Robbyn Hermitage (born April 22, 1970 in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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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
Canada
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, who won the gold medal in the women's doubles competition at the
1999 Pan American Games
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alongside
Milaine Cloutier
Milaine Cloutier (born February 16, 1972 in Granby, Quebec) is a badminton player from Canada, who won the gold medal in the women's doubles competition at the 1999 Pan American Games alongside Robbyn Hermitage. A resident of Calgary, Albe ...
. She also took away silver from that tournament, winning in the mixed doubles competition partnering
Brent Olynyk. A resident of
Surrey, British Columbia
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, she represented Canada at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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.
References
Canadian Olympic Committee
1970 births
Living people
Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Canadian female badminton players
Olympic badminton players for Canada
Sportspeople from Montreal
Badminton players at the 1999 Pan American Games
Badminton players at the 1995 Pan American Games
Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
Pan American Games medalists in badminton
Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada
Badminton players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
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