Lorraine Cole

Lorraine Cole (born 20 September 1967) is a retired English badminton player.[1]

Lorraine Cole
Personal information
Country	England
Born	20 September 1967 Birmingham, England
Height	1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Doubles
Highest ranking	10 (Women's doubles) 12 (Mixed doubles)
BWF profile

About

Cole is a former badminton player who also played Javelins throw in her early junior career. She attended Kings Norton Mixed School and won English schools U-17 National Javelin championships and later became the English Junior Javelin champion. Afterwards she opted badminton for her career and won the Worcester county badminton title. She then won the National championships and once stood amidst the top English players in both the doubles disciplines. She is also a former European no. 1 in Women's and Mixed doubles; and once ranked no. 10 in WD and no. 12 in XD at the World level. She won titles in Ireland, Czechia, Mauritius, Iceland and Slovakia and contested in World championships in 1997 and 1999. She also became European Senior Champion in 2006 with her partner Tracey Dineen by defeating Dorota Grzejdak and Bożena Haracz from Poland in the final. After her playing career she coached British players at various levels; Worcestershire County coach, England U-19 National Coach, HPC Coach, GB Youth Olympic Coach, Sydney European Junior Champions Coach 2006, Coach to World Junior Silver Medalist 2007 etc.[2][3]

Achievements

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Scottish Open	Julian Robertson	Lars Pedersen Anne Mette Bille	14–17, 10–15	Runner-up

IBF International

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Mauritius International	Justine Willmott	Selvon Marudamuthu Marie-Josephe Jean-Pierre	15–4, 15–10	Winner
1997	Welsh International	Joanne Wright	Sara Sankey Ella Miles	5–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1998	Portugal International	Rebecca Pantaney	Tracy Dineen Sara Hardaker	3–15, 15–7, 10–15	Runner-up
1998	Czech International	Tracy Dineen	Gail Emms Joanne Wright	15–7, 15–6	Winner
1998	Slovak International	Tracy Dineen	Katy Brydon Joanne Wright	15–13, 15–10	Winner
1998	Iceland International	Tracy Dineen	Elsa Nielsen Brynja Pétursdóttir	15–10, 15–10	Winner
1998	Scottish International	Tracy Dineen	Ann-Lou Jørgensen Mette Schjoldager	2–15, 11–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Welsh International	Julian Robertson	Nikolai Zuyev Marina Yakusheva	11–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1995	Irish International	Julian Robertson	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	15–4, 15–4	Winner
1996	Mauritius International	Dave Wright	Carl Fenton Justine Willmott	15–4, 15–4	Winner
1998	Czech International	Anthony Clark	Ian Sullivan Gail Emms	15–4, 15–13	Winner
1998	Slovak International	Anthony Clark	David Lindley Joanne Wright	15–5, 15–3	Winner
1999	Irish International	Anthony Clark	Ruud Kuijten Manon Albinus	15–7, 15–8	Winner

References

1. "Profile:Lorraine Cole". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
2. "Lorraine Cole". westmidlandsperformancecentre.com. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
3. "West Midlands Performance Centre". www.solihullactive.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2020.