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Brian Yang (badminton)

December 04, 2023

Brian Yang (born 25 November 2001) is a Canadian badminton player.[1] He was an integral part of the Team Alpha that won the mixed team relay gold at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Brian Yang
Yang in 2018
Personal information
CountryCanada
Born (2001-11-25) 25 November 2001 (age 22)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ResidenceRichmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Highest ranking21 (27 December 2022)
Current ranking26 (14 November 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
2023 Santiago Men's singles
2019 Lima Men's singles
Pan Am Championships
2021 Guatemala City Men's singles
2023 Kingston Men's singles
2022 San Salvador Men's singles
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
2019 Lima Mixed team
2023 Guadalajara Mixed team
Pan Am Male Cup
2018 Tacarigua Men's team
2020 Salvador Men's team
2022 Acapulco Men's team
Junior Pan American Games
2021 Cali–Valle Boys' singles
2021 Cali–Valle Mixed doubles
Pan Am Junior Championships
2016 Lima Boys' doubles
2016 Lima Mixed doubles
2016 Lima Mixed team
2017 Markham Boys' singles
2017 Markham Mixed doubles
2018 Salvador Mixed team
2019 Moncton Boys' singles
2019 Moncton Boys' doubles
2017 Markham Mixed team
2019 Moncton Mixed doubles
Representing Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team
BWF profile

Career edit

 
Badminton player Brian Yang with a buzz cut with bangs

In 2016, he won three gold medals at the U–19 Pan Am Junior Championships, winning the boys' doubles, mixed doubles, and team events.[2][3]

Yang won his first senior international title at 2017 Suriname International in the men's singles.[4] In July, he won the boys' singles and mixed doubles titles at the Pan Am Junior Championships, while the Canada team captured the silver medal.[5][6]

Yang represented Canada in the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Thomas Cup. At the El Salvador International, he won two titles in the men's singles and mixed doubles.[7]

Yang clinched the men's singles title at the 2019 Canadian National Championships and became Canada's youngest national champion.[8] He competed at the Sudirman Cup. Yang was named to Canada's 2019 Pan American Games team,[9] ended up winning silver in the men's singles competition.[10] He was crowned as the men's singles champion at the 2021 Pan Am Championships.[11] He also won the gold medals in the boys' singles, doubles and mixed team at the Pan Am Junior Championships.[12]

In June 2021, Yang was named to Canada's Olympic team for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[13] He also competed at the first edition of the Junior Pan Am Games, clinching the gold medals in the boys' singles and mixed doubles.[14]

In 2022, he won a silver medal at the Pan Am Championships, losing to Kevin Cordón in the final.[15]

In his second appearance at the Pan American Games, Yang captured the gold medal in the men's singles after beating the defending champion Kevin Cordón in the final.[16]

Achievements edit

Pan American Games edit

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru   Ygor Coelho 19–21, 10–21   Silver [10]
2023 Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile   Kevin Cordón (EAI) 21–18, 21–6   Gold [16]

Pan Am Championships edit

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2021 Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala   Jason Ho-Shue 21–13, 18–10 retired   Gold [11]
2022 Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador   Kevin Cordón 17–21, 14–21   Silver [15]
2023 G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Kingston, Jamaica   Uriel Canjura 21–10, 21–5   Gold

Junior Pan American Games edit

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2021 Pacific Valley Events Center, Yumbo, Valle, Colombia   Uriel Canjura 21–8, 21–6   Gold [14]

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2021 Pacific Valley Events Center,
Yumbo, Valle, Colombia 		  Rachel Chan   Uriel Canjura
  Fátima Centeno 		21–13, 21–14   Gold [14]

Pan Am Junior Championships edit

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2017 Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada   Jonathan Matias 21–14, 21–13   Gold [5]
2019 CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud, Moncton, Canada   Kevin Wang 21–15, 21–8   Gold [17]

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2016 CAR la Videna,
Lima, Peru 		  Desmond Wang   Ricky Liuzhou
  Cadmus Yeo 		17–21, 21–15, 21–13   Gold [2]
2019 CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud,
Moncton, Canada 		  Jonathan Chien   Clayton Cayen
  Ryan Zheng 		21–10, 23–21   Gold [18]

