Heather Olver
Heather Olver is an English badminton player. Her career highlights so far include mixed team and mixed doubles silver at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, European women’s doubles bronze, and reaching the final of the 2013 London Grand Prix Gold and Scottish Open. She also competed at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.
Early career
She started playing at the age of six and started when she joined her local club, Waldron Junior BC, with her brother.Career
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.She competed in the mixed team and mixed doubles event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won silver medals respectively. She also won mixed team bronze in 2010.
Education
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.Achievements
Commonwealth Games
Mixed Doubles| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland |  European ChampionshipsWomen's Doubles
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