Goh Liu Ying
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Goh at the 2013 French Super Series
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| Personal information | |
| Country |
 Malaysia
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| Born |
30 May 1989 Malacca, Malaysia |
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) |
| Handedness | Right |
| Coach | Jeremy Gan Chin Eei Hui |
| Women's & Mixed doubles | |
| Highest ranking | 3 (XD) (3 July 2013) |
| Current ranking | 6 (XD) (12 January 2017) |
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Medal record
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| Traditional Chinese | 吳柳螢 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 吴柳萤 | ||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wú Liǔyíng |
Goh Liu Ying (born 30 May 1989) is a Malaysian professional badminton player who has been consistently ranked among the top 10 mixed doubles player in the world with her partner, Chan Peng Soon. Together, they were ranked as high as world No. 3. They won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Goh was born in Malacca to Goh Chak Whee and Yong Oi Lin. She is the eldest of three siblings. She first started training in badminton at the age of 10. She enrolled into the Bukit Jalil Sports School when she was 13 years old.
Goh made her international debut in 2007. In 2009, Goh and Chan reached their first international tournament final at the Vietnam Open but were defeated by Flandy Limpele and Cheng Wen-hsing. At the 2009 Southeast Asian Games, she won gold in women's team event and bronze in mixed doubles event.
In 2010, they came to prominence when they won the Badminton Asia Championships after defeating South Korean's Yoo Yeon-seong and Kim Min-jung in the final. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, she won the gold medal in mixed team event. In the mixed doubles event, Goh and Chan lost the bronze medal match to Chayut Triyachart and Yao Lei. At the 2010 Asian Games they lost in the first round to eventual winner, Shin Baek-cheol and Lee Hyo-jung.
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