Brian Yang
Yang in 2018
Personal information
CountryCanada
Born (2001-11-25) 25 November 2001 (age 22)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ResidenceRichmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Highest ranking21 (27 December 2022)
Current ranking23 (30 January 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Men's singles
Pan Am Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Guatemala City Men's singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kingston Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 2022 San Salvador Men's singles
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Guadalajara Mixed team
Pan Am Male Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tacarigua Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Salvador Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Acapulco Men's team
Junior Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cali–Valle Boys' singles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cali–Valle Mixed doubles
Pan Am Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Lima Boys' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Lima Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Lima Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Markham Boys' singles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Markham Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Salvador Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Moncton Boys' singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Moncton Boys' doubles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Markham Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Moncton Mixed doubles
Representing International Olympic Committee Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team
BWF profile

Brian Yang (born 25 November 2001) is a Canadian badminton player.[1] He was an integral part of the Team Alpha that won the mixed team relay gold at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Career

Badminton player Brian Yang with a buzz cut with bangs

In 2016, he won three gold medals at the U–19 Pan Am Junior Championships, winning the boys' doubles, mixed doubles, and team events.[2][3]

Yang won his first senior international title at 2017 Suriname International in the men's singles.[4] In July, he won the boys' singles and mixed doubles titles at the Pan Am Junior Championships, while the Canada team captured the silver medal.[5][6]

Yang represented Canada in the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Thomas Cup. At the El Salvador International, he won two titles in the men's singles and mixed doubles.[7]

Yang clinched the men's singles title at the 2019 Canadian National Championships and became Canada's youngest national champion.[8] He competed at the Sudirman Cup. Yang was named to Canada's 2019 Pan American Games team,[9] ended up winning silver in the men's singles competition.[10] He was crowned as the men's singles champion at the 2021 Pan Am Championships.[11] He also won the gold medals in the boys' singles, doubles and mixed team at the Pan Am Junior Championships.[12]

In June 2021, Yang was named to Canada's Olympic team for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[13] He also competed at the first edition of the Junior Pan Am Games, clinching the gold medals in the boys' singles and mixed doubles.[14]

In 2022, he won a silver medal at the Pan Am Championships, losing to Kevin Cordón in the final.[15]

In his second appearance at the Pan American Games, Yang captured the gold medal in the men's singles after beating the defending champion Kevin Cordón in the final.[16]

Achievements

Pan American Games

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru Brazil Ygor Coelho 19–21, 10–21 Silver Silver [10]
2023 Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile  Kevin Cordón (EAI) 21–18, 21–6 Gold Gold [16]

Pan Am Championships

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2021 Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala Canada Jason Ho-Shue 21–13, 18–10 retired Gold Gold [11]
2022 Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador Guatemala Kevin Cordón 17–21, 14–21 Silver Silver [15]
2023 G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Kingston, Jamaica El Salvador Uriel Canjura 21–10, 21–5 Gold Gold

Junior Pan American Games

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2021 Pacific Valley Events Center, Yumbo, Valle, Colombia El Salvador Uriel Canjura 21–8, 21–6 Gold Gold [14]

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2021 Pacific Valley Events Center,
Yumbo, Valle, Colombia 		Canada Rachel Chan El Salvador Uriel Canjura
El Salvador Fátima Centeno 		21–13, 21–14 Gold Gold [14]

Pan Am Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2017 Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada Brazil Jonathan Matias 21–14, 21–13 Gold Gold [5]
2019 CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud, Moncton, Canada Canada Kevin Wang 21–15, 21–8 Gold Gold [17]

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2016 CAR la Videna,
Lima, Peru 		Canada Desmond Wang United States Ricky Liuzhou
United States Cadmus Yeo 		17–21, 21–15, 21–13 Gold Gold [2]
2019 CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud,
Moncton, Canada 		Canada Jonathan Chien United States Clayton Cayen
United States Ryan Zheng 		21–10, 23–21 Gold Gold [18]

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2016 CAR la Videna,
Lima, Peru 		Canada Katie Ho-Shue United States Vinson Chiu
United States Jamie Hsu 		21–14, 21–14 Gold Gold [2]
2017 Markham Pan Am Centre,
Markham, Canada 		Canada Katie Ho-Shue Brazil Fabricio Farias
Brazil Sâmia Lima 		21–14, 21–11 Gold Gold [5]
2019 CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud,
Moncton, Canada 		Canada Catherine Choi Canada Jonathan Chien
Canada Crystal Lai 		21–18, 19–21, 18–21 Silver Silver [19]

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[20] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[21]

Men's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2024 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Denmark Anders Antonsen 21–18, 13–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 4 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Suriname International Cuba Osleni Guerrero 12–21, 21–17, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 El Salvador International Guatemala Heymard Humblers 21–11, 18–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Brazil International Israel Misha Zilberman 17–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Peru Future Series Canada B. R. Sankeerth 21–12, 11–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Peru International Guatemala Kevin Cordón 15–21, 21–13, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Santo Domingo Open Guatemala Kevin Cordón 21–8, 21–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Suriname International Guatemala Kevin Cordón Walkover 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Turkey Open Spain Luís Enrique Peñalver 19–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Peru International Brazil Ygor Coelho 21–16, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Denmark Masters Denmark Victor Svendsen 16–21, 21–17, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Canadian International Japan Takuma Obayashi 11–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Canadian International Canada Victor Lai 21–15, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 El Salvador International Canada Catherine Choi Guatemala Aníbal Marroquín
Peru Dánica Nishimura 		21–6, 21–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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