Victoria "Vicky" Na (born 23 March 1991) is an Australian badminton player. She is of Indonesian and Thai descent. She has won an Australian age national championship and participated in several international badminton competitions. Na made her Australian national badminton team debut in 2011 and was a member of the Australian 2012 Summer Olympics badminton team.
| Victoria Na | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 March 1991 Carlton, Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 71 (WS) 29 November 2012 55 (XD) 31 January 2013 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal edit
Nicknamed Vicky, Na was born on 23 March 1991 in Carlton, Victoria and as of 2012[update] lives in Glen Waverley, Victoria.[1][2] She is 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) tall and weighs 60 kilograms (130 lb).[1] She attended Mount View Primary School, and then went on to high school at Wesley College (Victoria). She then completed her final high school years at Haileybury Girls College.[1][2] As of 2012[update] she is working on a Bachelor of Arts in Digital Arts at RMIT, starting her degree in 2009.[1]
Career edit
Na plays singles women's badminton for the Badminton Academy of Victoria, located in Kilsyth, Victoria.[1] She started competing in the sport in 2000 as a nine-year-old, and has always been coached by her father Kobeng Na.[1]
In 2005, Na won the Australian junior national championships in the under-15 singles class.[1] In 2007, she won the under-17 singles class at the Australasian Junior Championships.[1] In 2009, she won the under-19 singles class at the Australasian Junior Championships.[1] She finished first at the 2011 Ethiopia International 2011 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in the singles competition.[1] She finished second at the 2012 Thomas Cup Preliminaries — Oceania in Ballarat, Australia in the team event.[1] She finished first at the 2012 Uber Cup Preliminaries — Oceania in Ballarat, Australia in the team event.[1] At the 2012 Yonex Australian Open Grand Prix Gold in Sydney, Australia in the singles event, she finished seventeenth.[1] At the 2012 Air Tahiti Nui International Challenge in Punaauia, French Polynesia she finished ninth in the singles event.[1] At the 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup in Wuhan China, she finished 9th in the team competition.[1] In June 2012, she was scheduled to participate in a badminton international event in Auckland, New Zealand ahead of the Olympics where she will have a bye in the first round.[2][3][4] In round two, she will meet Ching Chieh Tai from Chinese Taipei.[2]
National team edit
Na made her national team debut in 2011.[1] At the 2012 Oceania Championships in Ballarat, Australia, she finished third in the singles event and first in the team event.[1] In June 2012, she was named to Australia's badminton team for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5][6][7] The Games was her first Olympic appearance.[1]
Achievements edit
Oceania Championships edit
Women's Singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2012 | Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia |
Verdet Kessler
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17–21, 22–24 |  Bronze
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Mixed Doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2012 | Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia |
Luke Chong
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Raymond Tam Eugenia Tanaka
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21–23, 18–21 | Bronze
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BWF International Challenge/Series edit
Women's Singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2011 | Ethiopia International |  Stacey Doubell
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21–13, 15–21, 21–14 |  Winner
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| 2011 | Zimbabwe International |  Claudia Mayer
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21–18, 17–21, 19–21 |  Runner-up
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| 2011 | Namibia International | Claudia Mayer
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25–27, 21–17, 21–17 | Winner
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| 2011 | Counties Manukau International |  Karyn Velez
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12–21, 15–21 | Runner-up
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| 2011 | Altona International | Karyn Velez
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22–24, 17–21 | Runner-up
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Mixed Doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2012 | Auckland International | Luke Chong
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 Tom Armstrong Tracey Hallam
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11–21, 7–21 | Runner-up
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| 2011 | Zimbabwe International | Luke Chong
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 Lawrence Mdege Kudzai Panganai
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21–3, 21–6 | Winner
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| 2011 | Namibia International | Luke Chong
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 Abdelrahman Kashkal Hadia Hosny
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14–21, 21–16, 20–22 | Runner-up
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "London 2012 – Victoria Na". Australian Olympic Committee. 23 March 1991. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ a b c d "SOTX Auckland International 2012 – General". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ "Badminton: Internationals return to Auckland – Sport – NZ Herald News". The New Zealand Herald. 17 March 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ "Hallam features in Auckland International – Oceania Badminton Confederation". SportingPulse. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ "London Olympics: Locals heading to Games — Local News — Sport — Other". Monash Weekly. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ "Australian Olympic badminton team named". Nine MSN. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ "Aussies name badminton line-up". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.