{{Short description|Australian badminton player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2012}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Victoria Na | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|3|23}} | birth_place = Carlton, Victoria, Australia | residence = | height = 1.67 m | weight = 60&nbsp;kg | country = {{AUS}} | years_active = | handedness = Right | coach = | event = Women's singles & mixed doubles | highest_ranking = 71 <small>(WS) 29 November 2012</small><br />55 <small>(XD) 31 January 2013</small> | date_of_highest_ranking = | current_ranking = | date_of_current_ranking = | medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Badminton }} {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Oceania Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2012 Ballarat|Women's singles}} {{MedalBronze|2012 Ballarat|Mixed doubles}} | bwfbadminton_id = 53816 | bwf_id = A5221E02-049F-4681-A53A-234EC7CF91D3 }}

'''Victoria Na''' (born 23 March 1991) is an Australian badminton player. She is of Indonesian and Thai descent. She has won an Australian age national championship and participated in several international badminton competitions. Na made her Australian national badminton team debut in 2011 and was a member of the Australian 2012 Summer Olympics badminton team.

==Personal== Nicknamed Vicky, Na was born on 23 March 1991 in Carlton, Victoria and {{As of|2012|lc=y}} lives in Glen Waverley, Victoria.<ref name=london2012>{{cite web |url=http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athlete/victoria-na |title=London 2012 – Victoria Na |publisher=Australian Olympic Committee |date=23 March 1991 |access-date=2012-06-19 |archive-date=6 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006211625/http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athlete/victoria-na |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=anothersource3/> She is {{height|m=1.67|precision=0}} tall and weighs {{convert|60|kg}}.<ref name=london2012/> She attended Mount View Primary School, and then went on to high school at Wesley College (Victoria). She then completed her final high school years at Haileybury Girls College.<ref name=london2012/><ref name=anothersource3/> {{As of|2012}} she is working on a Bachelor of Arts in Digital Arts at RMIT, starting her degree in 2009.<ref name=london2012/>

==Career== Na plays singles women's badminton for the Badminton Academy of Victoria, located in Kilsyth, Victoria.<ref name=london2012/> She started competing in the sport in 2000 as a nine-year-old, and has always been coached by her father Kobeng Na.<ref name=london2012/>

In 2005, Na won the Australian junior national championships in the under-15 singles class.<ref name=london2012/> In 2007, she won the under-17 singles class at the Australasian Junior Championships.<ref name=london2012/> In 2009, she won the under-19 singles class at the Australasian Junior Championships.<ref name=london2012/> She finished first at the 2011 Ethiopia International 2011 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in the singles competition.<ref name=london2012/> She finished second at the 2012 Thomas Cup Preliminaries&nbsp;— Oceania in Ballarat, Australia in the team event.<ref name=london2012/> She finished first at the 2012 Uber Cup Preliminaries&nbsp;— Oceania in Ballarat, Australia in the team event.<ref name=london2012/> At the 2012 Yonex Australian Open Grand Prix Gold in Sydney, Australia in the singles event, she finished seventeenth.<ref name=london2012/> At the 2012 Air Tahiti Nui International Challenge in Punaauia, French Polynesia she finished ninth in the singles event.<ref name=london2012/> At the 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup in Wuhan China, she finished 9th in the team competition.<ref name=london2012/> In June 2012, she was scheduled to participate in a badminton international event in Auckland, New Zealand ahead of the Olympics where she will have a bye in the first round.<ref name=anothersource3>{{cite web|url=http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=C3EC1C6A-791E-4513-AEA8-E2F181466EC4&draw=2 |title=SOTX Auckland International 2012 – General |publisher=tournamentsoftware.com |access-date=2012-06-19}}</ref><ref name=auckland>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10813462 |title=Badminton: Internationals return to Auckland – Sport – NZ Herald News |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=17 March 2011 |access-date=2012-06-19}}</ref><ref name=anothersource2>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-1065-0-0-0&sID=13337&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=19646972 |title=Hallam features in Auckland International – Oceania Badminton Confederation |publisher=SportingPulse |access-date=2012-06-19}}</ref> In round two, she will meet Ching Chieh Tai from Chinese Taipei.<ref name=anothersource3/>

