Fontaine Chapman
English badminton player (born 1990)
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Fontaine Mica Chapman (born 2 January 1990) is an English badminton player. She started playing badminton at age 6, and joined the England national junior badminton team in 2003.[1][2]
2 January 1990
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| Born | Fontaine Mica Chapman 2 January 1990 Coventry, England | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | England | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | |||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Stuart Wardell | |||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 52 (17 September 2015) | |||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Early life, training and domestic results
Her grandad used to coach her every day after school when she was a junior from age 9 and also helped her with summer training. She first represented England at the age of 12 years old at the under 13 Aros Junior Cup in Viby J, Denmark.[3] She was runner-up in the women's singles event of the English National Badminton Championships in 2013, reached the semi-finals in 2014 and again a losing finalist in 2015. In the 2016 edition she captured the English National women's singles title.[4] She played for the Birmingham Lions in the National Badminton League. She won a silver medal with the English National squad at the 2015 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships in Leuven, Belgium.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2013 | Auckland International |  Tracey Hallam |
15-21, 16-21 |  Runner-up |
| 2014 | Hungarian International |  Sandra-Maria Jensen |
11-2, 11-10, 11-9 |  Winner |
| 2015 | Hellas International |  Linda Zetchiri |
21–9, 14–6 retired | Winner |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
