{{Short description|Irish badminton player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}} {{Use Irish English|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Sinead Chambers | image = | size = | caption = | nickname = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|2|1}} | birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland | height = | weight = | years_active = | handedness = | coach = | club = Alpha Club, Lisburn<ref name=BT/> | event = Women's singles & doubles | highest_ranking = 163 (WS 11 July 2013)<br /> 100 (WD 3 July 2014)<br /> 126 (XD 20 September 2012) | date_of_highest_ranking = | current_ranking = | date_of_current_ranking = | bwfbadminton_id = 47135 | bwf_id = 1ACFD18E-C9C0-45C7-A0CF-A24EE4FAFEE5 | medaltemplates = }}
'''Sinead Chambers''' (born 1 February 1992) is a former badminton player<ref>{{cite web|title= Players: Sinead Chambers |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/player/47135/sinead-chambers |website=bwfbadminton.com|publisher=Badminton World Federation|accessdate=3 September 2016}}</ref> who competed for Northern Ireland at three Commonwealth Games and is an eight-times champion of Ireland.
== Biography == Chambers' first Irish national senior cap arrived during the 2008 Uber Cup.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004162/20080209/087/0014 |title=Gleave and Chambers set to spark |work=Ireland's Saturday Night |date=9 February 2008 |p=14 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 April 2026}}</ref> Chambers represented Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games at the 2010 Games in Delhi, India,<ref name=BT>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/20100910/381/0070 |title=Badminton |work=Belfast Telegraph |date=10 September 2010 |p=70 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 April 2026}}</ref> the 2014 Games in Glasgow and the 2018 Games in Gold Coast.<ref name="glasgow">{{cite web|title=Sinead Chambers Biography |url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/badminton/1034810/s_chambers.html |website=g2014results.thecgf.com |publisher=Glasgow 2014 |accessdate=3 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Participants: Sinead Chambers |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/badminton/athlete-profile-n6024528-sinead-chambers.htm |website=gc2018.com |publisher=Gold Coast 2018 |accessdate=11 April 2018}}{{dead link|date=August 2025}}</ref> She was the champion at the 2012 Irish Future Series tournament in the women's doubles event with her partner Jennie King and became the runner-up in the singles event.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fyffes Irish Future Series 2012 |url=http://www.irishsportscouncil.ie/Media/Latest_News/2012/October/Fyffes_Irish_Future_Series_2012.html |website=www.irishsportscouncil.ie |publisher=Sport Ireland |access-date=3 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916035955/http://www.irishsportscouncil.ie/Media/Latest_News/2012/October/Fyffes_Irish_Future_Series_2012.html |archive-date=16 September 2016 }}</ref>
Chambers was an eight-time Irish champion at the Irish National Badminton Championships, winning the Irish women's doubles title seven times (six with Jennie King and one with Caroline Black)<ref name=BI>{{cite web |url=https://www.badmintonireland.com/page/badminton-ireland/badminton-ireland-history/irish-senior-nationals-winners |title=Irish Senior Nationals Winners | website=Badminton Ireland |access-date=13 April 2026}}</ref> and the mixed doubles once with her brother Ciaran Chambers.<ref name=BI/><ref>{{cite news |title=Chambers siblings out to boost Games bid with glory in Lisburn |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/chambers-siblings-out-to-boost-games-bid-with-glory-in-lisburn-35145093.html |publisher=Belfast Telegraph |accessdate=11 April 2018}}</ref>.
Chambers graduated from the Ulster University with a first class honours in Physiotherapy and became a members of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, Health and Care Professions Council, and Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports & Exercise Medicines.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sinead Chambers, Physiotherapist |url=http://www.northdownphysio.com/whos-who/sinead/ |website=www.northdownphysio.com |publisher=North Down Physio|accessdate=3 September 2016}}</ref>
== Achievements ==
===BWF International Challenge/Series=== ''Women's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- |- style="background:#E9E9E9" | align="center" | 2012 | align="left" | Irish International | align="left" | {{flagicon|FRA}} Perrine Le Buhanic | align="left" | 17–21, 17–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |}
''Women's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- |- style="background:#E9E9E9" | align="center" | 2012 | align="left" | Irish International | align="left" | {{flagicon|IRL}} Jennie King | align="left" | {{flagicon|IRL}} Rachael Darragh <br /> {{flagicon|IRL}} Alannah Stephenson | align="left" | 21–18, 21–14 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Gold1}} '''Winner''' |}
''Mixed doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- |- style="background:#E9E9E9" | align="center" | 2017 | align="left" | Lithuanian International | align="left" | {{flagicon|IRL}} Ciaran Chambers | align="left" | {{flagicon|CZE}} Filip Budzel <br /> {{flagicon|CZE}} Tereza Švábíková | align="left" | 17–21, 21–18, 21–18 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Gold1}} '''Winner''' |- |- style="background:#E9E9E9" | align="center" | 2014 | align="left" | Lithuanian International | align="left" | {{flagicon|IRL}} Ciaran Chambers | align="left" | {{flagicon|POL}} Pawel Pietryja <br /> {{flagicon|POL}} Aneta Wojtkowska | align="left" | 11–21, 13–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2011 | align="left" | Iceland International | align="left" | {{flagicon|IRL}} Tony Stephenson | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Thomas Dew-Hattens <br /> {{flagicon|DEN}} Louise Hansen | align="left" | 21–23, 13–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |} :{{Color box|#D8CEF6|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|1ACFD18E-C9C0-45C7-A0CF-A24EE4FAFEE5}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chambers, Sinead}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Belfast Category:Irish female badminton players Category:Female badminton players from Northern Ireland Category:Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Badminton players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Northern Ireland Category:Alumni of Ulster University Category:21st-century sportswomen from Northern Ireland