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Joshua Hurlburt-Yu

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Joshua Hurlburt-Yu
余智华
Personal information
CountryCanada
Born (1994-12-28) 28 December 1994 (age 29)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1]
ResidenceScarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking64 (MD with Duncan Yao 13 August 2019)
26 (XD with Josephine Wu, 3 August 2021)
Current ranking122 (MD with Jason Ho-Shue)
333 (XD with Josephine Wu) (22 November 2022)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Mixed doubles
Pan Am Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Aguascalientes Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Guatemala City Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kingston Mixed doubles
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Mixed team
Pan Am Men's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Salvador Men's team
Pan Am Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Edmonton Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Joshua Hurlburt-Yu (born 28 December 1994) is a Canadian badminton player.[2] Joshua was a gold medalist in the mixed doubles event at the 2019 Lima Pan American Games,[3] and also at the 2019 and 2021 Pan Am Championships.[4]

Career

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In June 2021, Hurlburt-Yu was named to Canada's Olympic team,[5] competing in the mixed doubles badminton event.[6]

Achievements

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Pan American Games

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Polideportivo 3,
Lima, Peru
Canada Josephine Wu Canada Nyl Yakura
Canada Kristen Tsai
18–21, 21–12, 21–15 Gold Gold

Pan Am Championships

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Gimnasio Olímpico,
Aguascalientes, Mexico
Canada Josephine Wu Brazil Fabricio Farias
Brazil Jaqueline Lima
21–14, 21–19 Gold Gold
2021 Sagrado Corazon de Jesus,
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Canada Josephine Wu Guatemala Christopher Martínez
Guatemala Mariana Paiz
21–18, 21–18 Gold Gold
2023 G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport,
Kingston, Jamaica
Canada Rachel Honderich Canada Ty Alexander Lindeman
Canada Josephine Wu
22–20, 18–21, 21–17 Gold Gold

Pan Am Junior Championships

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Edmonton, Canada Canada Brittney Tam United States Phillip Chew
United States Iris Wang
24–22, 17–21, 22–24 Silver Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 2 runners-up)

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Canada Duncan Yao United States Sattawat Pongnairat
Indonesia Ferdinand Sinarta Surbakti
18–21, 21–16, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Santo Domingo Open Canada Duncan Yao Guatemala Rodolfo Ramírez
Guatemala Jonathan Solís
21–19, 16–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Hungarian International Canada Peter Briggs South Korea Kim Duk-young
South Korea Kim Sa-rang
12–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Peru Challenge Canada Jason Ho-Shue Canada Adam Dong
Canada Nyl Yakura
21–15, 18–21, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Canada Josephine Wu United States Sattawat Pongnairat
United States Kerry Xu
21–16, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Guatemala International Canada Josephine Wu Cuba Leodannis Martínez
Cuba Tahimara Oropeza
21–12, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Santo Domingo Open Canada Josephine Wu Brazil Fabricio Farias
Brazil Jaqueline Lima
21–17, 16–21, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Bulgarian Open Canada Josephine Wu England Matthew Clare
England Lizzie Tolman
21–16, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 South Australia International Canada Josephine Wu Indonesia Dejan Ferdinansyah
Indonesia Serena Kani
21–19, 25–27, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Canada Josephine Wu Chinese Taipei Lu Chia-pin
Chinese Taipei Lin Wan-ching
21–18, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Portugal International Canada Rachel Honderich Denmark Andreas Søndergaard
Denmark Iben Bergstein
19–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Joshua Hurlburt-Yu". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Players: Joshua Hurlburt-Yu". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Canada's badminton team enjoys dominant day at Pan Ams". CBC.ca. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Crowns Owners – Pan Am 2021". Badminton Pan Am. 3 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Hurlburt-Yu Joshua". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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