Brian Yang (badminton)

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Brian Yang
2018-10-12 Badminton Mixed International Team Final match 5 at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics by Sandro Halank-017.jpg
Yang in 2018
Personal information
CountryCanada
Born (2001-11-25) 25 November 2001 (age 23)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada [1]
Residence Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada [1]
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
HandednessRight [1]
Men's singles
Highest ranking21 (27 December 2022)
Current ranking33 (11 March 2025)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Santiago Men's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Lima Men's singles
Pan Am Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Guatemala City Men's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Kingston Men's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 San Salvador Men's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Guatemala City Men's singles
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima Mixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Guadalajara Mixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Aguascalientes Mixed team
Pan Am Male Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Tacarigua Men's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Salvador Men's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Acapulco Men's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 São Paulo Men's team
Junior Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Cali–Valle Boys' singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Cali–Valle Mixed doubles
Pan Am Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Lima Boys' doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Lima Mixed doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Lima Mixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Markham Boys' singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Markham Mixed doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Salvador Mixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Moncton Boys' singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Moncton Boys' doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Markham Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Moncton Mixed doubles
Representing Olympic flag.svg Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team
BWF profile

Brian Yang (born 25 November 2001) is a Canadian badminton player. [2] He was a part of the Team Alpha that won the mixed team relay gold at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Contents

Career

Badminton player Brian Yang with a buzz cut with bangs Brianyang.jpg
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. [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

Pan American Games

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResultRef
2019 Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru Flag of Brazil.svg Ygor Coelho 19–21, 10–21 Med 2.png Silver [11]
2023 Olympic Training Center, Santiago, ChilePanam Sports flag.png  Kevin Cordón  (EAI)21–18, 21–6 Med 1.png Gold [17]

Pan Am Championships

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResultRef
2021 Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jason Ho-Shue 21–13, 18–10 retired Med 1.png Gold [12]
2022 Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador Flag of Guatemala.svg Kevin Cordón 17–21, 14–21 Med 2.png Silver [16]
2023 G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Kingston, Jamaica Flag of El Salvador.svg Uriel Canjura 21–10, 21–5 Med 1.png Gold
2024 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,
Guatemala City, Guatemala		 Flag of El Salvador.svg Uriel Canjura16–21, 15–21 Med 3.png Bronze

Junior Pan American Games

Boys' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResultRef
2021 Pacific Valley Events Center, Yumbo, Valle, Colombia Flag of El Salvador.svg Uriel Canjura 21–8, 21–6 Med 1.png Gold [15]

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2021 Pacific Valley Events Center,
Yumbo, Valle, Colombia		 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Chan Flag of El Salvador.svg Uriel Canjura
Flag of El Salvador.svg Fátima Centeno 		21–13, 21–14 Med 1.png Gold [15]

Pan Am Junior Championships

Boys' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResultRef
2017 Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada Flag of Brazil.svg Jonathan Matias 21–14, 21–13 Med 1.png Gold [6]
2019CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud, Moncton, Canada Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kevin Wang 21–15, 21–8 Med 1.png Gold [18]

Boys' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2016CAR la Videna,
Lima, Peru		 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Desmond Wang Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Liuzhou
Flag of the United States.svg Cadmus Yeo 		17–21, 21–15, 21–13 Med 1.png Gold [3]
2019CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud,
Moncton, Canada		 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jonathan Chien Flag of the United States.svg Clayton Cayen
Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Zheng 		21–10, 23–21 Med 1.png Gold [19]

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2016CAR la Videna,
Lima, Peru		 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Katie Ho-Shue Flag of the United States.svg Vinson Chiu
Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Hsu 		21–14, 21–14 Med 1.png Gold [3]
2017 Markham Pan Am Centre,
Markham, Canada		 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Katie Ho-Shue Flag of Brazil.svg Fabricio Farias
Flag of Brazil.svg Sâmia Lima 		21–14, 21–11 Med 1.png Gold [6]
2019CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud,
Moncton, Canada		 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Catherine Choi Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jonathan Chien
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Crystal Lai 		21–18, 19–21, 18–21 Med 2.png Silver [20]

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

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

YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2024 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Antonsen 21–18, 13–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (10 titles, 4 runners-up)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2017 Suriname International Flag of Cuba.svg Osleni Guerrero 12–21, 21–17, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 El Salvador International Flag of Guatemala.svg Heymard Humblers 21–11, 18–21, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Brazil International Flag of Israel.svg Misha Zilberman 17–21, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Peru Future Series Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg B. R. Sankeerth 21–12, 11–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Peru International Flag of Guatemala.svg Kevin Cordón 15–21, 21–13, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Santo Domingo Open Flag of Guatemala.svg Kevin Cordón21–8, 21–4Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019Suriname International Flag of Guatemala.svg Kevin CordónWalkoverGold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Turkey Open Flag of Spain.svg Luís Enrique Peñalver 19–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2021Peru International Flag of Brazil.svg Ygor Coelho 21–16, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2021 Denmark Masters Flag of Denmark.svg Victor Svendsen 16–21, 21–17, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2022 Canadian International Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Obayashi 11–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023Canadian International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Victor Lai 21–15, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2024Canadian International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Victor Lai21–14, 21–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018El Salvador International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Catherine Choi Flag of Guatemala.svg Aníbal Marroquín
Flag of Peru.svg Dánica Nishimura 		21–6, 21–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Yang Brian". Paris 2024 Olympics . International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Players: Brian Yang". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "XI Suriname International 2017". Badminton Pan America. 20 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 "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.
  7. ↑ "2017 Junior Pan American Championship Team". Badminton Canada. 4 July 2017. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Champions at El Salvador International 2018". Badminton Pan America. 10 December 2018. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "Brian Yang". Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  10. ↑ "Eight of Canada's best head to Lima for the 2019 Pan American Games". Badminton Canada. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  11. 1 2 "Canada's badminton team enjoys dominant day at Pan Ams". CBC.ca. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  12. 1 2 "Crowns Owners – Pan Am 2021". Badminton Pan America. 3 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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  14. ↑ 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.
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  16. 1 2 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.
  17. 1 2 Fenton, Caela (25 October 2023). "Day 5 at Santiago 2023: Mac Neil makes history, badminton gold rush". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
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  21. ↑ 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.
  22. ↑ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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