Kristen Tsai

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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.

Kristen Tsai
蔡宛廷
Personal information
Birth nameTsai Wan-ting
CountryCanada
Born (1995-07-11) 11 July 1995 (age 29)
Taiwan
ResidenceVancouver, 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  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Mixed doubles
Pan Am Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Lima Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Guatemala City Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Aguascalientes Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Guatemala City Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 San Salvador Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2012 Lima Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Guatemala City Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Aguascalientes Mixed doubles
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Lima Mixed team
Pan Am Women's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Salvador Women's team
Pan Am Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Guaynabo Girls' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Guaynabo Mixed team
BWF profile

Career

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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

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Pan American Games

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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.
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