Heather Olver (born 15 March 1986) is an English badminton player.^[1] 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.^[2] She also competed at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.^[3]

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Heather Olver
Heather Olver at the 2013 French Super Series
Personal information
Country	England
Born	(1986-03-15) 15 March 1986 (age 38) Eastbourne, East Sussex, England
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Julian Robertson
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	18 (WD) 10 March 2011 15 (XD) 13 March 2014
Medal record Women's Badminton Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Mixed doubles 2014 Glasgow Mixed team 2010 Delhi Mixed team European Championships 2010 Manchester Women's doubles European Mixed Team Championships 2015 Leuven Mixed team 2013 Moscow Mixed team Commonwealth Youth Games 2004 Bendigo Mixed team
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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]