Joshua Hurlburt-Yu

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Joshua Hurlburt-Yu
余智华
Personal information
CountryCanada
Born (1994-12-28) 28 December 1994 (age 30)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada [1]
Residence Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking64 (MD with Duncan Yao 13 August 2019)
26 (XD with Josephine Wu, 3 August 2021)
Current ranking122 (MD with Jason Ho-Shue)
333 (XD with Josephine Wu) (22 November 2022)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima Mixed doubles
Pan Am Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Aguascalientes Mixed doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Guatemala City Mixed doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Kingston Mixed doubles
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima Mixed team
Pan Am Men's Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Salvador Men's team
Pan Am Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2012 EdmontonMixed doubles
BWF profile

Joshua Hurlburt-Yu (born 28 December 1994) is a Canadian badminton player. [2] Joshua was a gold medalist in the mixed doubles event at the 2019 Lima Pan American Games, [3] and also at the 2019 and 2021 Pan Am Championships. [4]

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Career

In June 2021, Hurlburt-Yu was named to Canada's Olympic team, [5] competing in the mixed doubles badminton event. [6]

Achievements

Pan American Games

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019 Polideportivo 3,
Lima, Peru
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Josephine Wu Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nyl Yakura
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kristen Tsai
18–21, 21–12, 21–15 Med 1.png Gold

Pan Am Championships

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019 Gimnasio Olímpico,
Aguascalientes, Mexico
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Josephine Wu Flag of Brazil.svg Fabricio Farias
Flag of Brazil.svg Jaqueline Lima
21–14, 21–19 Med 1.png Gold
2021 Sagrado Corazon de Jesus,
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Josephine Wu Flag of Guatemala.svg Christopher Martínez
Flag of Guatemala.svg Mariana Paiz
21–18, 21–18 Med 1.png Gold
2023 G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport,
Kingston, Jamaica
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ty Alexander Lindeman
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Josephine Wu
22–20, 18–21, 21–17 Med 1.png Gold

Pan Am Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012 Edmonton, Canada Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brittney Tam 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 (9 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Duncan Yao Flag of the United States.svg Sattawat Pongnairat
Flag of Indonesia.svg Ferdinand Sinarta Surbakti
18–21, 21–16, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Santo Domingo Open Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Duncan Yao Flag of Guatemala.svg Rodolfo Ramírez
Flag of Guatemala.svg Jonathan Solís
21–19, 16–21, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Hungarian International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Peter Briggs Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Duk-young
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Sa-rang
12–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2022 Peru Challenge Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jason Ho-Shue Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adam Dong
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nyl Yakura
21–15, 18–21, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Josephine Wu Flag of the United States.svg Sattawat Pongnairat
Flag of the United States.svg Kerry Xu
21–16, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Guatemala International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Josephine Wu Flag of Cuba.svg Leodannis Martínez
Flag of Cuba.svg Tahimara Oropeza
21–12, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Santo Domingo Open Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Josephine Wu Flag of Brazil.svg Fabricio Farias
Flag of Brazil.svg Jaqueline Lima
21–17, 16–21, 22–20Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Bulgarian Open Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Josephine Wu Flag of England.svg Matthew Clare
Flag of England.svg Lizzie Tolman
21–16, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 South Australia International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Josephine Wu Flag of Indonesia.svg Dejan Ferdinansyah
Flag of Indonesia.svg Serena Kani
21–19, 25–27, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019Yonex / K&D Graphics International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Josephine Wu Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lu Chia-pin
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Wan-ching
21–18, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2023 Portugal International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich Flag of Denmark.svg Andreas Søndergaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Iben Bergstein
19–21, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. "Joshua Hurlburt-Yu". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  2. "Players: Joshua Hurlburt-Yu". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. "Canada's badminton team enjoys dominant day at Pan Ams". CBC.ca. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. "Crowns Owners – Pan Am 2021". Badminton Pan Am. 3 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. 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.
  6. "Hurlburt-Yu Joshua". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.