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'''Andra Whiteside''' (b. 12 June 1989, [[Suva]]) is a Fijian [[badminton]] player.<ref>{{cite web|title=Andra WHITESIDE|url=http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/profile/overview.aspx?id=1C0F1899-3DEB-4377-83C2-375768CC0D37|website=bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com|publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]]|accessdate=2 December 2017}}</ref> She has represented [[Fiji]] at the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] and at the [[2007 Pacific Games]] and again at the [[2011 Pacific Games]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Narain|first1=Pravin|title=Andra Whiteside|url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=310799|accessdate=2 December 2017|work=[[The Fiji Times]]|date=22 June 2015}}</ref> She would again be part of the team that represented Fiji for the [[2015 Pacific Games]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kumar|first1=Vishaal|title=Athletes farewelled|url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=311966|accessdate=2 December 2017|work=[[The Fiji Times]]|date=1 July 2015}}</ref> She won the [[bronze medal]] for Women's Badminton, defeating [[Heimana Chung]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Papua New Guinea teenager Lynette Vai clinches triple gold for Pacific Games hosts|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/squash/papua-new-guinea-teenager-lynette-vai-clinches-triple-gold-pacific-games-hosts|accessdate=2 December 2017|work=[[Sportskeeda]]|date=20 July 2015}}</ref>
'''Andra Whiteside''' (b. 12 June 1989, [[Suva]]) is a Fijian [[badminton]] player.<ref>{{cite web|title=Andra WHITESIDE|url=http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/profile/overview.aspx?id=1C0F1899-3DEB-4377-83C2-375768CC0D37|website=bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com|publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]]|accessdate=2 December 2017}}</ref> She has represented [[Fiji]] at the [[Badminton at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Commonwealth Games]] and at the [[2007 Pacific Games]] and again at the [[2011 Pacific Games]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Narain|first1=Pravin|title=Andra Whiteside|url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=310799|accessdate=2 December 2017|work=[[The Fiji Times]]|date=22 June 2015}}</ref> She would again be part of the team that represented Fiji for the [[2015 Pacific Games]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kumar|first1=Vishaal|title=Athletes farewelled|url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=311966|accessdate=2 December 2017|work=[[The Fiji Times]]|date=1 July 2015}}</ref> She won the [[bronze medal]] for Women's Badminton, defeating [[Heimana Chung]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Papua New Guinea teenager Lynette Vai clinches triple gold for Pacific Games hosts|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/squash/papua-new-guinea-teenager-lynette-vai-clinches-triple-gold-pacific-games-hosts|accessdate=2 December 2017|work=[[Sportskeeda]]|date=20 July 2015}}</ref>


On 3 September 2014, Whiteside won the Women's Badminton competition of her first major squash appearance, defeating [[Sharon Wild]] three to nothing.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kumar|first1=Arin|title=Whiteside, Ho win squash meet|url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=279214|accessdate=2 December 2017|work=[[The Fiji Times]]|date=3 September 2014}}</ref> On 18 September 2016, she won three trophies in Suva's Yat Sen Hall for Women's Singles, Women's Double with her sister, Karen Whiteside, against [[Chloe Kumar]] and [[Shannon Quai Hoi]], and the Mixed Doubles A-grade with [[Jason Low]] against [[Martin Feussner]] and [[Sina Quai Hoi]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ratuva|first1=Anasilini|title=Whiteside Scoops Three Titles|url=http://fijisun.com.fj/2016/09/19/whiteside-scoops-three-titles/|accessdate=2 December 2017|date=19 September 2016|work=[[Fiji Sun]]}}</ref> Some time in that year, she began to train newer badminton players and coach them, and played against Danielle Whiteside, her cousin, on 25 June 2016 in the Woman's A Singles for that year,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Narain|first1=Pravin|title=Top clash at Suva Badminton Open|url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=359738|accessdate=2 December 2017|work=[[The Fiji Times]]|date=25 June 2016}}</ref> defeating her.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Narain|first1=Pravin|title=Low wins Suva Open|url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=359954|accessdate=2 December 2017|work=[[The Fiji Times]]|date=27 June 2016}}</ref>
On 3 September 2014, Whiteside won the Women's Badminton competition of her first major squash appearance, defeating [[Sharon Wild]] three to nothing.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kumar|first1=Arin|title=Whiteside, Ho win squash meet|url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=279214|accessdate=2 December 2017|work=[[The Fiji Times]]|date=3 September 2014}}</ref> On 18 September 2016, she won three trophies in Suva's Yat Sen Hall for Women's Singles, Women's Double with her sister, Karen Whiteside, against [[Chloe Kumar]] and [[Shannon Quai Hoi]], and the Mixed Doubles A-grade with [[Jason Low]] against [[Martin Feussner]] and [[Sina Quai Hoi]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ratuva|first1=Anasilini|title=Whiteside Scoops Three Titles|url=http://fijisun.com.fj/2016/09/19/whiteside-scoops-three-titles/|accessdate=2 December 2017|date=19 September 2016|work=[[Fiji Sun]]}}</ref> Some time in that year, she began to train newer badminton players and coach them, and played against Danielle Whiteside, her cousin, on 25 June 2016 in the Woman's A Singles for that year,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Narain|first1=Pravin|title=Top clash at Suva Badminton Open|url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=359738|accessdate=2 December 2017|work=[[The Fiji Times]]|date=25 June 2016}}</ref> defeating her.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Narain|first1=Pravin|title=Low wins Suva Open|url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=359954|accessdate=2 December 2017|work=[[The Fiji Times]]|date=27 June 2016}}</ref>


