Sorayya Aghaei

Soraya Aghaei Hajiagha
Soraya Aghaei Hajiagha
	Sorayya Aghaei at Tokyo Olympics 2020
Personal information
Full name	Soraya Aghaei Haji Agha
Country	Iran
Born	28 January 1996; Tehran, Iran
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	94 (WS 3 December 2015); 60 (WD 3 December 2015);
Current ranking	111 (WS), 161 (WD) (13 July 2021)
	BWF profile

Soraya Aghaei Hajiagha (Persian: ثریا آقایی حاجی‌آقا, born 28 January 1996) is an Iranian badminton player.[1][2] She competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, being the first ever women's badminton player to represent Iran at the Olympic Games.[3]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 7 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Zambia International	Kate Foo Kune	21–15, 0–1 retired	Runner-up
2017	Nepal International	Joy Xuan Deng	12–21, 5–21	Runner-up
2019	Pakistan International	Mahoor Shahzad	15–21, 21–16, 16–21	Runner-up
2019	Cameroon International	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan	21–19, 21–12	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Iraq International	Yosra Beigi	Sahabeh Fard Niki Torfinezhad	21–16, 21–11	Winner
2014	Kenya International	Sara Delavari	Negin Amiripour Pegah Kamrani	22–24, 15–21	Runner-up
2015	Uganda International	Negin Amiripour	N. Sikki Reddy Poorvisha S. Ram	7–11, 11–6, 11–8, 7–11, 3–11	Runner-up
2015	Mauritius International	Negin Amiripour	Grace Gabriel Ogar Siamupangila	28–26, 21–14	Winner
2015	Kazakhstan International	Negin Amiripour	Tatjana Bibik Ksenia Polikarpova	14–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2015	Zambia International	Negin Amiripour	Nadine Ashraf Menna El-Tanany	No match	Runner-up
2019	Côte d'Ivoire International	Samin Abedkhojasteh	Doha Hany Hadia Hosny	22–20, 21–12	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

References

"Players: Aghaei Hajiagha Soraya". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
"Aghaei Hajiagha Soraya". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
"Aghaei becomes the first woman to represent Iran at Olympics badminton". Tehran Times. 27 June 2021. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

External links

Sorayya Aghaei at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com

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[1] "Players: Aghaei Hajiagha Soraya". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2016.

[2] "Aghaei Hajiagha Soraya". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 October 2016.

[3] "Aghaei becomes the first woman to represent Iran at Olympics badminton". Tehran Times. 27 June 2021. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.