===National team=== Na made her national team debut in 2011.<ref name=london2012/> At the 2012 Oceania Championships in Ballarat, Australia, she finished third in the singles event and first in the team event.<ref name=london2012/> In June 2012, she was named to Australia's badminton team for the 2012 Summer Olympics.<ref name=anothersource4>{{cite web|url=http://www.monashweekly.com.au/news/local/sport/other/london-olympics-locals-heading-to-games/2593508.aspx |title=London Olympics: Locals heading to Games&nbsp;— Local News&nbsp;— Sport&nbsp;— Other |publisher=Monash Weekly |access-date=2012-06-19}}</ref><ref name=anothersource>{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8483797 |title=Australian Olympic badminton team named |publisher=Nine MSN |access-date=2012-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226141347/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8483797 |archive-date=26 December 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=anothersource5>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-14/aussies-name-badminton-line-up/4071530?section=sport |title=Aussies name badminton line-up |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=14 June 2012 |access-date=2012-06-19}}</ref> The Games was her first Olympic appearance.<ref name=london2012/>

==Achievements==

===Oceania Championships=== ''Women's Singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" !|Year !|Venue !|Opponent !|Score !|Result |- |- style="background:#ECF2FF" |align="center"|2012 |align="left"|Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,<br /> Ballarat, Australia |align="left"|{{flagicon|AUS}} Verdet Kessler |align="center"|17–21, 22–24 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|Bronze '''Bronze''' |- |}

''Mixed Doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" !|Year !|Venue !|Partner !|Opponent !|Score !|Result |- |- style="background:#ECF2FF" |align="center"|2012 |align="left"|Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,<br /> Ballarat, Australia |align="left"|{{flagicon|AUS}} Luke Chong |align="left"|{{flagicon|AUS}} Raymond Tam<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} Eugenia Tanaka |align="center"|21–23, 18–21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|Bronze '''Bronze''' |- |}

===BWF International Challenge/Series=== ''Women's Singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" !|Year !|Tournament !|Opponent !|Score !|Result |- |- style="background:#E9E9E9" |align="center"|2011 |align="left"|Ethiopia International |align="left"|{{flagicon|RSA}} Stacey Doubell |align="left"|21–13, 15–21, 21–14 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- |- style="background:#E9E9E9" |align="center"|2011 |align="left"|Zimbabwe International |align="left"|{{flagicon|AUT}} Claudia Mayer |align="left"|21–18, 17–21, 19–21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- |- style="background:#E9E9E9" |align="center"|2011 |align="left"|Namibia International |align="left"|{{flagicon|AUT}} Claudia Mayer |align="left"|25–27, 21–17, 21–17 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- |- style="background:#E9E9E9" |align="center"|2011 |align="left"|Counties Manukau International |align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Karyn Velez |align="left"|12–21, 15–21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- |- style="background:#D5D5D5" |align="center"|2011 |align="left"|Altona International |align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Karyn Velez |align="left"|22–24, 17–21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- |}

''Mixed Doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" !|Year !|Tournament !|Partner !|Opponent !|Score !|Result |- |- style="background:#D5D5D5" |align="center"|2012 |align="left"|Auckland International |align="left"|{{flagicon|AUS}} Luke Chong |align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Armstrong<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} Tracey Hallam |align="left"|11–21, 7–21 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- |- style="background:#E9E9E9" |align="center"|2011 |align="left"|Zimbabwe International |align="left"|{{flagicon|AUS}} Luke Chong |align="left"|{{flagicon|ZIM}} Lawrence Mdege<br />{{flagicon|ZIM}} Kudzai Panganai |align="left"|21–3, 21–6 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- |- style="background:#E9E9E9" |align="center"|2011 |align="left"|Namibia International |align="left"|{{flagicon|AUS}} Luke Chong |align="left"|{{flagicon|EGY}} Abdelrahman Kashkal<br />{{flagicon|EGY}} Hadia Hosny |align="left"|14–21, 21–16, 20–22 |style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- |}

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