Andrew D'Souza

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Andrew D'Souza
Personal information
Birth nameAndrew William D'Souza
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Born (1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 28)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
ResidenceOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking161 (MS) 23 September 2015
106 (MD) 14 November 2013
BWF profile

Andrew William D'Souza (born 1 July 1994) is a Canadian male badminton player from Ottawa, Ontario. [1] He has been a top ranked men's individual on the continent and a contender in major international competitions such as the 2012 BWF World Junior Championships, the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2015 Pan American Games. He has won the men's singles title at the Canadian National Badminton Championships in 2015. In 2011, he trained at the Gopichand Badminton Academy in India. [2]

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Achievements

Pan American Games


Men's Singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2015 Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Flag of Guatemala.svg Kevin Cordón 13-21, 14-21 Med 2.png Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's Doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013 USA International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sergiy Shatenko Flag of the United States.svg Christian Yahya Christianto
Flag of the United States.svg Hock Lai Lee
9-21, 14-21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

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References

  1. "Players: Andrew D'Souza". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  2. "Andrew D'Souza". olympique.ca (in French). Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 14 April 2017.