Rachael Darragh (born 24 September 1997) is an Irish

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player who trained at the Raphoe badminton club. She won the girls' singles bronze medal at the 2012 UK School Games held in London. At the same year, she became the runner-up of 2012 Fyffes Irish Future Series in the women's doubles event with her partner Alannah Stephenson. Darragh competed at the 2015 Baku and 2019 Minsk European Games, also represented

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at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

in Gold Coast, Australia. Darragh graduated from the Raphoe Royal and Prior Comprehensive School, and educated leisure management at

Dublin Institute of Technology Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT, ga, Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath) was a major third-level institution in Dublin, Ireland. On 1 January 2019 DIT was dissolved and its functions were transferred to the Technological Un ...

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 runners-up)

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' :

BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

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* 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Letterkenny Sportspeople from County Donegal Irish female badminton players Badminton players at the 2015 European Games Badminton players at the 2019 European Games Badminton players at the 2023 European Games European Games competitors for Ireland Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Northern Ireland People educated at the Royal and Prior School {{Ireland-badminton-bio-stub