Kristen Tsai

Kristen Tsai 蔡宛廷
Personal information
Birth name	Tsai Wan-ting
Country	Canada
Born	(1995-07-11) 11 July 1995 (age 29) Taiwan
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 Women's badminton Representing   Canada Pan American Games 2019 Lima Women's doubles 2019 Lima Mixed doubles Pan Am Championships 2012 Lima Women's singles 2018 Guatemala City Women's doubles 2019 Aguascalientes Women's doubles 2021 Guatemala City Women's doubles 2022 San Salvador Women's doubles 2012 Lima Women's doubles 2018 Guatemala City Mixed doubles 2019 Aguascalientes Mixed doubles Pan Am Mixed Team Championships 2012 Lima Mixed team Pan Am Women's Team Championships 2020 Salvador Women's team Pan Am Junior Championships 2009 Guaynabo Girls' doubles 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.

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

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
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
2019	Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru	Nyl Yakura	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Josephine Wu	21–18, 12–21, 15–21	Silver

Pan Am Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Manuel Bonilla Stadium, Lima, Peru	Jamie Subandhi	21–16, 21–19	Gold

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
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
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

Pan Am Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	Sarah Kong	Lorena Duany Katherine Winder	18–21, 13–21	Bronze

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

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
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
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
2017	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Nyl Yakura	Oliver Leydon-Davis Susannah Leydon-Davis	21–11, 21–8	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Kristen Tsai Yonex". Badminton Canada. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
2. "Hello My Name is Christin Tsai". The Shuttler Magazine - Volume 2 Issue 3. 19 December 2011. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
3. "Participants: Kristen Tsai". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
4. Hearn, Don (30 April 2018). "2 repeat champions on each of 3 continents!". Badzine. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
5. "Canada's badminton team enjoys dominant day at Pan Ams". CBC.ca. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
6. "Crowns Owners – Pan Am 2021". Badminton Pan America. 3 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
7. 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.
8. J SPORTS Corporation. "S/J LEAGUE". 昭和電工マテリアルズ. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
9. Tsai. "03.15.2023 Surgery". Instagram. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

External links

• Kristen Tsai at BWF Badminton.com
• Kristen Tsai at BWF .TournamentSoftware.com (archived, alternate link )
• Kristen Tsai at Team Canada
• Kristen Tsai at Olympics.com
• Kristen Tsai at Olympedia
• Kristen Tsai at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Kristen Tsai at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)