Eva Lee (, born August 7, 1986) is an American

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

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 Junior National Championships. ;1999 She captured her first crown title in Canadian Junior Open (under 17 Singles). ;2005 World Championships She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in

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and lost in the first round. ;2006 Intercollegiate Championships She was both singles and doubles champion at the California Community College Athletic Association State Championships. ;2006 Canadian International In 2006 Eva Lee grabbed three titles at the Canadian Open. ;2006 Boston Badminton Open At the Boston Badminton Open she won the doubles title together with

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. ;2007 Pan American Games Lee also competed in

badminton at the 2007 Pan American Games Badminton at the 2007 Pan American Games was played at the Riocentro Sports Complex, Pavilion 4B, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The competition was held between July 14 and July 19. Participating nations A total of 14 nations entered players at badm ...

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. She won three gold medals, one in women's singles, one in women's doubles with

, and another in mixed doubles with

Howard Bach Howard Bach (born February 22, 1979) is a Vietnamese-American male badminton player from the United States. He was the 2005 world champion in the men's doubles with Tony Gunawan. Early life He was born in Vietnam, Howard Bach came to the U.S ...

.Eva Lee Wins Two More Gold
;2008 Beijing Olympics Lee lost in the first round to Canadian

Anna Rice Anna Kathleen Rice (born 19 August 1980) is a Canadian badminton player. She attended Handsworth Secondary School, and completed a B.A. from the University of British Columbia. Career In 1999, Rice represented British Columbia competed at th ...

. While losing the first game, she made a quick comeback in the second and won. In the third, she maintained lead until halfway through where Anna Rice took command and finished through.

Achievements

Pan American Games

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

Pan Am Championships

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

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

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...

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

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series tournament

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