Sonya McGinn

Sonya McGinn
Personal information
Country	Ireland
Born	(1973-12-17) 17 December 1973 (age 51) Howth, Dublin, Ireland
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Handedness	Right
Event	Women's singles & doubles
BWF profile

Sonya McGinn (born 17 December 1973) is an Irish former badminton player. ^{[1] [2]} She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, became the first Irish player in badminton at the Summer Olympics. ^[3] The Howth women lost in the second round to Mia Audina of the Netherlands, former silver medalist in 1996 Atlanta in the straight games. ^[4] McGinn had won 9 times National Championships title, 5 in the women's singles and 4 in the women's doubles event. ^[5]

Achievements

IBF International

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Irish International	Justine Willmott	8–11, 8–11	Runner-up
1999	Portugal International	Ella Karachkova	5–11, 10–13	Runner-up
2000	Chile International	Takako Ida	6–11, 7–11	Runner-up
2000	Peru International	Takako Ida	3–11, 3–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Irish International	Keelin Fox	Gail Emms Joanne Wright	16–17, 10–15	Runner-up

References

1. "Players: Sonya McGinn". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 30 March 2018.
2. "Badminton: Sonya McGinn". The Irish Times . Retrieved 30 March 2018.
3. "McGinn's travels to end in Sydney". The Irish Times . Retrieved 30 March 2018.
4. "Olympics: McGinn out of Womens Badminton singles". RTÉ.ie . Retrieved 30 March 2018.
5. "Ireland - The Badminton Union of Ireland". Badminton Ireland. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

External links

• Sonya McGinn at BWF .TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
• Sonya McGinn at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)