Brittney Tam

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Brittney Tam
谭碧贤
Personal information
Birth nameBrittney Shannon Tam
CountryCanada
Born (1997-08-23) 23 August 1997 (age 27)
Toronto, Canada
Residence Markham, Canada
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Years active2014
HandednessRight
CoachKevin Cao
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking43 (WS 24 December 2019)
326 (WD 14 April 2016)
74 (XD 18 June 2015)
Current ranking79 (WS 9 August 2022)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Pan Am Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Markham Mixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Campinas Mixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Campinas Women's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Campinas Mixed doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Santo Domingo Mixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Havana Women's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Havana Mixed doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Aguascalientes Women's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Guatemala City Women's singles
Pan Am Women's Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Tacarigua Women's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Salvador Women's team
Pan Am Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Puerto Vallarta Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Edmonton Mixed doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Edmonton Mixed team
BWF profile

Brittney Shannon Tam (born 23 August 1997) is a Canadian badminton player. [1] [2] In 2012, she won a silver medal at the Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles event. [2] In 2016, she won the gold medal in the mixed team event at the Pan Am Badminton Championships. [3] In the individual event, she won the gold medals in the women's singles and mixed doubles event. [4] [5] She competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. [6]

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Achievements

Pan Am Championships

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2016 Clube Fonte São Paulo, Campinas, Brazil Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stephanie Pakenham 21–11, 21–19 Med 1.png Gold
2017 Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich 8–21, 21–12, 7–21 Med 2.png Silver
2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michelle Li 10–21, 18–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2019 Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michelle Li15–21, 22–24 Med 2.png Silver

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016 Clube Fonte São Paulo,
Campinas, Brazil
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nyl Yakura Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nathan Osborne
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Josephine Wu
21–17, 21–17 Med 1.png Gold
2017 Sports City Coliseum,
Havana, Cuba
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nyl Yakura Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toby Ng
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich
13–21, 14–21 Med 2.png Silver

Pan Am Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012Millennium Place,
Edmonton, Canada
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Flag of the United States.svg Phillip Chew
Flag of the United States.svg Iris Wang
24–22, 17–21, 22–24 Med 2.png Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2017 Waikato International Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Huang Yin-hsuan 17–21, 25–23, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Flag of Vietnam.svg Vũ Thị Trang 14–21, 22–20, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

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References

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