Sonya McGinn (born 17 December 1973) is an Irish former

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 p ...

player. She competed at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

in Sydney, Australia, became the first Irish player in

badminton at the Summer Olympics Badminton had its debut as an official event on the 1992 Summer Olympics and has been contested in eight Olympiads. 74 different nations have appeared in the Olympic badminton competitions, with 18 appearing all eight times. It is governed by th ...

. The Howth women lost in the second round to

Mia Audina Mia Audina Tjiptawan (born 22 August 1979) is a former Indonesian badminton player who represented Indonesia and later the Netherlands in international competitions. A badminton prodigy, Audina first played Uber Cup (the women's world team champi ...

of the Netherlands, former silver medalist in 1996 Atlanta in the straight games. McGinn had won 9 times

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title, 5 in the women's singles and 4 in the women's doubles event.

Achievements

IBF International

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

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McGinn, Sonya 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from County Dublin Irish female badminton players Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Ireland