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

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

Career

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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

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Commonwealth Games

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Women's singles

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

World University Championships

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Women's doubles

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

Grand Prix

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Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2005 Chinese Taipei Open   Seo Yoon-hee 11–9, 11–7   Winner
2001 Thailand Open   Marina Andrievskaya 0–7, 7–3, 7–4, 4–7, 7–1   Winner
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

International Challenge/Series/Satellite/European Circuit

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Women's singles

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