Go Ah-ra (badminton)

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

Go Ah-ra
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	21 September 1992 Jeonnam Province, South Korea
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	9 (WD 12 December 2013) 72 (XD 12 December 2013
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  South Korea Uber Cup 2016 Kunsan Women's team 2014 New Delhi Women's team Asian Games 2014 Incheon Women's team Asian Championships 2013 Taipei Women's doubles Asian Team Championships 2016 Hyderabad Women's team Summer Universiade 2015 Gwangju Mixed team 2015 Gwangju Women's doubles 2015 Gwangju Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Go Ah-ra
Hangul	고아라
Hanja	高我羅
Revised Romanization	Go Ah-ra
McCune–Reischauer	Ko Ah-ra

Achievements

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan	Yoo Hae-won	Wang Xiaoli 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	Yoo Hae-won	Ou Dongni 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	Kim Sa-rang	Kim Gi-jung Shin Seung-chan	10–21, 17–21	Bronze

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Vietnam Open	Yoo Hae-won	Amelia Alicia Anscelly Soong Fie Cho	12–21, 21–10, 21–9	Winner
2013	Korea Grand Prix Gold	Yoo Hae-won	Jang Ye-na Kim So-young	15–21, 12–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Iceland International	Yoo Hae-won	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	18–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2018	Dubai International	Yoo Chae-ran	Bang Ji-sun Jeon Ju-i	21–14, 21–15	Winner

  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.

External links

• Go Ah-ra at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com