Badminton player
| Mischa Ginns | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country |  Australia |
| Born | (1981-11-05) 5 November 1981 (age 43) |
Mischa Ginns (born 11 May 1981) is an Australian para-badminton player. She was selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics but withdrew just prior to the competition due to illness.
Personal
Ginns was born in South Africa on 11 May 1981 and migrated to Australia from South Africa in 2008 to take up a job in accountancy. In April 2012, she ruptured her cervical spinal in a rowing competition and spinal surgery complications left her hospitalised for four years. She has put on hold her chartered accountancy career to focus on badminton.
Badminton
Ginns is classified as WH2. She took up Para-badminton after attending a come-and-try day in 2022. At the 2022 Oceania Para-Badminton Championships she won three gold medals - WH2 women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. At the 2024 BWF Para Badminton World Championships, she advanced to the Women's Singles WH2 Quarterfinals In 2024, she is ranked 12th in Women's WH2 world singles rankings. She was selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics but withdrew just prior to the competition due to illness.
She is a member of Westside Badminton in Melbourne and a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship athlete.
In 2022, she was named a finalist in the Sportsperson of the Year - Community at the Victorian Disability Sport and Recreation Awards.
References
- ^ "Mischa Ginns". Victorian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "Paralympics Australia Announces Badminton Duo For Paris 2024 | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- "Badminton Australia Chief Executive Officer Tjitte Weistra Statement on Mischa Ginns Withdrawal from Paris Paralympics 2024 - Badminton Australia". 30 August 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Ginns Races to Rack Up Points". olympics.bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- "Australians Impress At 2024 Para Badminton World Champs | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- "Profile". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- "Player Updates". SEA-Badminton. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- News, Bayside (18 October 2022). "Tennis champ nominated". Bayside News. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
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