Iain Sydie (born November 12, 1969 in

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) is a

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 from

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, who won the silver medal in the inaugural men's singles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games. He also took away a gold from that tournament. A resident of

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, he represented Canada at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. Together with his mixed doubles partner

Denyse Julien Denyse Julien (born July 22, 1960, in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) is a former badminton player from Canada noted for her versatility and longevity. Career Between 1981 and 2004 Julien won a record 31 Canadian National Championship events, thirteen i ...

, they become the first North American players to gain a top ten world ranking in February 1998.

References

Canadian Olympic Committee

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* * * * * * 1969 births Living people Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canadian male badminton players Olympic badminton players of Canada Sportspeople from Calgary Sportspeople from North York Badminton players at the 1995 Pan American Games Badminton players at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games {{canada-badminton-bio-stub