Joshua Hurlburt-Yu (born 28 December 1994) is a
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
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. Joshua was a gold medalist in the mixed doubles event at the
2019 Lima Pan American Games, and also at the
2019
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and
2021 Pan Am Championships.
Career
In June 2021, Hurlburt-Yu was named to
Canada's Olympic team,
competing in the
mixed doubles
Mixed doubles or mixed pairs is a form of mixed-sex sports that consists of teams of one man and one woman. This variation of competition is prominent in curling and racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis and badminton (where it is known as ...
badminton event.
Achievements
Pan American Games
''Mixed doubles''
Pan Am Championships
''Mixed doubles''
Pan Am Junior Championships
''Mixed doubles''
BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 2 runners-up)
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed 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.
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tournament
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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
External links
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1994 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Toronto
Canadian male badminton players
Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players for Canada
Badminton players at the 2019 Pan American Games
Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
Pan American Games medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games