Brittney Tam

Brittney Tam
Personal information
Birth name Brittney Shannon Tam
Country  Canada
Born (1997-08-23) 23 August 1997
Toronto, Canada
Residence Markham, Canada
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Years active 2014
Handedness Right
Coach Kevin Cao
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking 46 (WS 19 April 2018)
326 (WD 14 April 2016)
74 (XD 18 June 2015)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Canada
Pan Am Championships
2017 Santo Domingo Mixed team
2016 Campinas Mixed team
2016 Campinas Women's singles
2016 Campinas Mixed doubles
2014 Markham Mixed team
2017 Havana Women's singles
2017 Havana Mixed doubles
2018 Guatemala City Women's singles
Pan Am Women's Team Championships
2018 Tacarigua Women's team
Pan Am Junior Championships
2013 Puerto Vallarta Mixed team
2012 Edmonton Mixed doubles
2012 Edmonton Mixed team
BWF profile

Brittney Shannon Tam (born 23 August 1997) is a Canadian badminton player.[1][2] In 2012, she won a silver medal at the Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles event.[2] In 2016, she won the gold medal in the mixed team event at the Pan Am Badminton Championships.[3] In the individual event, she won the gold medals in the women's singles and mixed doubles event.[4][5] She competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[6]

Achievements

Pan Am Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,
Guatemala City, Guatemala		 Canada Michelle Li 10–21, 18–21 Bronze
2017 Sports City Coliseum,
Havana, Cuba		 Canada Rachel Honderich 8–21, 21–12, 7–21 Silver
2016 Clube Fonte São Paulo,
Campinas, Brazil		 Canada Stephanie Pakenham 21–11, 21–19 Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Sports City Coliseum,
Havana, Cuba		 Canada Nyl Yakura Canada Toby Ng
Canada Rachel Honderich		 13–21, 14–21 Silver
2016 Clube Fonte São Paulo,
Campinas, Brazil		 Canada Nyl Yakura Canada Nathan Osborne
Canada Josephine Wu		 21–17, 21–17 Gold

Pan Am Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Millennium Place,
Edmonton, Canada		 Canada Joshua Hulrburt-Yu United States Phillip Chew
United States Iris Wang		 24–22, 17–21, 22–24 Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Waikato International Chinese Taipei Huang Yin-hsuan 17–21, 25–23, 21–16 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Players: Brittney Tam". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Britney Tam". www.badminton.ca. Badminton Canada. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Team Canada wins the 20th Pan American Badminton Championships". www.badminton.ca. Badminton Canada. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Golden Sweep for Canada - Finals: Pan Am Individual Championships". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Gold's go to Canada in Campinhas". www.badmintonpanam.org. Badminton Pan Am. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Team Canada Arrives in Gold Coast, Australia". Badminton Canada. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
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