Goh Jin Wei ( zh, s=吴堇溦, t=吳堇溦, poj=Gô͘ Kín-bî, j=Ng4 Gan2 Mei4, p=Wú Jǐnwēi; born 30 January 2000) is a Malaysian

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player. She won the

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and

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and the girls' singles title at the

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. At senior level, she won the women's singles title at the 2017 SEA Games.

Early life

Goh Jin Wei was born in

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into a

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family, to Loh Bee Sim and Goh Boon Huat. She first started playing badminton at the age of six as a hobby. Her father noticed her talent and let her train under the guidance of Teh Peng Huat,

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's former coach. When she was 11, she won the Under-12 Grand Prix Finals and the Malaysian School Sports Council representing her primary school, SJKC Jit Sin ‘B’. She was drafted into the Malaysia national team at the age of 14.

Career

Junior level

At the 2015 World Junior Championships, Goh won the girls singles' event by defeating compatriot

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in the final. In 2017, she earned a bronze medal in the

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after losing to

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in the semifinals. Goh participated at the

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in Buenos Aires where she defeated top seed,

Phittayaporn Chaiwan Lalinrat Chaiwan ( th, ลลินรัตน์ ไชยวรรณ; born Pattarasuda Chaiwan ( th, ภัทรสุดา ไชยวรรณ), 21 February 2001) is a Thai badminton player. She has shown her talent as a badminton player ...

in the semifinals. In the final, Goh defeated

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to win Malaysia's first gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games. In doing so, Goh became the first ever shuttler to win both World Junior Championships and the Youth Olympic Games title. At the 2018 World Junior Championships, Goh reached the final where she defeated

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to capture her second World Junior Championship title.

2015–2020

In February 2015, Goh became the youngest-ever national winner at the age of 15 after defeating

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in the final of the Kuala Lumpur Open. At the 2015 SEA Games, Goh won the bronze medal in women's singles event and a silver medal in women's team event. She won her first senior title, the

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at the age of 15 by defeating

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in the final. She won her second senior title at the Vietnam International. In April 2016, she won the Orleans International. Goh was named in the Malaysian squad for the 2016 Uber Cup. She made her Super Series debut at the

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where she defeated

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in the first round before losing to eventual champion,

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in the second round. In her first Grand Prix Gold tournament, Goh reached the final of the

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before losing to top seed,

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. She then lost in the semifinals of the Thailand Open to the same opponent. In December 2016, she became national No. 1 shuttler for the first time in her career after surpassing Tee Jing Yi in BWF Ranking. In January 2017, Goh competed at the Malaysian Masters where she lost to

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in the second round after playing with an injury. She made her return at the Malaysia Open in April and was defeated in the second round by

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. In July 2017, she reached the final of the

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where she lost to

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. At the 2017 SEA Games in August, Goh won all her matches in the women's team event. The team made it to the finals where they lost to Thailand, taking home the silver medal. In the women's singles event, Goh defeated her compatriot and senior,

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in the final, becoming the first Malaysian to win the women's singles gold medal since

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in 2003. In September 2017, Goh reached the final of the

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which she lost to

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. In March 2018, she competed in her first All England Open but lost to

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in the second round. In June 2018, she reached the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open before losing to eventual winner,

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. In her

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debut, she lost to the reigning world champion,

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in the third round. At the

Korea Masters The Korea Masters is an international badminton tournament that usually held in November or December every year of BWF event calendar in South Korea. The total prize money in 2016 was US$120,000. Before 2010, the level of the tournament was an Inter ...

in November, Goh lost in the semifinals to

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. In January 2019, Goh beat

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and

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to reached the semifinals of

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before losing to eventual winner,

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. At the 2019 German Open, Goh reached the semifinals where she lost to

. Goh would later suffer from a stomach ailment and she played her last BWF tournament in 2019 at the

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where she lost to

in the first round. In October, she underwent surgery due to the ailment. She made her return at the 2020 Thailand Masters, losing to

in the first round. Goh was included in the Malaysia's

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squad which would be her final BWF tournament in 2020.

2021–present: Retirement and return to badminton

In March 2021, Goh reached the quarterfinals of

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. In June, Goh competed at the Spanish International, reaching the final before losing to

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. In September 2021, Goh announced her retirement from professional badminton in a YouTube video, citing health reasons after her colectomy surgery back in 2019. However, Goh returned to professional badminton after signing a three-year contract with Kuala Lumpur Racquet Club as an independent player on 6 January 2022 while reiterating that she would not be able to give her full commitment as a player with the national team due to her health issues. She was due to appear in the

2022 Syed Modi International The 2022 Syed Modi International (officially known as the Syed Modi India International) was a badminton tournament that took place at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, from 18 to 23 January 2022. It had a ...

and 2022 Odisha Open after having registered for the tournaments, but was asked to withdraw by the

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(BAM). On 21 January 2022, BAM issued her a backdated two-year ban from participating in

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-sanctioned tournaments, starting from when she left the national team in September 2021. The ban was issued to her and

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after the latter quit the national team on 19 January 2022. On 27 January 2022, after submitting her appeal to BAM, the ban was rescinded. The 2022 Korea Open was Goh's first tournament after the rescinding of her ban where she was eliminated in the quarterfinals by

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. In October 2022, she reached her first

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final and finished as runner-up at the 2022 Vietnam Open Super 100 tournament.

Achievements

SEA Games

''Women's singles''

Youth Olympic Games

''Girls' singles''

World Junior Championships

''Girls' singles''

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Women's singles''

BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Women's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

''Women's singles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament

BWF Junior International (2 titles)

''Girls' singles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament : BWF Junior International Challenge tournament : BWF Junior International Series tournament : BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Awards and accolades

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goh, Jin Wei 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Penang Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian female badminton players Badminton players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for Malaysia Badminton players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Malaysia Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in badminton 21st-century Malaysian women