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Sonya McGinn (born 17 December 1973) is an Irish former badminton player. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, became the first Irish player in badminton at the Summer Olympics. The Howth women lost in the second round to Mia Audina of the Netherlands, former silver medalist in 1996 Atlanta in the straight games. McGinn had won 9 times National Championships title, 5 in the women's singles and 4 in the women's doubles event.

Achievements

IBF International

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Irish International	Justine Willmott	8–11, 8–11	Runner-up
1999	Portugal International	Ella Karachkova	5–11, 10–13	Runner-up
2000	Chile International	Takako Ida	6–11, 7–11	Runner-up
2000	Peru International	Takako Ida	3–11, 3–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Irish International	Keelin Fox	Gail Emms Joanne Wright	16–17, 10–15	Runner-up

References

1. "Players: Sonya McGinn". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
2. "Badminton: Sonya McGinn". The Irish Times. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
3. "McGinn's travels to end in Sydney". The Irish Times. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
4. "Olympics: McGinn out of Womens Badminton singles". RTÉ.ie. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
5. "Ireland - The Badminton Union of Ireland". Badminton Ireland. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

External links

• Sonya McGinn at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
• Sonya McGinn at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

• 1977 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from County Dublin
• Irish female badminton players
• Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Olympic badminton players for Ireland