In 2009, Whiteside was nominated by the Fiji Badminton Association and selected by FASANOC to join Peter Taylor as representatives of Fiji for the 2008 Olympic Youth Camp, held from 5–19 August 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Andra Whiteside arrives in Beijing!|url=http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-1186-0-0-0&sID=13980&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=6254136|website=websites.sportstg.com|publisher=Fiji Badminton Association|accessdate=2 December 2017}}</ref>
In 2009, Whiteside was nominated by the Fiji Badminton Association and selected by FASANOC to join Peter Taylor as representatives of Fiji for the 2008 Olympic Youth Camp, held from 5–19 August 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Andra Whiteside arrives in Beijing!|url=http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-1186-0-0-0&sID=13980&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=6254136|website=websites.sportstg.com|publisher=Fiji Badminton Association|accessdate=2 December 2017}}</ref>

==Achievements==

===Pacific Games===
''Women's singles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
!|Year
!|Venue
!|Opponent
!|Score
!|Result
|-
|- style="background:#FFAAAA"
|align="center"|[[Badminton at the 2011 Pacific Games|2011]]
|align="left"|[[Nouméa, New Caledonia]]
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NCL}} [[Valérie Sarengat]]
|align="left"|21–13, 21–6
|style="text-align:left; background:white"|[[Image:Med 1.png]] '''Gold'''
|-
|- style="background:#FFAAAA"
|align="center"|[[2007 Pacific Games|2007]]
|align="left"|[[Apia]], [[Samoa]]
|align="left"|{{flagicon image|New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg}} [[Johanna Kou]]
|align="left"|16–21, 21–17, 21–17
|style="text-align:left; background:white"|[[Image:Med 1.png]] '''Gold'''
|}

''Women's doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
!|Year
!|Venue
!|Partner
!|Opponent
!|Score
!|Result
|-
|- style="background:#FFAAAA"
|align="center"|[[Badminton at the 2011 Pacific Games|2011]]
|align="left"|[[Nouméa, New Caledonia]]
|align="left"|{{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Danielle Whiteside]]
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NCL}} [[Cécile Kaddour]]<br/>{{flagicon|NCL}} [[Johanna Kou]]
|align="left"|14–21, 19–21
|style="text-align:left; background:white"|[[Image:Med 2.png]] '''Silver'''
|-
|- style="background:#FFAAAA"
|align="center"|[[2007 Pacific Games|2007]]
|align="left"|[[Apia]], [[Samoa]]
|align="left"|{{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Danielle Whiteside]]
|align="left"|{{flagicon image|New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg}} [[Johanna Kou]]<br/>{{flagicon image|New Caledonia Sports Flag.svg}} [[Cecile Sarengat]]
|align="left"|21–18, 12–21, 8–21
|style="text-align:left; background:white"|[[Image:Med 2.png]] '''Silver'''
|}

''Mixed doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
!|Year
!|Venue
!|Partner
!|Opponent
!|Score
!|Result
|-
|- style="background:#FFAAAA"
|align="center"|[[Badminton at the 2011 Pacific Games|2011]]
|align="left"|[[Nouméa, New Caledonia]]
|align="left"|{{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Burty Molia]]
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NCL}} [[Sébastien Arias]]<br/>{{flagicon|NCL}} [[Melissa Sanmoestanom]]
|align="left"|21–18, 21–11
|style="text-align:left; background:white"|[[Image:Med 3.png]] '''Bronze'''
|}

===BWF International Challenge/Series===
''Women's singles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
!|Year
!|Tournament
!|Opponent
!|Score
!|Result
|-
|- style="background:#E9E9E9"
|align="center"|2011
|align="left"|[[Fiji International (badminton)|Fiji International]]
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NCL}} [[Johanna Kou]]
|align="left"|21–7, 21–18
|style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|}

