Rachael Darragh

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Rachael Darragh
Personal information
CountryIreland
Born (1997-09-24) 24 September 1997 (age 26)
Letterkenny, Ireland
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking59 (WS, 24 October 2023)
67 (WD with Sara Boyle, 17 November 2016)
74 (XD with Paul Reynolds, 25 October 2022)
Current ranking59 (WS, 24 October 2023)
BWF profile

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]

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Darragh graduated from the Royal and Prior School in Raphoe, and studied leisure management at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT). [5] [7]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 runners-up)

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2021 Lithuanian International Flag of India.svg Malvika Bansod 14–21, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012 Irish International Flag of Ireland.svg Alannah Stephenson Flag of Ireland.svg Sinead Chambers
Flag of Ireland.svg Jennie King
18–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2020 Portugal International Flag of Ireland.svg Sara Boyle Flag of Scotland.svg Lauren Middleton
Flag of Scotland.svg Holly Newall
20–22, 23–25Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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References

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  3. "Medals at UK School Games". Badminton Ireland. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  4. "Fyffes Irish Future Series 2012". Sport Ireland. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Athletes: Rachael Darragh". Baku 2015. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  7. 1 2 "Participants: Rachael Darragh". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.