Jessica Pugh

Jessica Pugh
Personal information
Birth nameJessica Rose Pugh
CountryEngland
Born (1997-03-17) 17 March 1997 (age 27)
Telford, Shropshire, England
ResidenceMilton Keynes, England
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Retired4 April 2023
HandednessRight
CoachNathan Robertson
Julian Robertson
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking26 (WD with Chloe Birch 21 June 2018)
21 (XD with Ben Lane 28 June 2018)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Lubin Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lubin Mixed doubles
BWF profile

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]

  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.