{{Short description|English badminton player (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}} {{Use British English|date=July 2017}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Fontaine Chapman | image = Fontaine_Chapman.jpg | size = | caption = | nickname = | birth_name = Fontaine Mica Chapman | country = England | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|1|2}} | birth_place = Coventry, England | height = 5ft 9in | weight = | years_active = | handedness = Right | coach = Stuart Wardell | event = Women's singles | highest_ranking = 52 | date_of_highest_ranking = 17 September 2015 | current_ranking = | date_of_current_ranking = | medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Women's badminton }} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition | European Mixed Team Championships }} {{MedalSilver | 2015 Leuven | Mixed team }} {{MedalBronze | 2017 Lubin |Mixed team }} | bwfbadminton_id = 55536 | bwf_id = C4017C5A-7B06-478F-B2B7-CAAE83925570 }}
'''Fontaine Mica Chapman''' (born 2 January 1990) is an English badminton player. She started playing badminton at age 6, and joined the England national junior badminton team in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |title=Players: Fontaine Mica CHAPMAN |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/player/55536/fontaine-mica-chapman |publisher=Badminton World Federation |access-date=29 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fontaine Chapman |url=http://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/landingpage.asp?section=5500§ionTitle=Fontaine+Chapman |publisher=Badminton England |access-date=29 August 2016}}</ref>
== Early life, training and domestic results == Her grandad used to coach her every day after school when she was a junior from age 9 and also helped her with summer training. She first represented England at the age of 12 years old at the under 13 Aros Junior Cup in Viby J, Denmark.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://westmidlandsperformancecentre.com/coaches/fontaine-chapman/|title=Fontaine Chapman | West Midlands Performance Centre}}</ref> She was runner-up in the women's singles event of the English National Badminton Championships in 2013, reached the semi-finals in 2014 and again a losing finalist in 2015. In the 2016 edition she captured the English National women's singles title.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://coventryobserver.co.uk/sport/coventrys-fontaine-chapman-finally-lands-english-national-badminton-crown/|title=Coventry's Fontaine Chapman finally lands English National Badminton crown}}</ref> She played for the Birmingham Lions in the National Badminton League. She won a silver medal with the English National squad at the 2015 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships in Leuven, Belgium.
== Achievements ==
=== BWF International Challenge/Series === ''Women's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center"|2013 | align="left"|Auckland International | align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Tracey Hallam | align="left"|15-21, 16-21 | style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{Silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center"|2014 | align="left"|Hungarian International | align="left"|{{flagicon|DEN}} Sandra-Maria Jensen | align="left"|11-2, 11-10, 11-9 | style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center"|2015 | align="left"|Hellas International | align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL}} Linda Zetchiri | align="left"|21–9, 14–6 retired | style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{gold1}} '''Winner''' |} : {{Color box|#C6AEFF|border=darkgray}} BWF International Challenge tournament : {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} BWF International Series tournament : {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} BWF Future Series tournament
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{BWF|C4017C5A-7B06-478F-B2B7-CAAE83925570}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, Fontaine Mica}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Coventry Category:English female badminton players Category:21st-century English sportswomen
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