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Australian badminton player (born 1995)
Badminton player
Gronya Somerville Country Australia Born (1995-05-10 ) 10 May 1995 (age 29 ) Carlton , Melbourne , AustraliaHeight 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in )[1] Weight 62 kg (137 lb ) Handedness Right Highest ranking 18 (WD with Setyana Mapasa , 2 March 2017) 43 (XD with Kenneth Choo , 31 October 2023) 51 (XD with Simon Leung , 17 March 2020) Current ranking 56 (WD with Kaitlyn Ea ) 44 (XD with Kenneth Choo) (16 April 2024) BWF profile
Gronya Somerville (born 10 May 1995) is an Australian badminton player specializing in doubles.[2] She has won nine Oceania Championships titles, six in the women's doubles and three in the mixed doubles.
Somerville partnered with Riky Widianto in Australian Embassy Jakarta in 2016
Personal life
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Somerville, born to an Australian mother of Anglo-Celtic origin and a Chinese father, became famous when it was revealed that she is the descendant of a prominent Qing dynasty political reformer, Kang Youwei .[3] She is studying exercise science at Victoria University .[4] [when? ]
Career
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Somerville's skills were discovered during a badminton talent identification program which she attended after receiving a flyer from her primary school PE teacher when she was about 12 or 13.[5] [6] Born in Melbourne in 1995, Somerville first captured the media's attention as a young player in 2012 at the Uber Cup in central China's Hubei Province.[3]
She won gold medals at the 2014 Oceania Badminton Championships in women's doubles and mixed team events. Her current partners are Setyana Mapasa in women's doubles and Simon Leung in mixed doubles. She represented her country at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[7] Together with Mapasa, they managed to win Australia's first ever Grand Prix title in 2016, after winning the Canada Open .[8] They also won the Dutch Open in the same year.[9] In 2017, she and Mapasa won the women's doubles title at the Oceania Championships, and a silver in the mixed doubles event partnered with Joel Findlay .[10]
She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's and mixed doubles but was eliminated in the group stage in both events.[11]
Achievements
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Oceania Championships
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Women's doubles
Year
Venue
Partner
Opponent
Score
Result
2014
Ken Kay Badminton Hall,Ballarat , Australia
Jacqueline Guan
Jacinta Joe Louisa Ma
21–14, 21–17
Gold
2015
X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre,Auckland , New Zealand
Leanne Choo
Talia Saunders Jennifer Tam
21–14, 21–11
Gold
2016
Punaauia University Hall,Papeete , Tahiti
Melinda Sun
Tiffany Ho Jennifer Tam
17–21, 21–19, 20–22
Silver
2017
Salle Anewy,Nouméa , New Caledonia
Setyana Mapasa
Tiffany Ho Joy Lai
16–21, 21–18, 21–14
Gold
2018
Eastlink Badminton Stadium,Hamilton , New Zealand
Setyana Mapasa
Leanne Choo Renuga Veeran
21–14, 22–20
Gold
2019
Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre ,Melbourne , Australia
Setyana Mapasa
Yingzi Jiang Louisa Ma
21–10, 21–9
Gold
2020
Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia
Setyana Mapasa
Sally Fu Alyssa Tagle
21–9, 21–10
Gold
2022
Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Kaitlyn Ea
Joyce Choong Sylvina Kurniawan
19–21, 15–21
Silver
2023
Auckland Badminton Stadium,Auckland , New Zealand
Joyce Choong
Sylvina Kurniawan Setyana Mapasa
19–21, 11–21
Bronze
2024
Leisuretime Sports Precinct,Geelong , Australia
Kaitlyn Ea
Setyana Mapasa Angela Yu
18–21, 11–21
Silver
Mixed doubles
Year
Venue
Partner
Opponent
Score
Result
2012
Ken Kay Badminton Hall,Ballarat , Australia
Ross Smith
Glenn Warfe Leanne Choo
11–21, 17–21
Bronze
2014
Ken Kay Badminton Hall, Ballarat, Australia
Raymond Tam
Oliver Leydon-Davis Susannah Leydon-Davis
19–21, 19–21
Bronze
2015
X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre,Auckland , New Zealand
Matthew Chau
Oliver Leydon-Davis Danielle Tahuri
15–21, 21–19, 14–21
Bronze
2017
Salle Anewy,Nouméa , New Caledonia
Joel Findlay
Sawan Serasinghe Setyana Mapasa
19–21, 9–21
Silver
2019
Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre ,Melbourne , Australia
Simon Leung
Sawan Serasinghe Khoo Lee Yen
21–18, 21–15
Gold
2020
Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia
Simon Leung
Pham Tran Hoang Sylvina Kurniawan
21–12, 21–8
Gold
2022
Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Kenneth Choo
Oliver Leydon-Davis Anona Pak
21–18, 19–21, 21–12
Gold
2023
Auckland Badminton Stadium,Auckland , New Zealand
Kenneth Choo
Lim Ming Chuen Sylvina Kurniawan
21–12, 21–16
Gold
2024