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2016 CAR la Videna,
Lima, Peru 		  Katie Ho-Shue   Vinson Chiu
  Jamie Hsu 		21–14, 21–14   Gold [2]
2017 Markham Pan Am Centre,
Markham, Canada 		  Katie Ho-Shue   Fabricio Farias
  Sâmia Lima 		21–14, 21–11   Gold [5]
2019 CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud,
Moncton, Canada 		  Catherine Choi   Jonathan Chien
  Crystal Lai 		21–18, 19–21, 18–21   Silver [19]

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 4 runners-up) edit

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Suriname International   Osleni Guerrero 12–21, 21–17, 21–14   Winner
2018 El Salvador International   Heymard Humblers 21–11, 18–21, 21–16   Winner
2019 Brazil International   Misha Zilberman 17–21, 20–22   Runner-up
2019 Peru Future Series   B. R. Sankeerth 21–12, 11–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2019 Peru International   Kevin Cordón 15–21, 21–13, 21–12   Winner
2019 Santo Domingo Open   Kevin Cordón 21–8, 21–4   Winner
2019 Suriname International   Kevin Cordón Walkover   Winner
2019 Turkey Open   Luís Enrique Peñalver 19–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2021 Peru International   Ygor Coelho 21–16, 21–18   Winner
2021 Denmark Masters   Victor Svendsen 16–21, 21–17, 21–15   Winner
2022 Canadian International   Takuma Obayashi 11–21, 17–21   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 El Salvador International   Catherine Choi   Aníbal Marroquín
  Dánica Nishimura 		21–6, 21–7   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ "Players: Brian Yang". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Hearn, Don (24 July 2016). "Pan Am Juniors – Ouyang defends as Canada takes 4". Badzine. from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Canadian juniors dominate the podium at Pan Am Junior Individual Championships!". Badminton Canada. 1 August 2016. from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  4. ^ "XI Suriname International 2017". Badminton Pan America. 20 November 2017. from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Brasil volta a conquistar pódios no maior torneio júnior de badminton da América" (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Badminton. 29 July 2017. from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  6. ^ "2017 Junior Pan American Championship Team". Badminton Canada. 4 July 2017. from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Champions at El Salvador International 2018". Badminton Pan America. 10 December 2018. from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Brian Yang". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Eight of Canada's best head to Lima for the 2019 Pan American Games". Badminton Canada. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Canada's badminton team enjoys dominant day at Pan Ams". CBC.ca. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Crowns Owners – Pan Am 2021". Badminton Pan America. 3 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Pan Am Junior Players Shined in Canada – Pan Am Junior 2019". Badminton Pan America. 22 July 2019. from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ a b c "Canada Sweeps the Podium at the 2021 Pan American Junior Games". Badminton Canada. 1 December 2021. from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  15. ^ a b Berkeley, Geoff (29 April 2022). "Li saves match points to claim Pan Am Individual Badminton Championships title". Inside the Games. from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  16. ^ a b Fenton, Caela (25 October 2023). "Day 5 at Santiago 2023: Mac Neil makes history, badminton gold rush". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  17. ^ "XXVIII Pan Am Junior Championships U11/U19 BS U19". BWF-Tournament Software. from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  18. ^ "XXVIII Pan Am Junior Championships U11/U19 BD U19". BWF-Tournament Software. from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  19. ^ "XXVIII Pan Am Junior Championships U11/U19 XD U19". BWF-Tournament Software. from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

