Tracey Hallam

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Tracey Hallam
Personal information
CountryEngland
Born (1975-03-24) 24 March 1975 (age 49)
Burton-on-Trent, England
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
HandednessLeft
CoachIan Wright and Yvette Yun Luo
Women's Singles
Highest ranking7
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  England
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Glasgow Mixed team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 2002 Manchester Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 2006 Melbourne Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Women's singles
European Women's Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Thessaloniki Women's team
BWF profile

Tracey Jayne Hallam (born 24 March 1975) is a former English badminton player.

Career[edit]

Hallam played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In women's singles, she defeated Juliane Schenk of Germany and Camilla Martin of Denmark in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Hallam lost to Mia Audina of the Netherlands 11–0, 11–9.

At the 1998 Commonwealth Games, Hallam won the gold in the women's team event and bronze in the singles event. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, she won the gold in the mixed team event and silver in the singles event. She won gold in the women's singles at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

She participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the Women's singles event but she was knocked out in the third round by Xu Huaiwen of Germany (21–10, 21–7).

Achievements[edit]

Commonwealth Games[edit]

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2006 Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia Malaysia Wong Mew Choo 21–12, 21–15 Gold Gold
2002 Bolton Arena, Manchester, England Singapore Li Li 5–7, 7–5, 7–8, 0–7 Silver Silver
1998 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Wales Kelly Morgan 6–11, 4–11 Bronze Bronze

World University Championships[edit]

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1996 Strasbourg, France England Gail Emms Chinese Taipei Tsai Hui Min
Chinese Taipei Chen Li Jin
12–15, 17–15, 11–15 Bronze Bronze

Grand Prix[edit]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2005 Chinese Taipei Open South Korea Seo Yoon-hee 11–9, 11–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2001 Thailand Open Sweden Marina Andrievskaya 0–7, 7–3, 7–4, 4–7, 7–1 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

International Challenge/Series/Satellite/European Circuit[edit]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2013 Auckland International England Fontaine Mica Chapman 21–15, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Canada Anna Rice 21–18, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Vietnam International Indonesia Maria Elfira Christina 21–15, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Hatzor International Ukraine Elena Prus 21–9, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Banuinvest International Indonesia Rosaria Yusfin Pungkasari 21–14, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2004 Portugal International Russia Ella Karachkova 7–11, 11–4, 11–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2001 Austrian International Netherlands Karina de Wit 11–9, 11–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2001 Spanish International Poland Katarzyna Krasowska 11–3, 10–13, 11–0 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2000 Slovak International Poland Kamila Augustyn 11–9, 11–1 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1997 Portugal International Scotland Anne Gibson 10–12, 4–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1996 Hungarian International Sweden Johanna Holgersson 11–2, 11–1 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

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