Andra Whiteside | |
Country: | Fiji |
Birth Date: | 1989 12, df=y |
Birth Place: | Suva, Fiji |
Height: | 1.68 m |
Weight: | 54 kg |
Handedness: | Right |
Event: | Women's singles & doubles |
Highest Ranking: | 201 |
Date Of Highest Ranking: | WD 23 September 2010 |
Bwf Id: | 1C0F1899-3DEB-4377-83C2-375768CC0D37 |
Andra Whiteside (born 6 December 1989) is a Fijian squash and badminton player.[1] [2] She has represented Fiji in badminton at the 2006, 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2007, 2011, and 2019 Pacific Games.[3] She also represented Fiji in squash at the 2015 Pacific Games.[2] She plays as the third singles against Tahiti, helps the team to clinched the bronze medal.[4]
On 3 September 2014, Whiteside won the National Squash Championships as her first major squash appearance, defeating Sharon Wild three to nothing.[5] In September 2016, she won three National Badminton Championships titles in Suva's Yat Sen Hall for women's singles, women's doubles 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]
Women's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | |
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2007 | Gymnasium at Apia Park, Apia, Samoa | Johanna Kou | 16–21, 21–17, 21–17 | Gold | |
2011 | François Anewy, Nouméa, New Caledonia | Valérie Sarengat | 21–13, 21–6 | Gold |
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | |
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2007 | Gymnasium at Apia Park, Apia, Samoa | Danielle Whiteside | Johanna Kou Cecile Sarengat | 21–18, 12–21, 8–21 | Silver | |
2011 | François Anewy, Nouméa, New Caledonia | Danielle Whiteside | Cécile Kaddour Johanna Kou | 14–21, 19–21 | Silver | |
2019 | Faleata Sports Complex, Tuanaimato, Samoa | Karyn Gibson | Johanna Kou Dgeniva Matauli | 17–21, 13–21 | Silver |
Mixed doubles
Women's singles
'Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | |
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2010 | Fiji International | Danielle Whiteside | Carline Bentley Gabriella Wong | 21–10, 21–15 | Winner | |
2011 | Fiji International | Danielle Whiteside | Cécile Kaddour Johanna Kou | 19–21, 10–21 | Runner-up |
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
BWF Future Series tournament