External links edit

 
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Brian Yang born 25 November 2001 is a Canadian badminton player 1 He was an integral part of the Team Alpha that won the mixed team relay gold at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Brian YangYang in 2018Personal informationCountryCanadaBorn 2001 11 25 25 November 2001 age 22 Toronto Ontario CanadaResidenceRichmond Hill Ontario CanadaHeight1 80 m 5 ft 11 in Weight66 kg 146 lb HandednessRightMen s singlesHighest ranking21 27 December 2022 Current ranking26 14 November 2023 Medal record Men s badmintonRepresenting CanadaPan American Games2023 Santiago Men s singles2019 Lima Men s singlesPan Am Championships2021 Guatemala City Men s singles2023 Kingston Men s singles2022 San Salvador Men s singlesPan Am Mixed Team Championships2019 Lima Mixed team2023 Guadalajara Mixed teamPan Am Male Cup2018 Tacarigua Men s team2020 Salvador Men s team2022 Acapulco Men s teamJunior Pan American Games2021 Cali Valle Boys singles2021 Cali Valle Mixed doublesPan Am Junior Championships2016 Lima Boys doubles2016 Lima Mixed doubles2016 Lima Mixed team2017 Markham Boys singles2017 Markham Mixed doubles2018 Salvador Mixed team2019 Moncton Boys singles2019 Moncton Boys doubles2017 Markham Mixed team2019 Moncton Mixed doublesRepresenting Mixed NOCsYouth Olympic Games2018 Buenos Aires Mixed teamBWF profile Contents 1 Career 2 Achievements 2 1 Pan American Games 2 2 Pan Am Championships 2 3 Junior Pan American Games 2 4 Pan Am Junior Championships 2 5 BWF International Challenge Series 8 titles 4 runners up 3 References 4 External linksCareer edit nbsp Badminton player Brian Yang with a buzz cut with bangsIn 2016 he won three gold medals at the U 19 Pan Am Junior Championships winning the boys doubles mixed doubles and team events 2 3 Yang won his first senior international title at 2017 Suriname International in the men s singles 4 In July he won the boys singles and mixed doubles titles at the Pan Am Junior Championships while the Canada team captured the silver medal 5 6 Yang represented Canada in the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Thomas Cup At the El Salvador International he won two titles in the men s singles and mixed doubles 7 Yang clinched the men s singles title at the 2019 Canadian National Championships and became Canada s youngest national champion 8 He competed at the Sudirman Cup Yang was named to Canada s 2019 Pan American Games team 9 ended up winning silver in the men s singles competition 10 He was crowned as the men s singles champion at the 2021 Pan Am Championships 11 He also won the gold medals in the boys singles doubles and mixed team at the Pan Am Junior Championships 12 In June 2021 Yang was named to Canada s Olympic team for the 2020 Summer Olympics 13 He also competed at the first edition of the Junior Pan Am Games clinching the gold medals in the boys singles and mixed doubles 14 In 2022 he won a silver medal at the Pan Am Championships losing to Kevin Cordon in the final 15 In his second appearance at the Pan American Games Yang captured the gold medal in the men s singles after beating the defending champion Kevin Cordon in the final 16 Achievements editPan American Games edit Men s singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref2019 Polideportivo 3 Lima Peru nbsp Ygor Coelho 19 21 10 21 nbsp Silver 10 2023 Olympic Training Center Santiago Chile nbsp Kevin Cordon EAI 21 18 21 6 nbsp Gold 16 Pan Am Championships edit Men s singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref2021 Sagrado Corazon de Jesus Guatemala City Guatemala nbsp Jason Ho Shue 21 13 18 10 retired nbsp Gold 11 2022 Palacio de los Deportes Carlos El Famoso Hernandez San Salvador El Salvador nbsp Kevin Cordon 17 21 14 21 nbsp Silver 15 2023 G C Foster College of Physical Education and Sport Kingston Jamaica nbsp Uriel Canjura 21 10 21 5 nbsp GoldJunior Pan American Games edit Boys singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref2021 Pacific Valley Events Center Yumbo Valle Colombia nbsp Uriel Canjura 21 8 21 6 nbsp Gold 14 Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref2021 Pacific Valley Events Center Yumbo Valle Colombia nbsp Rachel Chan nbsp Uriel Canjura nbsp Fatima Centeno 21 13 21 14 nbsp Gold 14 Pan Am Junior Championships edit Boys singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref2017 Markham Pan Am Centre Markham Canada nbsp Jonathan Matias 21 14 21 13 nbsp Gold 5 2019 CEPS Louis J Robichaud Moncton Canada nbsp Kevin Wang 21 15 21 8 nbsp Gold 17 Boys doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref2016 CAR la Videna Lima Peru nbsp Desmond Wang nbsp