Goh Liu Ying
| Goh Liu Ying | |
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 Goh Liu Ying at the 2013 French Super Series | |
| Personal information | |
| Country |
 Malaysia |
| Born |
30 May 1989 Malacca, Malaysia |
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1] |
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb)[1] |
| Handedness | Right |
| Coach |
Jeremy Gan Chin Eei Hui |
| Women's & Mixed doubles | |
| Highest ranking | 3 (XD) (3 July 2013 [2]) |
| Current ranking | 3 (XD) (8 November 2016[3]) |
Medal record
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| BWF profile | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 吳柳螢 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 吴柳萤 | ||||||
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Goh Liu Ying (born 30 May 1989 in Malacca) is a Malaysian professional badminton player who competes in the doubles event. She and her regular partner, Chan Peng Soon have ranked as high as No. 3 worldwide in mixed doubles. They won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]
Personal life
Goh was born in Malacca to Goh Chak Whee and Yong Oi Lin.[5] She is the eldest of three siblings.[6] She first started training in badminton at the age of 10.[7] She enrolled into the Bukit Jalil Sports School when she was 13 years old.[7]
Goh received RM150,000 under the National Sports Council’s incentive scheme for winning the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[8] She also received RM25,000 from Malacca state government and another RM25,000 from Penang state government.[9][10]
As of 2016 August, she is still dating with her current boyfriend Ong Jian Guo, who is also a badminton athlete.[11]
Career
Goh makes her international debut in 2007.[12] In 2009, Goh and Chan reached their first international tournament final at the Vietnam Open but were defeated by Flandy Limpele and Cheng Wen-hsing. At the 2009 Southeast Asian Games, she won gold in women's team event and bronze in mixed doubles event.
In 2010, they won the Badminton Asia Championships after defeating South Korean's Yoo Yeon-seong and Kim Min-jung in the final. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, she won the gold medal in mixed team event. In the mixed doubles event, Goh and Chan lost the bronze medal match to Chayut Triyachart and Yao Lei. At the 2010 Asian Games they lost in the firs round to eventual winner, Shin Baek-cheol and Lee Hyo-jung.
In 2011, they was defeated by Indonesian pair, Tantowi Ahmad and Lilyana Natsir in the final of the Malaysia Open. They won the Bitburger Open by defeating Denmark's Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl.
In 2012, they lost in the semi-finals of the All England Open to Tantowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir. The following month. they become the runner-up of Australia Open after losing to Chinese Taipei's Chen Hung-Ling and Cheng Wen-Hsing in the final. They gained their first ever Malaysia Open crown by beating Indonesian pair, Irfan Fadhilah and Weni Anggraini.
Goh and Chan represented Malaysia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. They were the first ever Malaysian mixed doubles pair to qualify for the Olympics Games.[13] They lost all three group matches and fails to progress to quarter-finals in their Olympics debut. They won their first ever Super Series tournament at the Japan Open by beating Muhammad Rijal and Lilyana Natsir.
In 2013, Goh decided to undergo knee surgery to fix her aggravating right knee but the surgery was postponed. She underwent surgery in both her knees the following year and after an 11-month hiatus due to recovery, Goh resumed her partnership with Chan in 2015.
They won two titles in 2015, the Russian Open and the Mexico Open.[14][15] At the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, they won silver after losing to Indonesia's Praveen Jordan and Debby Susanto in the mixed doubles final.[16] Goh also won silver in women's team event.
In 2016, they become the runner-up of the inaugural edition of Thailand Masters after losing to unseeded Chinese pair, Zheng Siwei and Chen Qingchen in the final.[17] In March, they clinch their first title of the year by winning the New Zealand Open.[18] In April, they was defeated by Indonesian pair, Tantowi Ahmad and Lilyana Natsir in the final of the Malaysia Open.[19]
Goh and Chan qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[20] They won their first two group stage matches but lost the third to Indonesian pair, Tantowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir.[21] They finished as group runner up and progress to quarter finals round. In the quarter finals, they beat Group B winner, Robert Mateusiak and Nadieżda Zięba of Poland.[22] In the semi-finals, they beat China's Xu Chen and Ma Jin in straight sets to reach the final.[23]
In the final, they had to settle for silver medal after they were beaten by Tantowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir for the second time in the tournament.[24]
Achievements
Olympic Games (0 gold; 1 silver; 0 bronze)
Goh competed in badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Chan Peng Soon and earned a silver medal. They were defeated in the final by the gold medalists Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir of Indonesia in straight sets 21–14 and 21–12.
| 2016 Summer Olympics – Mixed Doubles | ||||
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| Round | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| Group stage | Chan Peng Soon |
 Bodin Issara Savitree Amitrapai |
21–13, 21–19 | Win |
| Group stage |  Robin Middleton Leanne Choo |
21–17, 21–15 | Win | |
| Group stage |  Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir |
15-21, 11-21 | Lose | |
| Quarterfinal |  Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba |
21–17, 21–10 | Win | |
| Semifinal |  Xu Chen Ma Jin |
21–12, 21-19 | Win | |
| Final | Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir |
14-21, 12-21 |  Silver | |
Finals: 15 (9 titles, 6 runners-up)
- Super Series tournament
- Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix tournament
- International Challenge tournament
References
- 1 2 "Goh Liu Ying". Rio 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ↑ "Ranking History". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ↑ "BWF World Rankings". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ↑ "BAM: Mixed doubles pair not disappointing". The Star. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ "Champ's dad hopes prophecy comes true". The Star. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ "Liu Ying's Dream Of Grabbing Olympic Medal Mecomes Reality - Mother". Bernama. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Meet our female Olympians: Goh Liu Ying". Elle Malaysia. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ "Cash flows for Olympic silver medallists Chan-Goh". The Star. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ "Melaka Announces RM50,000 Incentive For Olympic Badminton Silver Medallists Liu Ying-Peng Soon". Bernama. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ "Penang to give RM25,000 to shuttler Goh Liu Ying". The Malay Mail Online. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ "Lovely Couple: Goh Liu Ying & Her Boyfriend". forum.lowyat.net. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
- ↑ "Liu Ying GOH Profile". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ "Hunt for gold: Chong Wei through, all eyes on Malaysia's mixed doubles pair tonight". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ↑ "Badminton: Chan-Goh clinch mixed doubles title at Russian Open". Astro Awani. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ "Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying get revenge, win Mexico City GP". BadmintonPlanet.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ "SEA Games: Indonesia top badminton medals tally with three golds". The Straits Times. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ "Chan-Goh miss Thailand Masters title but secure Rio spot". The Star. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ "New Zealand Open: Goh Liu Ying-Chan Peng Soon clinch mixed doubles victory". FourthOfficial.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ "(Olympics) Shuttlers Peng Soon-Liu Ying make mixed doubles final". The Star. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ↑ "Peng Soon-Liu Ying: We have a medal chance at Rio Games". The Star. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ "Good day for Malaysian doubles shuttlers in Rio too". The Star. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ "Peng Soon-Liu Ying storm into Olympic Games semis in style". The Star. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ "(Olympics) Shuttlers Peng Soon-Liu Ying make mixed doubles final". New Straits Times. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ "(Olympics) Heartbreak for Malaysia as gold slips through Liu Ying-Peng Soon's grasp". New Straits Times. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
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World rankings: Top ten badminton players as of December 8, 2016 | |
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