Emma Mason
Personal information
Country Scotland
Born (1986-06-28) 28 June 1986
Edinburgh, Scotland
HandednessRight
Women's doubles
Career record121 wins, 103 losses
Highest ranking63 (with Samantha Ward; November 19, 2009)
BWF profile

Emma Mason (born 28 June 1986) is a retired Scottish badminton player.[1]

Career

Mason, aged 10, started playing badminton in primary school as her mother had volunteered to run the after school club. She won the Scottish junior title in women's doubles in 2006. In 2008, she won Scottish National Championship with Imogen Bankier. She won the same title in 2010 (with Imogen Bankier) and 2011 (with Jillie Cooper) also. In 2008, she snapped her Achilles tendon in the match at Portuguese Open and returned only after an year. Her first match after rehabilitation was in Sudirman Cup 2009. She also represented her country in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth games. Additionally, she also played for Scotland at the European and World championships. She shortly ended her playing career after that.[2]

Mason has 27 caps for her country and, in 2010, was elected by her fellow players to the World Badminton Federation's Athletes Commission. Mason was Vice-Chair from 2010 to 2012. She became the first ever female Chair of the Athlete's Commission, a position she held until her term ended in 2015. As Chair of the commission, Mason was a full voting member of the World Badminton Federation's Council. Currently, she is a director of Badminton Europe Confederation, a member of British Showjumping's Disciplinary Panel and of British Triathlon's Audit and Governance Committee. She has an undergraduate degree in Chemistry with a dissertation focusing on the EPO test and the Athlete Biological Passport. She is also a graduate of UK Sport's International Leadership Programme and a 2015 WeAreTheCity Rising Star in the category of sport.[3]

Achievements

BWF International

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Slovak International Scotland Imogen Bankier Poland Nadieżda Kostiuczyk
Poland Kamila Augustyn		 7–15, 3–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2005 Hungarian International Scotland Imogen Bankier Russia Ekaterina Ananina
Russia Anastasia Russkikh		 4–15, 15–10, 5–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2005 Irish International Scotland Imogen Bankier England Jenny Wallwork
England Sarah Bok		 5–15, 15–3, 16–17 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2006 Hungarian International Scotland Imogen Bankier Russia Ekaterina Ananina
Russia Anastasia Russkikh		 18–21, 8–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2006 Iceland International Scotland Imogen Bankier Iceland Tinna Helgadóttir
Iceland Ragna Ingólfsdóttir		 21–16, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Norwegian International Scotland Imogen Bankier Republic of Ireland Chloe Magee
Republic of Ireland Bing Huang		 21–16, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Irish International Scotland Imogen Bankier Netherlands Ginny Severien
Netherlands Karina de Wit		 21–14, 11–21, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Belgian International England Samantha Ward Japan Ayaka Takahashi
Japan Misaki Matsutomo		 8–21, 21–18, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Scottish International England Mariana Agathangelou Russia Valeria Sorokina
Russia Nina Vislova		 16–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Banuinvest International Scotland Jillie Cooper Singapore Shinta Mulia Sari
Singapore Yao Lei		 6–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Iceland International Scotland Andrew Bowman Sweden Henri Hurskainen
Sweden Emma Wengberg		 19–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Profile:Emma Mason". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. ↑ Kovacs, Zsuzsanna (29 February 2016). ""Make yourself and your interest known"". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Emma Mason". www.lawinsport.com. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
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