Goh Liu Ying

Goh was born on 30 May 1989 in Malacca to Goh Chak Whee, a retired subcontractor and Yong Oi Lin, an accounts clerk. She has two younger brothers, Goh Qi Hao and Goh Qi Liang. 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 began dating badminton player, Ong Jian Guo when they were 19 years old. In January 2017, the couple confirmed to have broken up after nine year relationship.

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.

In 2011, they were defeated by Indonesian pair, Tontowi Ahmad and Lilyana Natsir in the final of the Malaysia Open. They won the Bitburger Open by defeating Denmark's Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl.

In 2012, they became the first Malaysian mixed doubles pair to reach the semi-finals of the All England Open but lost to Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir. In the following month, they became the runner-up of Australia Open after losing to Chinese Taipei's Chen Hung-Ling and Cheng Wen-Hsing in the final. They gained their first ever Malaysia Open crown by beating Indonesian pair, Irfan Fadhilah and Weni Anggraini.

Goh and Chan represented Malaysia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. They were the first ever Malaysian mixed doubles pair to qualify for the Olympics Games. They lost all three group matches and fails to progress to quarter-finals in their Olympics debut. In the same year, Goh and Chan won their first Super Series tournament at the Japan Open by beating Muhammad Rijal and Lilyana Natsir, thus completed Malaysia's record of having winners in all 5 disciplines in Superseries tournaments for the sport of badminton, which not many nations have done so. In November 2012, they reached the final of China Open but were defeated by top seed, Xu Chen and Ma Jin in straight sets.

In 2013, Goh decided to undergo knee surgery to fix her aggravating right knee. She underwent surgery in both her knees the following year. While she was recovering, Goh enrolled into a modelling academy and did some modelling for the sports of badminton. After a total of 11-month hiatus due to recovery, Goh resumed her partnership with Chan in 2015.

They won three titles in 2015, the Polish Open, Russian Open and the Mexico Open. At the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, they won silver after losing to Indonesia's Praveen Jordan and Debby Susanto in a very tightly contested mixed doubles final. Goh also won silver in women's team event.

In 2016, they became the runner-up of the inaugural edition of Thailand Masters after losing to unseeded Chinese pair, Zheng Siwei and Chen Qingchen in the final. In March, they clinched their first title of the year by winning the New Zealand Open. In April, they was defeated by Indonesian pair, Tontowi Ahmad and Lilyana Natsir in the final of the Malaysia Open.

Goh and Chan qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after having achieved many good results in international tournaments. They won their first two group stage matches but lost the third to Indonesian pair, Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir. They finished as group runner-up and progress to quarter finals round. In the quarter finals, they beat Group B winner, Robert Mateusiak and Nadieżda Zięba of Poland. In the semi-finals, they beat China's Xu Chen and Ma Jin in straight sets to reach the final.

In the final, they had to settle for silver medal after they were beaten by Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir for the second time in the tournament. Despite the fact that Goh and Chan lost in the final, they had created history of being the first Malaysian mixed doubles pair to claim an Olympic medal. Since the Olympics Games, Goh drew a lot of attention from the public and media due to her good looks and wonderful net skills on court.

In March 2017, Goh and Chan become the first Malaysian mixed doubles pair to reach the All England Open final since 1955. In the final that was dubbed as one of the best mixed doubles final match, Goh and Chan were defeated by 5th seed Lu Kai and Huang Yaqiong in 3 sets even though the Malaysians were so close to claiming the title due to a few controversial fault calls by the umpire. In April, Chan and Goh had to withdraw from semifinal of Indian Open due to Goh's injury. They later suffered first round loss to Edi Subaktiar-Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja in the Malaysia Open.

In May 2017, Goh announced that she had an aggravating injury in her right shoulder and thus, she went to Halle in Germany for the surgery. She spent weeks to undergo her rehabilitation in Halle before returning to Malaysia in early July when she released her autobiography entitled I am Goh Liu Ying.

Finals: 18 (8 titles, 10 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score
2	2009	Vietnam Open	Chan Peng Soon	Flandy Limpele Cheng Wen-hsing	23–25, 19–21
1	2010	Asian Championships	Chan Peng Soon	Yoo Yeon-seong Kim Min-jung	21–17, 20–22, 21–19
2	2011	Malaysia Masters	Chan Peng Soon	Tontowi Ahmad Lilyana Natsir	21–18, 15–21, 19–21
1	2011	Bitburger Open	Chan Peng Soon	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	21–18, 14–21, 27–25
2	2012	Australia Open	Chan Peng Soon	Chen Hung-ling Cheng Wen-hsing	20–22, 21–12, 21–23
1	2012	Malaysia Masters	Chan Peng Soon	Irfan Fadhilah Weni Anggraini	21–12, 21–14
1	2012	Japan Open	Chan Peng Soon	Muhammad Rijal Lilyana Natsir	21–12, 21–19
2	2012	China Open	Chan Peng Soon	Xu Chen Ma Jin	21–15, 21–17
2	2013	Malaysia Open	Chan Peng Soon	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	21–13, 21–18
1	2015	Polish Open	Chan Peng Soon	Akshay Dewalkar Pradnya Gadre	28–26, 21–18
2	2015	Southeast Asian Games	Chan Peng Soon	Praveen Jordan Debby Susanto	21–18, 13–21, 23–25
1	2015	Russian Open	Chan Peng Soon	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	21–14, 21–12
1	2015	Mexico City Grand Prix	Chan Peng Soon	Choi Solgyu Eom Hye-won	21–13, 23–21
2	2016	Thailand Masters	Chan Peng Soon	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen	17–21, 15–21
1	2016	New Zealand Open	Chan Peng Soon	Zheng Siwei Li Yinhui	21–19, 22–20
2	2016	Malaysia Open	Chan Peng Soon	Tontowi Ahmad Lilyana Natsir	21–23, 21–13, 16–21
2	2016	2016 Summer Olympics	Chan Peng Soon	Tontowi Ahmad Lilyana Natsir	14–21, 12–21
2	2017	All England Open	Chan Peng Soon	Lu Kai Huang Yaqiong	21–18, 19–21, 16–21

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