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] and later cliched the bronze medal at the 2023 Pan American Games.^[6]

Rachel Chan
Personal information
Country	Canada
Born	(2003-11-15) 15 November 2003 (age 20) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Residence	Markham, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Women's singles
Highest ranking	55 (28 February 2023)
Current ranking	72 (24 October 2023)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Canada Pan American Games 2023 Santiago Women's singles Pan Am Championships 2021 Guatemala City Women's singles 2022 San Salvador Women's singles Pan Am Female Cup 2024 São Paulo Women's team 2022 Acapulco Women's team Junior Pan American Games 2021 Cali–Valle Girls' singles 2021 Cali–Valle Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Achievements

Pan American Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile	Beiwen Zhang	16–21, 11–21	Bronze

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 International Challenge/Series (2 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Canadian International	Wenyu Zhang	24–22, 17–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2024	Portugal International	Devika Sihag	16–21, 16–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Rachel Chan | Profile". Badminton World Federation. 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". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
5. "Promising Talent Rachel Chan Brightens Canada's Horizons". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
6. "Pan Am Games: Double for Josephine Wu". BWF. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.

External links

• Rachel Chan at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com 
• Rachel Chan at BWFbadminton.com