Josephine Wu

Josephine Wu
Josephine Wu
Personal information
Birth name	Josephine Yuenling Wu
Country	Canada
Born	20 January 1995; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada[1]
Residence	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Coach	Wang Wen
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	421 (WS 23 April 2019); 46 (WD with Catherine Choi 2 February 2021); 26 (XD with Joshua Hurlburt-Yu 3 August 2021)
Current ranking	47 (WD with Catherine Choi),; 32 (XD with Joshua Hurlburt-Yu); 87 (XD with Ty Alexander Lindeman) (3 May 2022)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Canada
Pan American Games
Pan Am Championships
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Pan Am Female Cup
Pan Am Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Josephine Yuenling Wu (born 20 January 1995) is a Canadian badminton player.[2][3] Josephine is currently a business student at the University of Alberta and has been competing in badminton since she was seven years old.

Career

As a junior, she has won 29 provincial titles and was a member of Team Canada at the 2012 BWF World Junior Championships and the Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships from 2008 to 2013. Despite having a full course load in university, Josephine’s passion for the sport has motivated her to continue balancing her school work and training. She was the mixed doubles winner at the 2014 College-University National Championships and went on to represent Canada at the 2014 World University Badminton Championships in Cordoba, Spain. Outside of training, Josephine also enjoys coaching her high school’s badminton team.[4] In 2016, she won the gold medal in the mixed team event at the Pan Am Badminton Championships.[5] In the individual event, she won the Pan Am Championships gold medals in the women's doubles in 2016, and 2017, and also in the mixed doubles in 2018, 2019 and 2021.[6][7][8] Wu was a gold medalist in the mixed doubles event at the 2019 Lima Pan American Games.[9]

In June 2021, Wu was named to Canada's Olympic team,[10] competing in the mixed doubles badminton event but was eliminated in the group stage.[11]

Achievements

Pan American Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Nyl Yakura Kristen Tsai	18–21, 21–12, 21–15	Gold

Pan Am Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Clube Fonte São Paulo, Campinas, Brazil	Michelle Tong	Paula la Torre Regal Luz María Zornoza	21–17, 21–17	Gold
2017	Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba	Michelle Tong	Daniela Macías Dánica Nishimura	21–11, 21–12	Gold
2018	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Michelle Tong	Rachel Honderich Kristen Tsai	21–17, 17–21, 14–21	Silver
2019	Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico	Catherine Choi	Rachel Honderich Kristen Tsai	15–21, 25–27	Silver
2022	Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador	Catherine Choi	Rachel Honderich Kristen Tsai	17–21, 18–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Clube Fonte São Paulo, Campinas, Brazil	Nathan Osborne	Nyl Yakura Brittney Tam	17–21, 17–21	Silver
2018	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Nyl Yakura Kristen Tsai	21–14, 26–24	Gold
2019	Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Fabricio Farias Jaqueline Lima	21–14, 21–19	Gold
2021	Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Christopher Martínez Mariana Paiz	21–18, 21–18	Gold
2022	Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Jonathan Solís Diana Corleto	21–12, 21–11	Gold

Pan Am Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Millennium Place, Edmonton, Canada	Cherie Chow	13–21, 20–22	Bronze
2013	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Lohaynny Vicente	13–21, 19–21	Bronze

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Millennium Place, Edmonton, Canada	Takeisha Wang	Cherie Chow Christine Yang	21–18, 18–21, 21–23	Bronze
2013	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Takeisha Wang	Cherie Chow Christine Yang	17–21, 15–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Millennium Place, Edmonton, Canada	Nathan Osborne	Phillip Chew Iris Wang	19–21, 16–21	Bronze
2013	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Nathan Osborne	Kevin Chan Christine Yang	21–16, 15–21, 21–18	Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Guatemala International	Talia Ng	Eliana Zhang Wendy Zhang	14–21, 21–17, 21–10	Winner
2019	Bulgarian Open	Catherine Choi	Bengisu Erçetin Nazlıcan İnci	8–21, 8–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Toby Ng	Sattawat Pongnairat Kuei-Ya Chen	21–19, 21–15	Winner
2018	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Sattawat Pongnairat Kerry Xu	21–16, 21–13	Winner
2018	Guatemala International	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Leodannis Martínez Tahimara Oropeza	21–12, 21–18	Winner
2018	Santo Domingo Open	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Fabricio Farias Jaqueline Lima	21–17, 16–21, 22–20	Winner
2019	Bulgarian Open	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Matthew Clare Lizzie Tolman	21–16, 21–16	Winner
2019	South Australia International	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Dejan Ferdinansyah Serena Kani	21–19, 25–27, 21–16	Winner
2019	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Lu Chia-pin Lin Wan-ching	21–18, 21–18	Winner
2021	Guatemala International	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Joshua Yuan Allison Lee	21–17, 21–8	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

References

"Josephine Wu". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
"Players: Josephine Wu". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
"Josephine Wu". Badminton Canada. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
"Josephine Wu, Coach". B-Active Badminton Club. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
"Team Canada wins the 20th Pan American Badminton Championships". Badminton Canada. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
"Golden Sweep for Canada - Finals: Pan Am Individual Championships". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
"Gold's go to Canada in Campinhas". Badminton Pan Am. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
"Crowns Owners – Pan Am 2021". www.badmintonpanam.org. 3 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
"Canada's badminton team enjoys dominant day at Pan Ams". CBC.ca. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
Awad, Brandi (16 June 2021). "Team Canada to have its largest Olympic badminton team ever at Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
"Wu Josephine". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

External links

Josephine Wu at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com

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[1] "Josephine Wu". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 August 2019.

[2] "Players: Josephine Wu". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

[3] "Josephine Wu". Badminton Canada. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

[4] "Josephine Wu, Coach". B-Active Badminton Club. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

[5] "Team Canada wins the 20th Pan American Badminton Championships". Badminton Canada. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

[6] "Golden Sweep for Canada - Finals: Pan Am Individual Championships". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

[7] "Gold's go to Canada in Campinhas". Badminton Pan Am. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

[8] "Crowns Owners – Pan Am 2021". www.badmintonpanam.org. 3 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

[9] "Canada's badminton team enjoys dominant day at Pan Ams". CBC.ca. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.

[bda-10] Awad, Brandi (16 June 2021). "Team Canada to have its largest Olympic badminton team ever at Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[11] "Wu Josephine". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.