'Women's doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
!|Year
!|Tournament
!|Partner
!|Opponent
!|Score
!|Result
|-
|- style="background:#E9E9E9"
|align="center"|2011
|align="left"|[[Fiji International (badminton)|Fiji International]]
|align="left"|{{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Danielle Whiteside]]
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NCL}} [[Cecile Kaddour]]<br>{{flagicon|NCL}} [[Johanna Kou]]
|align="left"|19–21, 10–21
|style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
|- style="background:#E9E9E9"
|align="center"|2010
|align="left"|[[Fiji International (badminton)|Fiji International]]
|align="left"|{{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Danielle Whiteside]]
|align="left"|{{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Carline Bentley]]<br>{{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Gabriella Wong]]
|align="left"|21–10, 21–15
|style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|}
:{{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Challenge]] tournament
:{{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Series]] tournament
:{{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} [[BWF Future Series]] tournament


==Citations==
==Citations==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150403160421/http://melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Participants?ID=109650 Profile] at ''melbourne2006.com.au''


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Revision as of 10:07, 7 February 2018

Andra Whiteside
Personal information
Country Fiji
Born (1989-06-12) 12 June 1989 (age 35)
Suva, Fiji
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking201 (WD) (23 September 2010)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Fiji
Oceania Women's Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Hamilton Women's team
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Invercargill Mixed team
Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Nouméa Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2007 Apia Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 2011 Nouméa Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2011 Nouméa Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Apia Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2007 Apia Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Nouméa Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Andra Whiteside (b. 12 June 1989, Suva) is a Fijian badminton player.[1] She has represented Fiji at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and at the 2007 Pacific Games and again at the 2011 Pacific Games.[2] She would again be part of the team that represented Fiji for the 2015 Pacific Games.[3] She won the bronze medal for Women's Badminton, defeating Heimana Chung.[4]

On 3 September 2014, Whiteside won the Women's Badminton competition of her first major squash appearance, defeating Sharon Wild three to nothing.[5] On 18 September 2016, she won three trophies in Suva's Yat Sen Hall for Women's Singles, Women's Double with her sister, Karen Whiteside, against Chloe Kumar and Shannon Quai Hoi, and the Mixed Doubles A-grade with Jason Low against Martin Feussner and Sina Quai Hoi.[6] Some time in that year, she began to train newer badminton players and coach them, and played against Danielle Whiteside, her cousin, on 25 June 2016 in the Woman's A Singles for that year,[7] defeating her.[8]

In 2009, Whiteside was nominated by the Fiji Badminton Association and selected by FASANOC to join Peter Taylor as representatives of Fiji for the 2008 Olympic Youth Camp, held from 5–19 August 2008.[9]

Achievements

Pacific Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2011 Nouméa, New Caledonia New Caledonia Valérie Sarengat 21–13, 21–6 Gold
2007 Apia, Samoa Johanna Kou 16–21, 21–17, 21–17 Gold

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Nouméa, New Caledonia Fiji Danielle Whiteside New Caledonia Cécile Kaddour
New Caledonia Johanna Kou 		14–21, 19–21 Silver
2007 Apia, Samoa Fiji Danielle Whiteside Johanna Kou
Cecile Sarengat 		21–18, 12–21, 8–21 Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Nouméa, New Caledonia Fiji Burty Molia New Caledonia Sébastien Arias
New Caledonia Melissa Sanmoestanom 		21–18, 21–11 Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2011 Fiji International New Caledonia Johanna Kou 21–7, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

'Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Fiji International Fiji Danielle Whiteside New Caledonia Cecile Kaddour
New Caledonia Johanna Kou 		19–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Fiji International Fiji Danielle Whiteside Fiji Carline Bentley
Fiji Gabriella Wong 		21–10, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

Citations

  1. ^ "Andra WHITESIDE". bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  2. ^ Narain, Pravin (22 June 2015). "Andra Whiteside". The Fiji Times. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  3. ^ Kumar, Vishaal (1 July 2015). "Athletes farewelled". The Fiji Times. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Papua New Guinea teenager Lynette Vai clinches triple gold for Pacific Games hosts". Sportskeeda. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  5. ^ Kumar, Arin (3 September 2014). "Whiteside, Ho win squash meet". The Fiji Times. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  6. ^ Ratuva, Anasilini (19 September 2016). "Whiteside Scoops Three Titles". Fiji Sun. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  7. ^ Narain, Pravin (25 June 2016). "Top clash at Suva Badminton Open". The Fiji Times. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  8. ^ Narain, Pravin (27 June 2016). "Low wins Suva Open". The Fiji Times. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Andra Whiteside arrives in Beijing!". websites.sportstg.com. Fiji Badminton Association. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
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