Kristen Tsai 蔡宛廷 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Tsai Wan-ting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Taiwan | 11 July 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Women's singles & doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 18 (WD with Rachel Honderich 15 November 2022) 59 (XD 24 September 2019 with Nyl Yakura) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 24 (WD with Rachel Honderich 3 January 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Kristen Tsai (born 11 July 1995) is a Taiwanese born Canadian badminton player. [1] She is the women's doubles champion at the 2019 Pan American Games, fifth time Pan Am Champion winning the women's singles title in 2012, and then the women's doubles title in 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2022.
Tsai became the first Canadian ever to make in to the quarterfinals at the World Junior Championships. [2] Lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, she trained at the ClearOne badminton club, and majored in criminology at the Simon Fraser University. [1] [3] She won her first Pan Am Championships title in 2012 in the women's singles event, and after that Tsai spent a full 4 years – between the 2013 and 2017 Canada Opens – away from international competition. [4] In 2018, she competed at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. [3] She won gold medal at the Pan American Games in the women's doubles partnered with Rachel Honderich, and a silver medal in the mixed doubles with Nyl Yakura in 2019 Lima. [5]
In 2021, she captured her fourth Pan Am Championships title by winning the women's doubles event partnered with Rachel Honderich. [6]
In June 2021, Tsai was named to Canada's Olympic team. [7]
In December 2022, Tsai suffered an ACL and MCL rupture while competing in the S/J league in Japan. [8] She had ACL reconstruction surgery in March 2023. [9]
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru | Rachel Honderich | Keui-Ya Chen Jamie Hsu | 21–10, 21–9 | Gold |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru | Nyl Yakura | Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Josephine Wu | 21–18, 12–21, 15–21 | Silver |
Women's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2012 | Manuel Bonilla Stadium, Lima, Peru | Jamie Subandhi | 21–16, 21–19 | Gold |
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2012 | Manuel Bonilla Stadium, Lima, Peru | Joycelyn Ko | Alex Bruce Phyllis Chan | 21–17, 17–21, 12–21 | Silver |
2018 | Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Rachel Honderich | Michelle Tong Josephine Wu | 17–21, 21–17, 21–14 | Gold |
2019 | Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico | Rachel Honderich | Catherine Choi Josephine Wu | 21–15, 27–25 | Gold |
2021 | Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Rachel Honderich | Francesca Corbett Alison Lee | 21–12, 21–7 | Gold |
2022 | Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador | Rachel Honderich | Catherine Choi Josephine Wu | 21–17, 21–18 | Gold |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Nyl Yakura | Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu | 14–21, 24–26 | Silver |
2019 | Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico | Nyl Yakura | Fabrício Farias Jaqueline Lima | 22–24, 19–21 | Bronze |
Girls' doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2009 | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico | Sarah Kong | Lorena Duany Katherine Winder | 18–21, 13–21 | Bronze |
Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2013 | Peru International | Nicole Grether | 21–11, 21–12 | Winner |
2013 | Canadian International | Michelle Li | 14–21, 19–21 | Runner-up |
Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2013 | Peru International | Joycelyn Ko | Grace Gao Michelle Li | 15–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
2017 | Yonex / K&D Graphics International | Rachel Honderich | Leanne Choo Renuga Veeran | 21–12, 21–15 | Winner |
2018 | Yonex / K&D Graphics International | Rachel Honderich | Hung Shih-han Yu Chien-hui | 21–19, 21–15 | Winner |
2019 | Brazil International | Rachel Honderich | Émilie Lefel Anne Tran | 21–18, 17–21, 21–19 | Winner |
2019 | Kharkiv International | Rachel Honderich | Chloe Birch Lauren Smith | 14–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
2019 | Belgian International | Rachel Honderich | Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva | 16–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
2019 | Hungarian International | Rachel Honderich | Emma Karlsson Johanna Magnusson | 21–16, 21–16 | Winner |
2019 | Yonex / K&D Graphics International | Rachel Honderich | Setyana Mapasa Gronya Somerville | 21–14, 9–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
2021 | Scottish Open | Rachel Honderich | Anna Cheong Teoh Mei Xing | 21–14, 21-12 | Winner |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2017 | Yonex / K&D Graphics International | Nyl Yakura | Oliver Leydon-Davis Susannah Leydon-Davis | 21–11, 21–8 | Winner |
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