- Xu Chen & Ma Jin 0–3
- Zhang Nan & Zhao Yunlei 0–2
- Zheng Bo & Ma Jin 0–1
- Chen Hung-ling & Cheng Wen-hsing 1–3
- Lee Sheng-mu & Chien Yu-chin 1–0
- Joachim Fischer Nielsen & Christinna Pedersen 0–2
- Thomas Laybourn & Kamilla Rytter Juhl 1–4
- / Chris Adcock & Imogen Bankier 1–0
- Anthony Clark & Donna Kellogg 0–1
- Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir 1–2
- Fran Kurniawan & Pia Zebadiah Bernadet 1–0
- Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir 0–1
- Koo Kien Keat & Wong Pei Tty 0–2
- Robert Mateusiak & Nadieżda Zięba 1–2
- Songphon Anugritayawon & Kunchala Voravichitchaikul 1–1
- Sudket Prapakamol & Saralee Thungthongkam 1–1
References
- ^ bwf.tournamentsoftware.com Jenny Wallwork career overview
- ^ BBC News Commonwealth Games 2010: England lose badminton finals
- ^ a b Daily Telegraph 25 February 2013 Badminton England defends record after Jenny Wallwork becomes second player to quit performance programme
- ^ a b c Sportsister 14 October 2008
- ^ BBC Sport Badminton 22 January 2012 Nathan Robertson and Jenny Wallwork triumph in Sweden
- ^ BBC Sport 6 Feb 2011 Nathan Robertson & Jenny Wallwork retain English title
- ^ BBC Sport Badminton 25 February 2013 Jenny Wallwork retires after saying she was undervalued and ignored
- ^ "English National Badminton Championships 2023". Badminton England. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ www.tournamentsoftware.com Jenny Wallwork Current Ranking 7 February 2015
External links
- Jenny Wallwork at BWFBadminton.com
- Jenny Wallwork at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
- Jennifer Wallwork at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- English female badminton players
- Sportspeople from Bolton
- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Garforth
- Sportspeople from the City of Leeds
- People educated at Garforth Academy
- Badminton players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century English sportswomen