Go Ah-ra (badminton)

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Go Ah-ra (born 21 September 1992) is a Korean badminton player, specializing in doubles play.[1] Go won 2013 Vietnam Open Grand Prix with her partner Yoo Hae-won, she and Yoo also won the bronze medal at the 2013 Badminton Asia Championships.[2] In 2016, she won the silver medal at the 2016 Uber Cup with Korean women's badminton team.[3]

Go Ah-ra
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1992-09-21) 21 September 1992 (age 31)
Jeonnam Province, South Korea
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking9 (WD 12 December 2013)
72 (XD 12 December 2013
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  South Korea
Uber Cup
Silver medal – second place 2016 Kunshan Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 New Delhi Women's team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Women's team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Taipei Women's doubles
Asian Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Hyderabad Women's team
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Gwangju Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Gwangju Mixed doubles
BWF profile
Go Ah-ra
Hangul
고아라
Hanja
高我羅
Revised RomanizationGo Ah-ra
McCune–ReischauerKo Ah-ra

Achievements edit

Asian Championships edit

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Taipei Arena,
Taipei, Taiwan
  Yoo Hae-won   Wang Xiaoli
  Yu Yang
15–21, 17–21   Bronze

Summer Universiade edit

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Hwasun Hanium Culture Sports Center,
Hwasun, South Korea
  Yoo Hae-won   Ou Dongni
  Yu Xiaohan
(disqualified)
22–24, 21–15, 15–21   Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Hwasun Hanium Culture Sports Center,
Hwasun, South Korea
  Kim Sa-rang   Kim Gi-jung
  Shin Seung-chan
10–21, 17–21   Bronze

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 1 runner-up) edit

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Vietnam Open   Yoo Hae-won   Amelia Alicia Anscelly
  Soong Fie Cho
12–21, 21–10, 21–9   Winner
2013 Korea Grand Prix Gold   Yoo Hae-won   Jang Ye-na
  Kim So-young
15–21, 12–21   Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 1 runner-up) edit

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Iceland International   Yoo Hae-won   Lee So-hee
  Shin Seung-chan
18–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2018 Dubai International   Yoo Chae-ran   Bang Ji-sun
  Jeon Ju-i
21–14, 21–15   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ "Players: GO Ah Ra". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  2. ^ "화순군청 소속 고아라,유해원 선수 3위". www.ngtv.tv (in Korean). 엔지티비. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Title No.14 for China – TOTAL BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2016". en.ks2016.com. 2016 BWF THOMAS AND UBER CUP FINALS ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE. Retrieved 18 August 2016.

External links edit