Fontaine Chapman
Personal information
Birth nameFontaine Mica Chapman
CountryEngland
Born (1990-01-02) 2 January 1990
Coventry, England
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
HandednessRight
CoachStuart Wardell
Women's singles
Highest ranking52 (17 September 2015)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  England
European Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Leuven Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Lubin Mixed team
BWF profile

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]

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
2013 Auckland International England Tracey Hallam 15-21, 16-21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Hungarian International Denmark Sandra-Maria Jensen 11-2, 11-10, 11-9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Hellas International Bulgaria Linda Zetchiri 21–9, 14–6 retired 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Players: Fontaine Mica CHAPMAN". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Fontaine Chapman". Badminton England. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Fontaine Chapman | West Midlands Performance Centre".
  4. ↑ "Coventry's Fontaine Chapman finally lands English National Badminton crown".


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