Nicki Chan-Lam

Nicki Chan-Lam
Personal information
Birth name Nicola Chan Lam
Country  Mauritius
Born (1991-11-04) 4 November 1991
London, England
Residence St Albans, England
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Handedness Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking 230 (2 Jun 2016)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Mauritius
African Games
2015 Brazzaville Mixed team
2015 Brazzaville Women's singles
Africa Team Championships
2018 AlgiersWomen's team
2016 Rose HillWomen's team
BWF profile

Nicola Chan-Lam (born 4 November 1991) is a former English badminton player and later represented Mauritius.[1] Chan-Lam competed for Mauritius at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2][3] She was one of the 14 players selected for the Road to Rio Program, a program that aimed to help African badminton players to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games.[4] In 2015, she won a bronze medal in the women's singles event and a gold medal in the mixed team event at the African Games.[5]

Personal life

Chan-Lam married Marcus Ellis, English badminton player, bronze medalist in the men's doubles at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in June 2017, and the family lived in St Albans.[3][6]

Achievements

All African Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2015 Gymnase Étienne Mongha,
Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo		 Nigeria Grace Gabriel 9–21, 10–21 Bronze

References

  1. ↑ "Players: Nicki Chan-Lam". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Nicola Chan Lam Biography". g2014results.thecgf.com. Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Participants: Nicki Chan-Lam". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  4. ↑ -, Badminton Confederation Africa. "Newsletter du Mois de Septembre 2013 Road to Rio". Africa Badminton. Badminton Confederation Africa. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Jeux Africains 2015 Lafrique du Sud Termine en Tete du Tournoi de Badminton". www.africatopsports.com (in French). Africa Top Sports. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Examiner Community Awards 2017: Meet the nominees for Sports Personality". www.examiner.co.uk. Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 11 April 2018.


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