1. Early life

2. Career
    Juniors  2015–2018 

3. Achievements
    Southeast Asian Games  Youth Olympic Games  World Junior Championships  BWF Grand Prix  BWF International Challenge/Series 

4. Award

5. References

6. External links

Early life

Goh Jin Wei was born in Bukit Mertajam, Penang into a Malaysian Chinese family, to Loh Bee Sim and Goh Boon Huat.^[3][4] She first started playing badminton at the age of six as a hobby. Her father noticed her talent and let her train under the guidance of Teh Peng Huat, Lee Chong Wei's former coach.^[5] When she was 11, she won the Under-12 Grand Prix Finals and the Malaysian School Sports Council representing her primary school.^[3] In 2013, she turned down an offer from Singapore to play for the country.^[6]{{Dead link|date=January 2019}} She was drafted into the Malaysia national team in 2014.{{Citation needed|date=January 2019}}

Career

Juniors

At the 2015 World Junior Championships, Goh won the girls singles' event by defeating compatriot Lee Ying Ying in the final.^[7] In 2017, she earned a bronze medal in the singles event after losing to Han Yue in the semifinals. Goh participated at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires where she defeated top seed, Phittayaporn Chaiwan in the semifinals. In the final, Goh defeated Wang Zhiyi to win Malaysia's first gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games. In doing so, Goh became the first ever shuttler to win both World Junior Championships and the Youth Olympic Games title.^[8] At the 2018 World Junior Championships, Goh reached the final where she defeated Line Christophersen to capture her second World Junior Championship title.^[9]

2015–2018

In February 2015, Goh became the youngest-ever national winner at the age of 15 after defeating Lim Yin Fun in the final of the Kuala Lumpur Open. 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. She won her first senior title, the Belgian International at the age of 15 by defeating Kirsty Gilmour in the final. She won her second senior title at the Vietnam International.^[10]

In April 2016, she won the Orleans International. Goh was named in the Malaysian squad for the 2016 Uber Cup. She made her Super Series debut at the 2016 Australian Open where she defeated Michelle Li in the first round before losing to eventual champion, Saina Nehwal in the second round. In her first Grand Prix Gold tournament, Goh reached the final of the Indonesian Masters before losing to top seed, Busanan Ongbamrungphan. She then lost in the semifinals of the Thailand Open to the same opponent. In December 2016, she became national No. 1 shuttler for the first time in her career after surpassing Tee Jing Yi in BWF Ranking.

In January 2017, Goh competed at the Malaysian Masters where she lost to Lee Chia-hsin in the second round after playing with an injury.^[11] She made her return at the Malaysia Open in April and was defeated in the second round by Chen Yufei. In July 2017, she reached the final of the Chinese Taipei Open where she lost to Saena Kawakami.^[12] At the 2017 SEA Games in August, Goh won all her matches in the women's team event. The team made it to the finals where they lost to Thailand, taking home the silver medal.^[13] In the women's singles event, Goh defeated her compatriot and senior, Soniia Cheah Su Ya in the final, becoming the first Malaysian to win the women's singles gold medal since Wong Mew Choo in 2003.^[14] In September 2017, Goh reached the final of the Singapore International which she lost to Ruselli Hartawan.

In March 2018, she competed in her first All England Open but lost to Aya Ohori in the second round. In June 2018, she reached the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open before losing to eventual winner, Tai Tzu-ying.^[15] In her World Championships debut, she lost to the reigning world champion, Nozomi Okuhara in the third round. At the Korea Masters in November, Goh lost in the semifinals to Li Xuerui.^[16]

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

Youth Olympic Games

World Junior Championships

BWF Grand Prix

{{Color box|#FFFF67|border=darkgray}} BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

{{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} BWF International Challenge tournament

{{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} BWF International Series tournament

Award

2015

• SAM-100 Plus Best Young Athlete

References

External links

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