Rachel Honderich

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Rachel Honderich
Personal information
CountryCanada
Born (1996-04-21) 21 April 1996 (age 27)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ResidenceToronto, Ontario, Canada
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Years active2013–present
HandednessRight
CoachJennifer Lee
Mike Butler
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking36 (WS 22 November 2018)
18 (WD with Kristen Tsai 18 November 2022)
41 (XD with Toby Ng 29 June 2017)
Current ranking24 (WD with Kristen Tsai 21 February 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 2015 Toronto Women's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Lima Women's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Toronto Women's doubles
Pan Am Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Havana Women's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Havana Mixed doubles
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
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Kingston Mixed doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Markham Women's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Guatemala City Women's singles
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Markham Mixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Guadalajara Mixed team
Pan Am Female Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Salvador Women's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Acapulco Women's team
BWF profile

Rachel Honderich (born 21 April 1996) is a Canadian badminton player from Toronto, Ontario. She has been one of the top ranked women's individual and doubles player on the continent and a contender in major international competitions. She is a vice-national champion in women's singles and has won several international titles since 2010. [1]

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Career

Honderich won her first senior international title at the 2014 Czech International tournament in the women's doubles partnered with Michelle Li. [2] Honderich clinched the silver and bronze medals at the 2015 Pan American Games in the women's singles and doubles respectively. [3] At the 2017 Pan American Championships, she crowned double titles, won the women's singles and mixed doubles event. [4] [5] She competed at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. [6] [7] Honderich won her first gold medal at the Pan American Games in the women's doubles partnered with Kristen Tsai in 2019 Lima. [8]

In June 2021, Honderich was named to Canada's Olympic team. [9]

Achievements

Pan American Games

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2015 Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Canada Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michelle Li 15–21, 9–21 Med 2.png Silver
2019 Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michelle Li11–21, 19–21 Med 2.png Silver

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Canada Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michelle Li Flag of the United States.svg Eva Lee
Flag of the United States.svg Paula Lynn Obañana
11–21, 8–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2019 Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kristen Tsai 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

Pan Am Championships

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2014 Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michelle Li 13–21, 16–21 Med 2.png Silver
2017 Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brittney Tam 21–8, 12–21, 21–7 Med 1.png Gold
2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michelle Li15–21, 16–21 Med 2.png Silver

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kristen Tsai 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 Kristen Tsai 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 Kristen Tsai 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 Kristen Tsai 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
2017 Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toby Ng Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nyl Yakura
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brittney Tam
21–13, 21–14 Med 1.png Gold
2023 G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport,
Kingston, Jamaica
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Joshua Hurlburt-Yu 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

BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2014 U.S. Grand Prix Flag of the United States.svg Beiwen Zhang 11–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016 Brasil Open Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toby Ng Flag of India.svg Pranaav Jerry Chopra
Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy
15–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (12 titles, 6 runners-up)

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Flag of the United States.svg Beiwen Zhang 13–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 Jamaica International Flag of Slovakia.svg Martina Repiská 15–21, 21–19, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Brazil International Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sabrina Jaquet 21–15, 15–21, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014 Czech International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michelle Li Flag of Russia.svg Irina Khlebko
Flag of Russia.svg Elena Komendrovskaja
21–12, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Jamaica International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo Flag of Jamaica.svg Mikaylia Haldane
Flag of Jamaica.svg Katherine Wynter
21–2, 21–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kristen Tsai Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Renuga Veeran
21–12, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Brazil International Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Subandhi Flag of the United States.svg Jennie Gai
Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Hsu
21–15, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018Yonex / K&D Graphics International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kristen Tsai 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
2019Brazil International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kristen Tsai Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Émilie Lefel
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Anne Tran
21–18, 17–21, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Kharkiv International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kristen Tsai 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 Kristen Tsai 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 Kristen Tsai 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 Kristen Tsai 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 Kristen Tsai Flag of Malaysia.svg Anna Cheong
Flag of Malaysia.svg Teoh Mei Xing
21–14, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2023 Canadian International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacqueline Cheung Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jackie Dent
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Crystal Lai
21–16, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Mercosul International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kevin Li Flag of the United States.svg Phillip Chew
Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Subandhi
11–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 Jamaica International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toby Ng Flag of Jamaica.svg Dennis Coke
Flag of Jamaica.svg Katherine Wynter
21–9, 21–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2023 Portugal International Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Joshua Hurlburt-Yu 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
  BWF Future Series tournament

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