Rachael Darragh (born 24 September 1997) is an Irish badminton player who trained at the Raphoe Badminton Club in Raphoe in East Donegal.[1][2] She won the girls' singles bronze medal at the 2012 UK School Games held in London.[3] At the same year, she became the runner-up of 2012 Fyffes Irish Future Series in the women's doubles event with her partner Alannah Stephenson.[4] Darragh competed at the 2015 Baku and 2019 Minsk European Games,[5][6] also represented Northern Ireland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.[7]
Rachael Darragh | |
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Personal information | |
Country | Ireland |
Born | Letterkenny, Ireland | 24 September 1997
Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) |
Handedness | Right |
Women's singles & doubles | |
Highest ranking | 59 (WS, 24 October 2023) 67 (WD with Sara Boyle, 17 November 2016) 74 (XD with Paul Reynolds, 25 October 2022) |
Current ranking | 68 (WS, 16 July 2024) |
BWF profile |
Darragh graduated from the Royal and Prior School in Raphoe, and studied leisure management at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT).[5][7]
Achievements
editBWF International Challenge/Series (3 runners-up)
editWomen's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2021 | Lithuanian International | Malvika Bansod | 14–21, 11–21 | Runner-up |
Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2012 | Irish International | Alannah Stephenson | Sinead Chambers Jennie King |
18–21, 14–21 | Runner-up |
2020 | Portugal International | Sara Boyle | Lauren Middleton Holly Newall |
20–22, 23–25 | Runner-up |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
edit- ^ "Players: Rachael Darragh". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ "Profile: Rachael Darragh". Badminton Ireland. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ "Medals at UK School Games". Badminton Ireland. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ "Fyffes Irish Future Series 2012". Sport Ireland. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Athletes: Rachael Darragh". Baku 2015. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ McNulty, Chris (25 June 2019). "Rachael Darragh loses out to Li in Minsk". Donegal Daily. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Participants: Rachael Darragh". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
External links
edit- Rachael Darragh at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com