Rachael Darragh

Rachael Darragh
Personal information
Country  Ireland
Born (1997-09-24) 24 September 1997
Letterkenny, Ireland
Height 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)
Handedness Right
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking 134 (WS 8 June 2017)
67 (WD 17 November 2016)
157 (XD 20 October 2016)
BWF profile

Rachael Darragh (born 24 September 1997) is an Irish badminton player who trained at the Raphoe badminton club.[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 Fyffes Irish Future Series 2012 in the women's doubles event with her partner Alannah Stephenson.[4] Darragh competed at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, also represented Northern Ireland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[5][6]

Darragh graduated from the Raphoe Royal and Prior Comprehensive School, and educated leisure management at Dublin Institute of Technology.[5][6]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Irish International Republic of Ireland Alannah Stephenson Republic of Ireland Sinead Chambers
Republic of Ireland Jennie King		 18–21, 14–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Players: Rachael Darragh". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Profile: Rachael Darragh". badmintonireland.net. Badminton Ireland. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Medals at UK School Games". www.badmintonireland.com. Badminton Ireland. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Fyffes Irish Future Series 2012". www.irishsportscouncil.ie. Sport Ireland. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Athletes: Rachael Darragh". www.baku2015.com. Baku 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Participants: Rachael Darragh". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.


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