Rachel Chan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 15 November 2003||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Markham, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 55 (28 February 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 63 (9 April 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Rachel Chan (born 15 November 2003) is a Canadian badminton player. [1] She won the women's singles title at the 2020 Canadian National Championships and became Canada's youngest national champion. She has represented Canada in the Pan Am Junior Championships multiple times between 2016 until 2019, and the 2019 World Junior Championship making it to round of 32. [2] Rachel won silver at the 2021 Pan Am Championships in women's singles, debuting in her first senior level international tournament, [3] [4] [5] and later cliched the bronze medal at the 2023 Pan American Games. [6]
Women's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2023 | Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile | Beiwen Zhang | 16–21, 11–21 | Bronze |
Women's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2021 | Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Beiwen Zhang | 14–21, 18–21 | Silver |
2022 | Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador | Beiwen Zhang | 19–21, 22–20, 6–21 | Bronze |
2024 | Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Beiwen Zhang | 15–21, 15–21 | Bronze |
Girls' singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2017 | Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada | Jolie Wang | 21–14, 17–21, 21–12 | Gold |
Girls' doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud, Moncton, Canada | Jeslyn Chow | Bhaavya S Manikonda Rachel Ye | 21–16, 21–19 | Gold |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2017 | Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada | Ivan Li | Aaron Low Tiffany Kuang | 21–23, 21–15, 22–24 | Bronze |
2019 | CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud, Moncton, Canada | Ivan Li | Victor Lai Jessica Cheng | 21–18, 19–21, 21–23 | Silver |
Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2023 | Canadian International | Wenyu Zhang | 24–22, 17–21, 20–22 | Runner-up |
2024 | Portugal International | Devika Sihag | 16–21, 16–21 | Runner-up |
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