Leisuretime Sports Precinct,Geelong , Australia
Kenneth Choo
Edward Lau Shaunna Li
21–11, 25–27, 21–14
Gold
BWF World Tour (1 title)
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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[12] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[13]
Women's doubles
BWF Grand Prix (2 titles)
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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold . It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
Women's doubles
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 14 runners-up)
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Women's doubles
Year
Tournament
Partner
Opponent
Score
Result
2014
Auckland International
Leanne Choo
Chang Ching-hui Chang Hsin-tien
11–6, 8–11, 10–11, 9–11
Runner-up
2015
Waikato International
Setyana Mapasa
Ruwindi Serasinghe Alice Wu
21–13, 21–10
Winner
2015
Auckland International
Setyana Mapasa
Pan Tzu-chin Tsai Hsin-yu
21–9, 21–5
Winner
2015
Maribyrnong International
Setyana Mapasa
Chen Hsuan-yu Shu Yu-lin
20–22, 17–21, 21–18
Winner
2015
Sydney International
Setyana Mapasa
Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai
13–21, 5–21
Runner-up
2015
Norwegian International
Setyana Mapasa
Amanda Madsen Isabella Nielsen
21–5, 21–13
Winner
2015
Italian International
Setyana Mapasa
Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva
19–21, 21–18, 6–13 retired
Runner-up
2016
Brazil International
Setyana Mapasa
Chisato Hoshi Naru Shinoya
13–21, 19–21
Runner-up
2017
Nouméa International
Setyana Mapasa
Tiffany Ho Joy Lai
21–11, 21–8
Winner
2019
South Australia International
Setyana Mapasa
Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi
15–21, 21–19, 9–21
Runner-up
2019
Nepal International
Setyana Mapasa
K. Maneesha Rutaparna Panda
21–10, 18–21, 21–11
Winner
2019
Yonex / K&D Graphics International
Setyana Mapasa
Rachel Honderich Kristen Tsai
14–21, 21–9, 21–18
Winner
2021
Irish Open
Chen Hsuan-yu
Debora Jille Cheryl Seinen
21–15, 14–21, 14–21
Runner-up
2022
North Harbour International
Chen Hsuan-yu
Sung Shuo-yun Yu Chien-hui
19–21, 17–21
Runner-up
Mixed doubles
Year
Tournament
Partner
Opponent
Score
Result
2013
Auckland International
Raymond Tam
Ross Smith Renuga Veeran
16–21, 12–21
Runner-up
2015
Waikato International
Matthew Chau
Sawan Serasinghe Setyana Mapasa
13–21, 17–21
Runner-up
2015
Turkey International
Matthew Chau
Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba
12–21, 13–21
Runner-up
2019
Waikato International
Simon Leung
Hiroki Midorikawa Natsu Saito
15–21, 13–21
Runner-up
2023
Dutch International
Kenneth Choo
Brandon Yap Annie Lado
21–18, 23–21
Winner
2023
Mongolia International
Kenneth Choo
Tanakorn Meechai Fungfa Korpthammakit
22–20, 21–17
Winner
2023
Bendigo International
Kenneth Choo
Chen Sheng-fa Lin Jhih-yun
21–12, 14–21, 11–21
Runner-up
2023
Sydney International
Kenneth Choo
Chen Sheng-fa Lin Jhih-yun
18–21, 11–21
Runner-up
2024
Uganda International
Kenneth Choo
Sathish Kumar Karunakaran Aadya Variyath
20–22, 21–18, 19–21
Runner-up
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
BWF Future Series tournament
References
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^ a b Liu, Kiki, ed. (20 May 2015). "Gronya Somerville: Australian Following in Footsteps of Badminton Ace Lin Dan" . Women of China . Archived from the original on 12 August 2016.
^ Rogers, Andrew (10 April 2016). "East Brunswick badminton player Gronya Somerville chasing her Olympic dream" . Moreland Leader . Retrieved 25 March 2017 – via Herald Sun .
^ Levy, Megan (5 May 2016). " 'Next badminton icon': Australia's Gronya Somerville to take on world's best" . The North West Star . Retrieved 25 March 2017 .
^ "Gronya Somerville: Courting success in sport and in life" . Australia Plus . Retrieved 25 March 2017 .
^ "Commonwealth Games Team Announced" . Badminton Australia . Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2017 .
^ "Canada Open 2016 Finals – 1 takes 3rd, 3 take 1st" . Badzine . Retrieved 25 March 2017 .
^ "Mapasa and Somerville Win Second GP Title at Dutch Open" . Badminton Australia . Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017 .
^ "New Zealand, Australia Dominate Finals" . Badminton Oceania . Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017 .
^ "Somerville Gronya" . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021 .
^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure" . Badminton World Federation . Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017 .
^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!" . Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018 .
External links
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gronya_Somerville&oldid=1230954495 "
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