Anna Kathleen Rice (born 19 August 1980) is a Canadian

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player. She attended

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, and completed a

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from the

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Career

In 1999, Rice represented

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competed at the

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, clinched the women's singles title and runner-up in the women's doubles. In 2000, Rice moved to Denmark to play in the Danish Club League and to train at the International Badminton Academy under coach

Michael Kjeldsen Michael Kjeldsen (; born 1962) is a retired male badminton player from Denmark. He is now 1st team coach in The elite club Måløv Badminton Club (MBC). MBC has started their season with two well played matches with Mister Kjeldsen as their coach ...

. She was two times Olympian and five times National Champion. In Athens 2004 Summer Olympics, in women's doubles with partner

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. They were defeated by

Saralee Thungthongkam Captain Saralee Thungthongkam ( th, สราลีย์ ทุ่งทองคำ ผู้พัน หรือน.อ.ส้ม; ; born 13 June 1979) is a Thai retired badminton player. She graduated with a master's degree in Communication ...

and

Sathinee Chankrachangwong Sathinee Chankrachangwong ( th, สาธินี จันทร์กระจ่างวงศ์; born 25 June 1982) is a badminton player from Thailand. Chankrachangwong competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles ...

of Thailand. She also competed in

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and was a round-of-16 finalist, being the first North American player to do so. In

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, she competed in the singles event. She reached the third round, beating

Eva Lee Eva Lee (, born August 7, 1986) is an American badminton player. Career ;1997 She started to play badminton and trained with her first coach Peter Baum (former US National Team member). ;1998 She took her first three crown titles in US Jun ...

of the United States and

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of Switzerland before she was defeated by

Lu Lan Lu Lan (born 2 May 1987) is a badminton player from China. Career In 2004, she won the Polish Open. In 2006, she won the Korea Open and finished the year in the 5th position in the BWF World Ranking. In 2007, she won the Denmark Super Series ...

in straight games. She won the Canadian National Championships in 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, and 2010. She has also won the U.S. Open title in 2009 and

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women's singles champion in

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and

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. She also won two silver medals at the

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in the women's singles and doubles event. Rice participated in the

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and

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, reaching the quarter-finals in 2010. Her highest world ranking was 18, the highest in Canadian history until

Michelle Li Michelle Li (born November 3, 1991) is a Canadian badminton player from Markham, Ontario. Li is the 2014 Commonwealth Games champion and the first Canadian to win an individual gold medal in women's singles badminton at the Commonwealth Games. S ...

achieved a ranking of 11. Rice is coached by Julia Chen and Michael Kjeldsen. She now focuses her time directing the coaching program and offering badminton lessons a
Badminton Vancouver
as well as coaching online throug
Better Badminton

Achievements

Pan American Games

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles''

Pan Am Championships

''Women's singles''

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

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(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Women's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' :

BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

References

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* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rice, Anna 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from North Vancouver Canadian female badminton players Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Canada Badminton players at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada