Nyl Kiyoshi Yakura (born 14 February 1993) is a

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player. He captured two gold medals at the Pan American Games, winning the men's doubles title in

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and

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, and also a silver in the mixed doubles in

. Yakura, who grew up in Pickering, currently lives in Toronto and trains at the KC Badminton Club in Markham.

Career

Yakura competed at the

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. In June 2021, Yakura was named to Canada's Olympic team. Competing in the men's doubles event with Jason Ho-Shue, his pace was stopped in the group stage.

Achievements

Pan American Games

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Pan Am Championships

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Pan Am Junior Championships

''Boys' singles'' ''Boys' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 6 runners-up)

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

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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 :

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

tournament

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yakura, Nyl 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Scarborough, Ontario Canadian people of Japanese descent Canadian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Canada Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Badminton players at the 2019 Pan American Games Badminton players at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games