Rachel Chan (badminton)

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Rachel Chan
Personal information
CountryCanada
Born (2003-11-15) 15 November 2003 (age 18)
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
Silver medal – second place 2021 Guatemala City Women's singles

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]

Achievements[]

Pan Am Championships[]

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2021 Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala United States Beiwen Zhang 14–21, 18–21 Silver Silver

Pan Am Junior Championships[]

Girls' singles

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

Girls' doubles

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

Moncton, Canada

Canada Jeslyn Chow United States Bhaavya S Manikonda

United States Rachel Ye

21–16, 21–19 Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

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

Markham, Canada

Canada Ivan Li United States Aaron Low

United States Tiffany Kuang

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

Moncton, Canada

Canada Ivan Li Canada Victor Lai

Canada Jessica Cheng

21–18, 19–21, 21–23 Silver Silver

BWF Junior International Series[]

Women's singles

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