Andra Whiteside

Andra Whiteside
Personal information
Country	Fiji
Born	(1989-12-06) 6 December 1989 Suva, Fiji
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	201 (WD 23 September 2010)
Medal record Representing Fiji Women's badminton Pacific Games Gold medal – first place 2007 Samoa Women's singles Gold medal – first place 2011 New Caledonia Women's singles Gold medal – first place 2019 Samoa Mixed team Gold medal – first place 2019 Samoa Women's doubles Silver medal – second place 2011 New Caledonia Women's doubles Silver medal – second place 2011 New Caledonia Mixed team Silver medal – second place 2007 Samoa Women's doubles Silver medal – second place 2007 Samoa Mixed team Bronze medal – third place 2011 New Caledonia Mixed doubles 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 Women's squash Bronze medal – third place 2015 Papua New Guinea Women's team
BWF profile

Andra Whiteside (born 6 December 1989) is a Fijian squash and badminton player. She has represented Fiji in badminton at the 2006, 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2007, 2011, and 2019 Pacific Games. She also represented Fiji in squash at the 2015 Pacific Games. She plays as the third singles against Tahiti, helps the team to clinched the bronze medal. On 3 September 2014, Whiteside won the National Squash Championships as her first major squash appearance, defeating Sharon Wild three to nothing. 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. 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, defeating her. 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.

Achievements

Pacific Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Gymnasium at Apia Park, Apia, Samoa	Johanna Kou	16–21, 21–17, 21–17	File:Med 1.png Gold
2011	François Anewy, Nouméa, New Caledonia	Valérie Sarengat	21–13, 21–6	File:Med 1.png Gold

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Gymnasium at Apia Park, Apia, Samoa	Danielle Whiteside	Johanna Kou Cecile Sarengat	21–18, 12–21, 8–21	File:Med 2.png Silver
2011	François Anewy, Nouméa, New Caledonia	Danielle Whiteside	Cécile Kaddour Johanna Kou	14–21, 19–21	File:Med 2.png Silver
2019	Faleata Sports Complex, Tuanaimato, Samoa	Karyn Gibson	Johanna Kou Dgeniva Matauli	17–21, 13–21	Silver Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	François Anewy, Nouméa, New Caledonia	Burty Molia	Sébastien Arias Melissa Sanmoestanom	21–18, 21–11	File:Med 3.png Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

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

'Women's doubles

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

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

External links

• Andra Whiteside at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)