Rachael Darragh

Rachael Darragh (born 24 September 1997) is a badminton player who represented Northern Ireland at two Commonwealth Games and is a seven-time Irish champion.

Biography Darragh trained at the Raphoe Badminton Club in Raphoe in East Donegal. She won the girls' singles bronze medal at the 2012 UK School Games held in London. At the same year, she became the runner-up of 2012 Fyffes Irish Future Series in the women's doubles event with her partner Alannah Stephenson. Darragh competed at the 2015 Baku and 2019 Minsk European Games.

Darragh also represented Northern Ireland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia and the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

She competed for Ireland at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Darragh is a seven-time Irish champion at the Irish National Badminton Championships, winning the Irish women's singles title four times, the women's doubles twice and the mixed doubles once.

Darragh graduated from the Royal and Prior School in Raphoe, and studied leisure management at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT).

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 runners-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2021 Lithuanian International Malvika Bansod 14–21, 11–21 Runner-up

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2012 Irish International Alannah Stephenson Sinead Chambers Jennie King 18–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2020 Portugal International Sara Boyle Lauren Middleton Holly Newall 20–22, 23–25 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament