Rachael Darragh

Rachael Darragh
Personal information
Country	Ireland
Born	(1997-09-24) 24 September 1997 (age 27) Letterkenny, Ireland
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

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]

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

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Lithuanian International	Malvika Bansod	14–21, 11–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
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

1. "Players: Rachael Darragh". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 3 September 2016.
2. "Profile: Rachael Darragh". Badminton Ireland. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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. "Athletes: Rachael Darragh". Baku 2015. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
6. McNulty, Chris (25 June 2019). "Rachael Darragh loses out to Li in Minsk". Donegal Daily. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
7. "Participants: Rachael Darragh". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.^{[ dead link ]}

External links

• Rachael Darragh at BWF Badminton.com
• Rachael Darragh at BWF .TournamentSoftware.com (archived, alternate link )
• Rachael Darragh at Olympics.com
• Rachael Darragh at the Olympic Federation of Ireland
• Rachael Darragh at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Rachael Darragh at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Rachael Darragh at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Rachael Darragh at the Baku 2015 European Games (archived)