Kristen Tsai

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Kristen Tsai
蔡宛廷
Personal information
Birth nameTsai Wan-ting
CountryCanada
Born (1995-07-11) 11 July 1995 (age 29)
Taiwan
Residence Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking18 (WD with Rachel Honderich 15 November 2022)
59 (XD 24 September 2019 with Nyl Yakura)
Current ranking24 (WD with Rachel Honderich 3 January 2023)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima Women's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Lima Mixed doubles
Pan Am Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Lima Women's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Guatemala City Women's doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Aguascalientes Women's doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Guatemala City Women's doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 San Salvador Women's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Lima Women's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Guatemala City Mixed doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Aguascalientes Mixed doubles
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Lima Mixed team
Pan Am Women's Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Salvador Women's team
Pan Am Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Guaynabo Girls' doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Guaynabo Mixed team
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.

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Career

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]

Achievements

Pan American Games

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019 Polideportivo 3,
Lima, Peru
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich Flag of the United States.svg Keui-Ya Chen
Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Hsu
21–10, 21–9 Med 1.png Gold

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019 Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nyl Yakura Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Joshua Hurlburt-Yu
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Josephine Wu
21–18, 12–21, 15–21 Med 2.png Silver

Pan Am Championships

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2012 Manuel Bonilla Stadium, Lima, Peru Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Subandhi 21–16, 21–19 Med 1.png Gold

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012 Manuel Bonilla Stadium, Lima, Peru Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Joycelyn Ko Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Bruce
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Phyllis Chan
21–17, 17–21, 12–21 Med 2.png Silver
2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michelle Tong
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Josephine Wu
17–21, 21–17, 21–14 Med 1.png Gold
2019 Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Catherine Choi
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Josephine Wu
21–15, 27–25 Med 1.png Gold
2021 Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich Flag of the United States.svg Francesca Corbett
Flag of the United States.svg Alison Lee
21–12, 21–7 Med 1.png Gold
2022 Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández,
San Salvador, El Salvador
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Catherine Choi
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Josephine Wu
21–17, 21–18 Med 1.png Gold

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nyl Yakura Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ty Alexander Lindeman
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Josephine Wu
14–21, 24–26 Med 2.png Silver
2019 Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nyl Yakura Flag of Brazil.svg Fabrício Farias
Flag of Brazil.svg Jaqueline Lima
22–24, 19–21 Med 3.png Bronze

Pan Am Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sarah Kong Flag of Peru.svg Lorena Duany
Flag of Peru.svg Katherine Winder
18–21, 13–21 Med 3.png Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 5 runners-up)

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2013 Peru International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicole Grether 21–11, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Canadian International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michelle Li 14–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013 Peru International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Joycelyn Ko Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Grace Gao
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michelle Li
15–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Renuga Veeran
21–12, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018Yonex / K&D Graphics International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hung Shih-han
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yu Chien-hui
21–19, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Brazil International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich Flag of France.svg Émilie Lefel
Flag of France.svg Anne Tran
21–18, 17–21, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Kharkiv International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich Flag of England.svg Chloe Birch
Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith
14–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Belgian International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich Flag of Bulgaria.svg Gabriela Stoeva
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stefani Stoeva
16–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Hungarian International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich Flag of Sweden.svg Emma Karlsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Johanna Magnusson
21–16, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019Yonex / K&D Graphics International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gronya Somerville
21–14, 9–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2021 Scottish Open Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich Flag of Malaysia.svg Anna Cheong
Flag of Malaysia.svg Teoh Mei Xing
21–14, 21-12Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nyl Yakura Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Leydon-Davis
Flag of New Zealand.svg Susannah Leydon-Davis
21–11, 21–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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