Rachael Darragh
Appearance
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 | 134 (WS 8 June 2017) 67 (WD 17 November 2016) 118 (XD 22 November 2018) |
BWF profile |
Rachael Darragh (born 24 September 1997) is an Irish badminton player who trained at the Raphoe badminton club.[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 Fyffes Irish Future Series 2012 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.[7]
Darragh graduated from the Raphoe Royal and Prior Comprehensive School, and educated leisure management at Dublin Institute of Technology.[5][7]
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series
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 |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
- ^ "Players: Rachael Darragh". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ "Profile: Rachael Darragh". badmintonireland.net. Badminton Ireland. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ "Medals at UK School Games". www.badmintonireland.com. Badminton Ireland. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ "Fyffes Irish Future Series 2012". www.irishsportscouncil.ie. Sport Ireland. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Athletes: Rachael Darragh". www.baku2015.com. Baku 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ McNulty, Chris (25 June 2019). "Rachael Darragh loses out to Li in Minsk". Donegal Daily. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Participants: Rachael Darragh". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
External links
- Rachael Darragh at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
Categories:
- 1998 births
- Living people
- People from Letterkenny
- Sportspeople from County Donegal
- Irish female badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2015 European Games
- Badminton players at the 2019 European Games
- European Games competitors for Ireland
- Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Northern Ireland
- Irish sportspeople stubs
- European badminton biography stubs