A University of the West of Scotland (UWS) graduate has stood on the European Badminton Championships podium for a sixth time.

Kirsty Gilmour, seeded third in the competition, had only dropped a single set through the entire journey to her fifth European Final, ultimately taking silver in Denmark.

A fantastic achievement for Kirsty who has won a total of six medals at the European Championships – five silvers and one bronze – in an incredible career that has seen her compete at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games.

Spending most of the last decade in the top 30 of the world rankings, Kirsty is one of the best badminton singles players that Britain has ever produced.

At Glasgow 2014, while studying at UWS, she became the first Scottish woman to reach a Commonwealth Games Badminton Singles final, winning silver. Following graduation in 2015 with a BA in Creative Industries Practice, Kirsty returned to the podium at the Gold Coast 2018 with a second successive Singles medal, this time a bronze.

Kirsty told Badminton Europe: “It’s been really hard this week. At this point, to add another European medal to the tally, I will take it… there’s less opportunities to get that gold, I know that, but I give it my all every time and I will sleep fine tonight knowing that.”

The final, which took place on Sunday 13 April 2025, saw Kirsty taking on home favourite and top-seeded, Line Kjærsfeldt.

The two followed each other closely until 16-16 in the first game, where Line Kjærsfeldt pulled away to take the set 21-16.

The second game started just as closely as the first, but Kjærsfeldt gained a lead earlier on, and although Kirsty tried to mount a comeback, she never managed to fully catch up.

The match ended 21-16 21-17 in favour of Line Kjærsfeldt.