Heather Olver

She started playing at the age of six and started when she joined her local club, Waldron Junior BC, with her brother.^[1]

In 2005, Olver won the women's doubles at both the England Junior Championships and the Welsh International. In 2009, she was successful four times internationally, and in the following year she won the bronze medal at the European Championships in women's doubles.^[4]

She competed in the mixed team and mixed doubles event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won silver medals respectively.^[5][6] She also won mixed team bronze in 2010.^[5]

Having attended primary school at Cross in Hand CEP, she later went on to obtain a degree in Coach Education and Sports Development from the University of Bath. She was both a triple jumper and a 200m sprinter at Heathfield Community College in East Sussex.^[1]

Mixed Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Chris Langridge	Chris Adcock   Gabby Adcock	9–21, 12–21	Silver

Women's Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England	Mariana Agathangelou	Petya Nedelcheva   Anastasia Russkikh	18–21, 13–21	Bronze

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Canada Open	Lauren Smith	Setyana Mapasa   Gronya Somerville	15–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2014	Scottish Open	Lauren Smith	Gabriela Stoeva   Stefani Stoeva	7–21, 15–21	Runner-up

Mixed Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Scottish Open	Chris Langridge	Robert Blair   Imogen Bankier	16–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2013	London Grand Prix Gold	Chris Langridge	Michael Fuchs   Birgit Michels	19–21, 14–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Peru International	Lauren Smith	Johanna Goliszewski   Carla Nelte	18–21, 21–19, 19–21	Runner-up
2016	Orleans International	Lauren Smith	Delphine Delrue   Lea Palermo	21–19, 21–8	Winner
2015	USA International	Lauren Smith	Puttita Supajirakul   Sapsiree Taerattanachai	18–21, 21–19, 21–19	Winner
2015	Welsh International	Lauren Smith	Gabriela Stoeva   Stefani Stoeva	10–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2015	Kharkiv International	Lauren Smith	Jongkongphan Kittiharakul   Rawinda Prajongjai	18–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2015	Finnish Open	Lauren Smith	Delphine Lansac   Emilie Lefel	21–13, 23–21	Winner
2015	Orleans International	Lauren Smith	Gabriela Stoeva   Stefani Stoeva	20–22, 21–16, 9–21	Runner-up
2015	Austrian International	Lauren Smith	Suci Rizky Andini   Maretha Dea Giovani	14–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2014	Welsh International	Lauren Smith	Sophie Brown   Kate Robertshaw	21–11, 21–17	Winner
2013	Spanish Open	Kate Robertshaw	Maiken Fruergaard   Sara Thygesen	18–21, 21–13, 22–20	Winner
2012	Swiss International	Kate Robertshaw	Isabel Herttrich   Carla Nelte	21–15, 15–21, 23–21	Winner
2012	Czech International	Kate Robertshaw	Jillie Cooper   Kirsty Gilmour	21–16, 21–15	Winner
2012	Polish Open	Mariana Agathangelou	Eva Lee   Paula Lynn Obanana	21–12, 23–21	Winner
2012	Swedish Masters	Mariana Agathangelou	Eva Lee   Paula Lynn Obanana	21–15, 21–12	Winner
2011	Irish International	Mariana Agathangelou	Ng Hui Ern   Ng Hui Lin	21–14, 16–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2011	Bulgarian International	Mariana Agathangelou	Pradnya Gadre   Prajakta Sawant	18–21, 21–7, 21–10	Winner
2011	Belgian International	Mariana Agathangelou	Shinta Mulia Sari   Yao Lei	12–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2010	Irish International	Mariana Agathangelou	Maria Helsbol   Anne Skelbaek	21–12, 12–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2010	Scottish International	Mariana Agathangelou	Jenny Wallwork   Gabrielle White	17–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2009	Irish International	Mariana Agathangelou	Maria Helsbol   Anne Skelbaek	21–13, 21–19	Winner
2005	Welsh International	Hayley Connor	Mariana Agathangelou   Rachel Howard	6–15, 17–16, 15–4	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Welsh International	Chris Langridge	Vitalij Durkin   Nina Vislova	21–17, 10–21, 21–13	Winner
2012	Welsh International	Chris Langridge	Marcus Ellis   Gabrielle White	20–22, 16–21	Runner-up
2012	Czech International	Chris Langridge	Marcus Ellis   Gabrielle White	22–20, 6–7 Retired	Winner
2012	Belgian International	Chris Langridge	Marcus Ellis   Gabrielle White	21–9, 10–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2011	Irish International	Marcus Ellis	Dave Khodabux   Selena Piek	21–19, 21–17	Winner
2011	Swedish Masters	Robin Middleton	Dave Khodabux   Samantha Barning	15–21, 21–9, 21–14	Winner
2009	Norwegian International	Marcus Ellis	Robin Middleton   Mariana Agathangelou	21–19, 21–17	Winner
2009	Belgian International	Marcus Ellis	Wouter Claes   Nathalie Descamps	21–9, 25–23	Winner
2009	Austrian International	Robert Adcock	Valeriy Atrashchenkov   Elena Prus	21–17, 21–18	Winner
2009	Swedish International	Robert Adcock	Valeriy Atrashchenkov   Elena Prus	16–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2008	Scottish International	Robert Adcock	Michael Fuchs   Annekatrin Lillie	16–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2006	Slovak International	Matthew Honey	David Lindley   Suzanne Rayappan	12–21, 19–21	Runner-up

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