Brian Yang (badminton)
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Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1] | 25 November 2001|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Men's singles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 21 (27 December 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 25 (23 July 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Brian Yang (born 25 November 2001) is a Canadian badminton player.[2] He was an integral part of the Team Alpha that won the mixed team relay gold at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
Career
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In 2016, he won three gold medals at the U–19 Pan Am Junior Championships, winning the boys' doubles, mixed doubles, and team events.[3][4]
Yang won his first senior international title at 2017 Suriname International in the men's singles.[5] 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.[6][7]
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.[8]
Yang clinched the men's singles title at the 2019 Canadian National Championships and became Canada's youngest national champion.[9] He competed at the Sudirman Cup. Yang was named to Canada's 2019 Pan American Games team,[10] ended up winning silver in the men's singles competition.[11] He was crowned as the men's singles champion at the 2021 Pan Am Championships.[12] He also won the gold medals in the boys' singles, doubles and mixed team at the Pan Am Junior Championships.[13]
In June 2021, Yang was named to Canada's Olympic team for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[14] He also competed at the first edition of the Junior Pan Am Games, clinching the gold medals in the boys' singles and mixed doubles.[15]
In 2022, he won a silver medal at the Pan Am Championships, losing to Kevin Cordón in the final.[16]
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.[17]
Achievements
[edit]Pan American Games
[edit]Men's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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2019 | Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru | ![]() |
19–21, 10–21 | ![]() |
[11] |
2023 | Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile | ![]() |
21–18, 21–6 | ![]() |
[17] |
Pan Am Championships
[edit]Men's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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2021 | Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala | ![]() |
21–13, 18–10 retired | ![]() |
[12] |
2022 | Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador | ![]() |
17–21, 14–21 | ![]() |
[16] |
2023 | G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Kingston, Jamaica | ![]() |
21–10, 21–5 | ![]() |
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2024 | Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala |
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16–21, 15–21 | ![]() |
Junior Pan American Games
[edit]Boys' singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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2021 | Pacific Valley Events Center, Yumbo, Valle, Colombia | ![]() |
21–8, 21–6 | ![]() |
[15] |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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2021 | Pacific Valley Events Center, Yumbo, Valle, Colombia |
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21–13, 21–14 | ![]() |
[15] |
Pan Am Junior Championships
[edit]Boys' singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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2017 | Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada | ![]() |
21–14, 21–13 | ![]() |
[6] |
2019 | CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud, Moncton, Canada | ![]() |
21–15, 21–8 | ![]() |
[18] |
Boys' doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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2016 | CAR la Videna, Lima, Peru |
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17–21, 21–15, 21–13 | ![]() |
[3] |
2019 | CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud, Moncton, Canada |
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21–10, 23–21 | ![]() |
[19] |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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2016 | CAR la Videna, Lima, Peru |
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21–14, 21–14 | ![]() |
[3] |
2017 | Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada |
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21–14, 21–11 | ![]() |
[6] |
2019 | CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud, Moncton, Canada |
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21–18, 19–21, 18–21 | ![]() |
[20] |
BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)
[edit]The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[21] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[22]
Men's singles
Year | Tournament | Level | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2024 | Indonesia Masters | Super 500 | ![]() |
21–18, 13–21, 18–21 | ![]() |
BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 4 runners-up)
[edit]Men's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2017 | Suriname International | ![]() |
12–21, 21–17, 21–14 | ![]() |
2018 | El Salvador International | ![]() |
21–11, 18–21, 21–16 | ![]() |
2019 | Brazil International | ![]() |
17–21, 20–22 | ![]() |
2019 | Peru Future Series | ![]() |
21–12, 11–21, 19–21 | ![]() |
2019 | Peru International | ![]() |
15–21, 21–13, 21–12 | ![]() |
2019 | Santo Domingo Open | ![]() |
21–8, 21–4 | ![]() |
2019 | Suriname International | ![]() |
Walkover | ![]() |
2019 | Turkey Open | ![]() |
19–21, 19–21 | ![]() |
2021 | Peru International | ![]() |
21–16, 21–18 | ![]() |
2021 | Denmark Masters | ![]() |
16–21, 21–17, 21–15 | ![]() |
2022 | Canadian International | ![]() |
11–21, 17–21 | ![]() |
2023 | Canadian International | ![]() |
21–15, 21–12 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | El Salvador International | ![]() |
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21–6, 21–7 | ![]() |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Yang Brian". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "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 pódios no maior torneio júnior de badminton da América" (in Portuguese). Confederação 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.
- ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
External links
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- Brian Yang at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Toronto
- Canadian sportspeople of Chinese descent
- Canadian male badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Medalists at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players for Canada
- Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Badminton players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada
- Badminton players at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Badminton players at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in badminton
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- 21st-century Canadian sportspeople