Goh Jin Wei

Goh Jin Wei
Personal information
Born	(2000-01-30) 30 January 2000 Bukit Mertajam, Penang, Malaysia
Residence	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's Singles
Highest ranking	26 (13 July 2017)
Current ranking	26 (20 July 2017)
Medal record Representing  Malaysia Women's badminton Southeast Asian Games 2015 Singapore Women's team 2015 Singapore Women's singles World Junior Championships 2015 Lima Girls' singles 2016 Bilbao Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 2015 Bangkok Girls' singles 2017 Jakarta Mixed team
BWF profile

Goh Jin Wei (born 30 January 2000) is a female badminton player from Malaysia.^[1][2]

Personal life

Goh was born in Bukit Mertajam, Penang.^[3] She first started playing badminton at the age of 6 as a hobby before her father noticed her talent and let her train in Berapit under the guidance of Teh Beng Huat, Lee Chong Wei's former coach.^[4] When she was 11, she won the national level representing her primary school.^[3] In 2013, she turned-down an offer from Singapore to play for the country.^[5] She became a member of the Malaysia national team in 2014.

Her idols are Ratchanok Intanon and Nozomi Okuhara.

Career

2015

In February, Goh creates history as youngest-ever national winner after she won the Kuala Lumpur Open by defeating Lim Yin Fun in the final.^[6] At the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, Goh won the bronze medal in women's singles event and a silver medal in women's team event.^[7] She won her first senior title, the Belgian International at the age of 15 by defeating Kirsty Gilmour, a player ranked nearly 300 places above her in the final.^[8] She won her second title at the Vietnam International.^[9] At the 2015 World Junior Championships in Peru, she became the first ever Malaysian player to wins the girls singles' event when she defeated compatriot Lee Ying Ying in the final.^[10] She also won the girls' singles gold, girls' doubles silver, and girls' team bronze at the 2015 ASEAN School Games.^[11][12]

2016

In April, she won the Orleans International.^[13] She was a member of Malaysia squad at the 2016 Uber Cup.^[14] Although Malaysia failed to past the group stage, Goh was Malaysia's most impressive player. In the last group match against Spain, she lost to reigning world champion, Carolina Marin in rubber sets.^[15] She makes her Super Series debut at the 2016 Australian Super Series.^[16] She defeated Michelle Li in the first round before losing to eventual winner, Saina Nehwal in the second round.^[17]

For the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she was about to be chosen after Tee Jing Yi suffered an ankle injury in May before the player had been cleared to compete at Rio.^[18]

In her first Grand Prix Gold tournament, Goh reached the final of Indonesian Masters before losing to top seed, Busanan Ongbamrungphan.^[19] She then lost in the semifinals of the Thailand Open to the same opponent. On 7 December, she became national no. 1 shuttler for the first time in her career after overtaking Tee Jing Yi in BWF Ranking.^[20]

Achievements

Finals (3 titles, 2 runner up)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
2	2017	Chinese Taipei Open	Saena Kawakami	17–21, 17–21
2	2016	Indonesian Masters	Busanan Ongbumrungpan	15–21, 13–21
1	2016	Orleans International	Fitriani	15-21, 21-10, 21-7
1	2015	Vietnam International	Chen Su-yu	21-9, 21-13
1	2015	Belgian International	Kirsty Gilmour	21-15, 21-18

     Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix tournament

     International Challenge tournament

     International Series tournament

Junior final (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
1	2015	World Junior Championships	Lee Ying Ying	21-15, 21-16

Award

• SAM-100 Plus Best Young Athlete: 2015^[21]

References

External links

• Goh Jin Wei at BWFbadminton.com