Josephine Wu
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Birth name | Josephine Yuenling Wu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada[1] | 20 January 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Wang Wen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 421 (WS 23 April 2019) 46 (WD with Catherine Choi 2 February 2021) 26 (XD with Joshua Hurlburt-Yu 3 August 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 51 (WD with Catherine Choi) 26 (XD with Joshua Hurlburt-Yu) (10 August 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BWF profile |
Josephine Yuenling Wu (born 20 January 1995) is a Canadian badminton player.[2][3] Josephine is currently a business student at the University of Alberta and has been competing in badminton since she was seven years old.
Career[edit]
As a junior, she has won 29 provincial titles and was a member of Team Canada at the 2012 BWF World Junior Championships and the Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships from 2008 to 2013. Despite having a full course load in university, Josephine’s passion for the sport has motivated her to continue balancing her school work and training. She was the mixed doubles winner at the 2014 College-University National Championships and went on to represent Canada at the 2014 World University Badminton Championships in Cordoba, Spain. Outside of training, Josephine also enjoys coaching her high school’s badminton team.[4] In 2016, she won the gold medal in the mixed team event at the Pan Am Badminton Championships.[5] In the individual event, she won the Pan Am Championships gold medals in the women's doubles in 2016, and 2017, and also in the mixed doubles in 2018, 2019 and 2021.[6][7][8] Wu was a gold medalist in the mixed doubles event at the 2019 Lima Pan American Games.[9]
In June 2021, Wu was named to Canada's Olympic team,[10] competing in the mixed doubles badminton event but was eliminated in the group stage.[11]
Achievements[edit]
Pan American Games[edit]
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru |
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18–21, 21–12, 21–15 | ![]() |
Pan Am Championships[edit]
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2016 | Clube Fonte São Paulo, Campinas, Brazil |
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21–17, 21–17 | ![]() |
2017 | Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba |
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21–11, 21–12 | ![]() |
2018 | Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala |
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21–17, 17–21, 14–21 | ![]() |
2019 | Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico |
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15–21, 25–27 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2016 | Clube Fonte São Paulo, Campinas, Brazil |
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17–21, 17–21 | ![]() |
2018 | Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala |
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21–14, 26–24 | ![]() |
2019 | Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico |
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21–14, 21–19 | ![]() |
2021 | Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala |
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21–18, 21–18 | ![]() |
Pan Am Junior Championships[edit]
Girls' singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2012 | Millennium Place, Edmonton, Canada | ![]() |
13–21, 20–22 | ![]() |
2013 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | ![]() |
13–21, 19–21 | ![]() |
Girls' doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2012 | Millennium Place, Edmonton, Canada |
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21–18, 18–21, 21–23 | ![]() |
2013 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | ![]() |
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17–21, 15–21 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2012 | Millennium Place, Edmonton, Canada |
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19–21, 16–21 | ![]() |
2013 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | ![]() |
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21–16, 15–21, 21–18 | ![]() |
BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 1 runner-up)[edit]
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Guatemala International | ![]() |
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14–21, 21–17, 21–10 | ![]() |
2019 | Bulgarian Open | ![]() |
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8–21, 8–21 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2017 | Yonex / K&D Graphics International | ![]() |
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21–19, 21–15 | ![]() |
2018 | Yonex / K&D Graphics International | ![]() |
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21–16, 21–13 | ![]() |
2018 | Guatemala International | ![]() |
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21–12, 21–18 | ![]() |
2018 | Santo Domingo Open | ![]() |
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21–17, 16–21, 22–20 | ![]() |
2019 | Bulgarian Open | ![]() |
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21–16, 21–16 | ![]() |
2019 | South Australia International | ![]() |
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21–19, 25–27, 21–16 | ![]() |
2019 | Yonex / K&D Graphics International | ![]() |
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21–18, 21–18 | ![]() |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
References[edit]
- ^ "Josephine Wu". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "Players: Josephine Wu". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Josephine Wu". Badminton Canada. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Josephine Wu, Coach". B-Active Badminton Club. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Team Canada wins the 20th Pan American Badminton Championships". Badminton Canada. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Golden Sweep for Canada - Finals: Pan Am Individual Championships". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Gold's go to Canada in Campinhas". Badminton Pan Am. Retrieved 31 December 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Crowns Owners – Pan Am 2021". www.badmintonpanam.org. 3 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "Canada's badminton team enjoys dominant day at Pan Ams". CBC.ca. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ Awad, Brandi (16 June 2021). "Team Canada to have its largest Olympic badminton team ever at Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Wu Josephine". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
External links[edit]
- Josephine Wu at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Edmonton
- Canadian female badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players of 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