Rachel Chan (badminton)

Rachel Chan (born 15 November 2003) is a Canadian badminton player.[1] She won the women's singles title at the 2020 Canadian National Championships and became Canada's youngest national champion. She has represented Canada in the Pan Am Junior Championships multiple times between 2016 until 2019, and the 2019 World Junior Championship making it to round of 32.[2] Rachel won silver at the 2021 Pan Am Championships in women's singles, debuting in her first senior level international tournament[3][4][5]

Rachel Chan
Personal information
CountryCanada
Born (2003-11-15) 15 November 2003
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ResidenceMarkham, Ontario, Canada
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Women's singles
Highest ranking268 (4 May 2021)
Current ranking276 (29 June 2021)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Canada
Pan Am Championships
2021 Guatemala City Women's singles
2022 San Salvador Women's singles
Pan Am Female Cup
2022 Acapulco Women's team
Rachel Chan
Simplified Chinese陳俊灵

Achievements

Pan Am Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2021 Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala Beiwen Zhang 14–21, 18–21 Silver
2022 Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández,
San Salvador, El Salvador		 Beiwen Zhang 19–21, 22–20, 6–21 Bronze

Pan Am Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2017 Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada Jolie Wang 21–14, 17–21, 21–12 Gold

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud,

Moncton, Canada

 Jeslyn Chow Bhaavya S Manikonda

Rachel Ye

 21–16, 21–19 Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Markham Pan Am Centre,

Markham, Canada

 Ivan Li Aaron Low

Tiffany Kuang

 21–23, 21–15, 22–24 Bronze
2019 CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud,

Moncton, Canada

 Ivan Li Victor Lai

Jessica Cheng

 21–18, 19–21, 21–23 Silver

BWF Junior International Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2019 Danish Junior Cup Sophia Grundtvig 21–15, 17–22, 15–21 Bronze

References
  1. "Rachel CHAN | Profile". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  2. "Russia Bound for the 2019 World Junior Championships". Badminton Canada. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  3. "Team Canada Competes at the XXIV Pan American Individual Championships 2021". Badminton Canada. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  4. "Pan Am Championships: Rachel Chan Stuns Iris Wang". olympics.bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  5. "Promising Talent Rachel Chan Brightens Canada's Horizons". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
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