Meet the Most Beautiful Badminton Player In the World: Gronya Somerville
Watching badminton is now more entertaining when you get to see the goddess of the sport. Meet Gronya Somerville dubbed as the face of wom...
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Watching badminton is now more entertaining when you get to see the goddess of the sport. Meet Gronya Somerville dubbed as the face of women's bandminton because of her pleasing caucasian-oriental looks and sheer brilliance on the playing court.
Gronya's father is Chinese while her mother hails from Britain, which explains her orien-tisay looks. The 20-year-old is also said to be a "fifth generation" descendant of Kang Youwei, who co-initiated China's short-lived Reform Movement of 1898 during the Qing Dynasty.
Somerville learned the sport when she was 12; her skills were then honed under the Australian grassroots athletic system "Sport in Schools." "They asked primary school girls to come try for badminton. They just did fitness testing, and picked some of us and started to train [us]," she told website New China in a recent interview. "And when I just first played it, I just really enjoyed it. And my family all supported me." Eight years later, she is now setting her sights on next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she hopes to finish in the Top 10.
Gronya's father is Chinese while her mother hails from Britain, which explains her orien-tisay looks. The 20-year-old is also said to be a "fifth generation" descendant of Kang Youwei, who co-initiated China's short-lived Reform Movement of 1898 during the Qing Dynasty.
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Somerville learned the sport when she was 12; her skills were then honed under the Australian grassroots athletic system "Sport in Schools." "They asked primary school girls to come try for badminton. They just did fitness testing, and picked some of us and started to train [us]," she told website New China in a recent interview. "And when I just first played it, I just really enjoyed it. And my family all supported me." Eight years later, she is now setting her sights on next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she hopes to finish in the Top 10.
Catch a glimpse of the Australian Badminton Stunner below:
