Zarinah Abdullah (born 12 July 1971) is a retired

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player notable for being the first female professional badminton player in Singapore. She was considered Singapore's top badminton player in the 1990s and represented the country in the

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Career

Zarinah started playing badminton at the age of 12. While studying at Outram Institute, she competed in the national championships. As of February 1990, she was Singapore's national women's champion for two years. She subsequently quit her pre-university studies to become a full-time badminton player. Zarinah participated in the

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in the women's singles event. She achieved her highest world ranking of seven in July 1993 and her highest World Grand Prix ranking of three in January 1994.

Awards

Zarinah received the 1993 and 1994 Meritorious Award from the Singapore National Olympic Committee.

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

''Women's singles''

IBF International

''Women's singles''

References

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* 1971 births Living people Singaporean female badminton players Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Singapore Badminton players at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Singapore Badminton players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Singapore Competitors at the 1989 SEA Games Competitors at the 1991 SEA Games Competitors at the 1993 SEA Games Competitors at the 1995 SEA Games Competitors at the 1997 SEA Games SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore SEA Games medalists in badminton {{Singapore-badminton-bio-stub