Go Ah-ra (badminton)

Go Ah-ra
Personal information
Country  South Korea
Born (1992-09-21) 21 September 1992
Jeonnam Province, South Korea
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking 9 (WD) 12 December 2013
72 (XD) 12 December 2013
Current ranking 125 (WD)
93 (XD) (27 April 2017)
Medal record
Women's Badminton
Representing  South Korea
Uber Cup
2016 KunsanWomen's team
2014 New DelhiWomen's team
Asian Games
2014 IncheonWomen's team
Asian Championships
2013 Taipei Women's doubles
Asian Team Championships
2016 HyderabadWomen's team
Summer Universiade
2015 GwangjuMixed team
2015 GwangjuWomen's doubles
2015 GwangjuMixed doubles
BWF profile
Go Ah-ra
Hangul 고아라
Hanja 高我羅
Revised Romanization Go Ah-ra
McCune–Reischauer Ko Ah-ra

Go Ah-ra (born 21 September 1992) is a Korean female 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]

Achievements

Asia Championships

Women's Doubles

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

Summer Universiade

Women's doubles

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

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Korea Masters South Korea Yoo Hae-won South Korea Jang Ye-na
South Korea Kim So-young		 15-21, 12-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Vietnam Open South Korea Yoo Hae-won Malaysia Amelia Alicia Anscelly
Malaysia Soong Fie Cho		 12-21, 21-10, 21-9 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Iceland International South Korea Yoo Hae-won South Korea Lee So-hee
South Korea Shin Seung-chan		 18-21, 16-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

References

  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.
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