Ricky Liuzhou nbsp Cadmus Yeo 17 21 21 15 21 13 nbsp Gold 2 2019 CEPS Louis J Robichaud Moncton Canada nbsp Jonathan Chien nbsp Clayton Cayen nbsp Ryan Zheng 21 10 23 21 nbsp Gold 18 Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref2016 CAR la Videna Lima Peru nbsp Katie Ho Shue nbsp Vinson Chiu nbsp Jamie Hsu 21 14 21 14 nbsp Gold 2 2017 Markham Pan Am Centre Markham Canada nbsp Katie Ho Shue nbsp Fabricio Farias nbsp Samia Lima 21 14 21 11 nbsp Gold 5 2019 CEPS Louis J Robichaud Moncton Canada nbsp Catherine Choi nbsp Jonathan Chien nbsp Crystal Lai 21 18 19 21 18 21 nbsp Silver 19 BWF International Challenge Series 8 titles 4 runners up edit Men s singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result2017 Suriname International nbsp Osleni Guerrero 12 21 21 17 21 14 nbsp Winner2018 El Salvador International nbsp Heymard Humblers 21 11 18 21 21 16 nbsp Winner2019 Brazil International nbsp Misha Zilberman 17 21 20 22 nbsp Runner up2019 Peru Future Series nbsp B R Sankeerth 21 12 11 21 19 21 nbsp Runner up2019 Peru International nbsp Kevin Cordon 15 21 21 13 21 12 nbsp Winner2019 Santo Domingo Open nbsp Kevin Cordon 21 8 21 4 nbsp Winner2019 Suriname International nbsp Kevin Cordon Walkover nbsp Winner2019 Turkey Open nbsp Luis Enrique Penalver 19 21 19 21 nbsp Runner up2021 Peru International nbsp Ygor Coelho 21 16 21 18 nbsp Winner2021 Denmark Masters nbsp Victor Svendsen 16 21 21 17 21 15 nbsp Winner2022 Canadian International nbsp Takuma Obayashi 11 21 17 21 nbsp Runner upMixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result2018 El Salvador International nbsp Catherine Choi nbsp Anibal Marroquin nbsp Danica Nishimura 21 6 21 7 nbsp Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournamentReferences edit Players Brian Yang Badminton World Federation Retrieved 2 August 2019 a b c Hearn Don 24 July 2016 Pan Am Juniors Ouyang defends as Canada takes 4 Badzine Archived from the original on 1 August 2022 Retrieved 1 August 2022 Canadian juniors dominate the podium at Pan Am Junior Individual Championships Badminton Canada 1 August 2016 Archived from the original on 1 August 2022 Retrieved 1 August 2022 XI Suriname International 2017 Badminton Pan America 20 November 2017 Archived from the original on 1 August 2022 Retrieved 1 August 2022 a b c Brasil volta a conquistar podios no maior torneio junior de badminton da America in Portuguese Confederacao Brasileira de Badminton 29 July 2017 Archived from the original on 1 August 2022 Retrieved 1 August 2022 2017 Junior Pan American Championship Team Badminton Canada 4 July 2017 Archived from the original on 1 August 2022 Retrieved 1 August 2022 Champions at El Salvador International 2018 Badminton Pan America 10 December 2018 Archived from the original on 1 August 2022 Retrieved 1 August 2022 Brian Yang Canadian Olympic Committee Retrieved 5 August 2019 Eight of Canada s best head to Lima for the 2019 Pan American Games Badminton Canada 12 June 2019 Retrieved 15 June 2019 a b Canada s badminton team enjoys dominant day at Pan Ams CBC ca 2 August 2019 Retrieved 3 August 2019 a b Crowns Owners Pan Am 2021 Badminton Pan America 3 May 2021 Archived from the original on 7 May 2021 Retrieved 7 May 2021 Pan Am Junior Players Shined in Canada Pan Am Junior 2019 Badminton Pan America 22 July 2019 Archived from the original on 1 August 2022 Retrieved 1 August 2022 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 a b c Canada Sweeps the Podium at the 2021 Pan American Junior Games Badminton Canada 1 December 2021 Archived from the original on 1 August 2022 Retrieved 1 August 2022 a b Berkeley Geoff 29 April 2022 Li saves match points to claim Pan Am Individual Badminton Championships title Inside the Games Archived from the original on 1 August 2022 Retrieved 1 August 2022 a b Fenton Caela 25 October 2023 Day 5 at Santiago 2023 Mac Neil makes history badminton gold rush Canadian Olympic Committee Retrieved 27 October 2023 XXVIII Pan Am Junior Championships U11 U19 BS U19 BWF Tournament Software Archived from the original on 1 August 2022 Retrieved 1 August 2022 XXVIII Pan Am Junior Championships U11 U19 BD U19 BWF Tournament Software Archived from the original on 1 August 2022 Retrieved 1 August 2022 XXVIII Pan Am Junior Championships U11 U19 XD U19 BWF Tournament Software Archived from the original on 1 August 2022 Retrieved 1 August 2022 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brian Yang Brian Yang at BWF tournamentsoftware com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Brian Yang badminton amp oldid 1185091311, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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