Andrew William D'Souza (born 1 July 1994) is a

Canadian Canadians () 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 their being ''C ...

male

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player from

Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the cor ...

. He has been a top ranked men's individual on the continent and a contender in major international competitions such as the

2012 BWF World Junior Championships The 2012 BWF World Junior Championships were held in Chiba, Chiba, Chiba, Japan from October 25 to November 3, 2012. Medalists Medal table External linksWorld Juniors Team Championships 2012at ''Tournamentsoftware.com''World Junior Champion ...

, the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ...

and

2015 Pan American Games The 2015 Pan American Games (), officially the XVII Pan American Games () and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games (Toronto 2015), were a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Pan American Games, ...

. He has won the men's singles title at the

Canadian National Badminton Championships The Canadian National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in Canada. The tournament started in 1922. In 1957 the Canadian Badminton Federation decided to open the championships and they were combin ...

in 2015. In 2011, he trained at the Gopichand Badminton Academy in India.

Achievements

Pan American Games

''Men's Singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Men's 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. ...

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

References

External links

Official website
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Living people 1994 births Sportspeople from Ottawa Canadian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games badminton players for Canada Badminton players at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games 21st-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-badminton-bio-stub