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Birth name | Josephine Wu Yuenling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada [1] | 20 January 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 27 (WD with Catherine Choi, 31 October 2023) 28 (XD with Ty Alexander Lindeman, 2 April 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 33 (WD with Catherine Choi) 30 (XD with Ty Alexander Lindeman) (16 April 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Josephine Yuenling Wu (born 20 January 1995) is a Canadian badminton player. [2] [3] She clinched three Pan American Games gold medals by winning the mixed doubles title in 2019 and 2023, and in the women's doubles title in 2023. [4] [5] At the Pan Am Championships, she has won seven gold and five silver medals since her debut at the tournament in 2016. [6]
Wu is currently a business student at the University of Alberta and has been competing in badminton since she was seven years old.
As a junior, she won 29 provincial titles and was a member of Team Canada at the 2012 BWF World Junior Championships and the Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships from 2008 to 2013. Despite having a full course load in university, Josephine's passion for the sport has motivated her to continue balancing her school work and training. She was the mixed doubles winner at the 2014 College-University National Championships and went on to represent Canada at the 2014 World University Badminton Championships in Cordoba, Spain. Outside of training, Josephine also enjoys coaching her high school's badminton team. [7] In 2016, she won the gold medal in the mixed team event at the Pan Am Badminton Championships. [8] In the individual event, she won the Pan Am Championships gold medals in the women's doubles in 2016, and 2017, and also in the mixed doubles in 2018, 2019 and 2021. [9] [10] [11] Wu was a gold medalist in the mixed doubles event at the 2019 Lima Pan American Games. [4]
In 2021, Wu defend her mixed doubles title at the Pan Am Championships with partner Joshua Hurlburt-Yu, when the duo beating Christopher Martínez and Marian Paiz of Guatemala in the final in straight games. [12] In June, Wu was named to Canada's Olympic team, [13] competing in the mixed doubles badminton event with Hurlburt-Yu, but they were eliminated in the group stage. [14] After the Olympics, Wu reunited with Ty Alexander Lindeman and managed to win the Guatemala International, became their first in the international tournament since their last pairing in 2018. [15]
In 2023, Wu took the gold medal in the women's doubles with Catherine Choi and the silver medal with Ty Alexander Lindeman at the Pan Am Championships. This was the seven gold medals won by Wu since her debut at the Championships in 2016. [6] She then made her second appearance at the Pan American Games and captured two gold medals by winning the women's doubles with Choi and the mixed doubles with Lindeman. [5] She also won double title in the Guatemala International, and the mixed doubles title in the Peru Challenge.
In 2024, Wu joined the Canada winning team at the Pan Am Female Cup. [16] She won the mixed doubles title at the Polish Open partnered with Lindeman. [17] As the first seeded at the Pan Am Championships both in the mixed and women's doubles, [18] she had to settle for the bronze medals in both events after being defeated by the American pairs.
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2023 | Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile | Catherine Choi | Annie Xu Kerry Xu | 21–18, 10–21, 21–17 | Gold |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru | Joshua Hurlburt-Yu | Nyl Yakura Kristen Tsai | 18–21, 21–12, 21–15 | Gold |
2023 | Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile | Ty Alexander Lindeman | Vinson Chiu Jennie Gai | 17–21, 21–17, 21–19 | Gold |
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2016 | Clube Fonte São Paulo, Campinas, Brazil | Michelle Tong | Paula la Torre Luz María Zornoza | 21–17, 21–17 | Gold |
2017 | Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba | Michelle Tong | Daniela Macías Dánica Nishimura | 21–11, 21–12 | Gold |
2018 | Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Michelle Tong | Rachel Honderich Kristen Tsai | 21–17, 17–21, 14–21 | Silver |
2019 | Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico | Catherine Choi | Rachel Honderich Kristen Tsai | 15–21, 25–27 | Silver |
