Rachel Choong

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Rachel Choong
Parabadminton

Personal information
Type of disability (class): SH6
Nationality: EnglandEngland England
Birthday: February 22, 1994
Medals
last change: 2020-02-15

Rachel Choong (born February 22, 1994 ) is an English badminton player . She starts in Parabadminton in the starting class SH6 and has won numerous other medals in singles, doubles and mixed at World and European Championships since her first participation in a European Badminton Championship for the disabled in Dortmund in 2012 . She is preparing for the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo .

Athletic career

Rachel Choong started playing at the local badminton club at the age of six. Her father and older sister also practice this sport. At the local level, she still takes part in competitions for non-disabled people.

Rachel Choong won gold medals in singles and mixed with Andrew Martin at her first international championship, the European Badminton Championship for the disabled in Dortmund in 2012 . She was able to repeat these successes the following year at the same location at the Badminton World Cup for the disabled . At the 2015 home World Cup in Stoke Mandeville , she not only won gold in singles and mixed games, but also won gold in doubles with her partner Rebecca Bedford . Also in 2016 in Beek , the Netherlands , Choong was successful at the European Championships in singles and mixed, the doubles were only held as a demonstration competition. At the 2017 World Cup in Ulsan , South Korea and the 2018 European Championship in Rodez , France , Choong was able to repeat the triple success of 2015 with the same partners. At the Badminton World Cup for the disabled in Basel in 2019 , Choong had to admit defeat to her Peruvian opponent Carmen Giuliana Póveda Flores in the individual final . In doubles with Bedford and in mixed with Martin, she won gold again.

At the end of 2018, Choong assumed that he would not take part in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo , as no competition for short women was planned. Later, when the program expanded, funding for participation came into question. Since Choong, her colleague Rebecca Bedford and other disabled athletes are not adequately supported by British sports funding, a fundraising campaign took place. The London organization Path to Success , which raises funds to support women in disabled sports, enabled Choong to participate in the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dave Phillips: Family support huge for Choong. In: paralympic.org. November 5, 2015, accessed February 15, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c Natasha Young: The Interview: Para badminton champion Rachel Choong talks to YM Liverpool. In: ymliverpool.com. October 26, 2018, accessed February 15, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Your sport statistics, one place. In: bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved February 15, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Emma Lollike: Triple world champion after Paralympics announcement: Yes, I was disappointed. In: badmintoneurope.com. February 19, 2018, accessed February 15, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Charity raises almost £ 60,000 to help Paralympic hopefuls. In: enablemagazine.co.uk/. October 15, 2019, accessed February 14, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Choong, Rachel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English badminton player
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1994