2022 | Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador | Catherine Choi | Rachel Honderich Kristen Tsai | 17–21, 18–21 | Silver |
2023 | G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Kingston, Jamaica | Catherine Choi | Francesca Corbett Allison Lee | 21–14, 21–18 | Gold |
2024 | Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Catherine Choi | Francesca Corbett Allison Lee | 18–21, 15–21 | Bronze |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2016 | Clube Fonte São Paulo, Campinas, Brazil | Nathan Osborne | Nyl Yakura Brittney Tam | 17–21, 17–21 | Silver |
2018 | Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Ty Alexander Lindeman | Nyl Yakura Kristen Tsai | 21–14, 26–24 | Gold |
2019 | Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico | Joshua Hurlburt-Yu | Fabricio Farias Jaqueline Lima | 21–14, 21–19 | Gold |
2021 | Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Joshua Hurlburt-Yu | Christopher Martínez Mariana Paiz | 21–18, 21–18 | Gold |
2022 | Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador | Ty Alexander Lindeman | Jonathan Solís Diana Corleto | 21–12, 21–11 | Gold |
2023 | G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Kingston, Jamaica | Ty Alexander Lindeman | Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Rachel Honderich | 20–22, 21–18, 17–21 | Silver |
2024 | Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Ty Alexander Lindeman | Presley Smith Allison Lee | 11–21, 16–21 | Bronze |
Girls' singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2012 | Millennium Place, Edmonton, Canada | Cherie Chow | 13–21, 20–22 | Bronze |
2013 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Lohaynny Vicente | 13–21, 19–21 | Bronze |
Girls' doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2012 | Millennium Place, Edmonton, Canada | Takeisha Wang | Cherie Chow Christine Yang | 21–18, 18–21, 21–23 | Bronze |
2013 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Takeisha Wang | Cherie Chow Christine Yang | 17–21, 15–21 | Silver |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2012 | Millennium Place, Edmonton, Canada | Nathan Osborne | Phillip Chew Iris Wang | 19–21, 16–21 | Bronze |
2013 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Nathan Osborne | Kevin Chan Christine Yang | 21–16, 15–21, 21–18 | Gold |
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Guatemala International | Talia Ng | Eliana Zhang Wendy Zhang | 14–21, 21–17, 21–10 | Winner |
2019 | Bulgarian Open | Catherine Choi | Bengisu Erçetin Nazlıcan İnci | 8–21, 8–21 | Runner-up |
2022 | Mexican International | Catherine Choi | Paula Lynn Cao Hok Lauren Lam | 21–19, 21–10 | Winner |
2023 | Polish Open | Catherine Choi | Jin Yujia Crystal Wong | 17–21, 21–17, 15–21 | Runner-up |
2023 | Guatemala International | Catherine Choi | Annie Xu Kerry Xu | 21–18, 21–18 | Winner |
2024 | Azerbaijan International | Catherine Choi | Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva | 14–21, 7–21 | Runner-up |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2017 | Yonex / K&D Graphics International | Toby Ng | Sattawat Pongnairat Kuei-Ya Chen | 21–19, 21–15 | Winner |
2018 | Yonex / K&D Graphics International | Joshua Hurlburt-Yu | Sattawat Pongnairat Kerry Xu | 21–16, 21–13 | Winner |
2018 | Guatemala International | Joshua Hurlburt-Yu | Leodannis Martínez Tahimara Oropeza | 21–12, 21–18 | Winner |
2018 | Santo Domingo Open | Joshua Hurlburt-Yu | Fabricio Farias Jaqueline Lima | 21–17, 16–21, 22–20 | Winner |
2019 | Bulgarian Open | Joshua Hurlburt-Yu | Matthew Clare Lizzie Tolman | 21–16, 21–16 | Winner |
2019 | South Australia International | Joshua Hurlburt-Yu | Dejan Ferdinansyah Serena Kani | 21–19, 25–27, 21–16 | Winner |
2019 | Yonex / K&D Graphics International | Joshua Hurlburt-Yu | Lu Chia-pin Lin Wan-ching | 21–18, 21–18 | Winner |
2021 | Guatemala International | Ty Alexander Lindeman | Joshua Yuan Allison Lee | 21–17, 21–8 | Winner |
2022 | Peru Challenge | Ty Alexander Lindeman | Vinson Chiu Jennie Gai | 20–22, 21–13, 21–23 | Runner-up |
2023 | Mexican International | Ty Alexander Lindeman | Vinson Chiu Jennie Gai | 20–22, 16–21 | Runner-up |
2023 | Guatemala International | Ty Alexander Lindeman | Kevin Lee Eliana Zhang | 21–9, 21–11 | Winner |
2023 | Peru Challenge | Ty Alexander Lindeman | Vinson Chiu Jennie Gai | 21–18, 21–15 | Winner |
2024 | Polish Open | Ty Alexander Lindeman | Callum Hemming Estelle van Leeuwen | 21–16, 22–20 | Winner |
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