Rachel Chan (badminton)

Rachel Chan
Personal information
CountryCanada
Born (2003-11-15) 15 November 2003
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ResidenceMarkham, Ontario, Canada
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Women's singles
Highest ranking55 (28 February 2023)
Current ranking75 (15 April 2025)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
2023 Santiago Women's singles
Pan Am Championships
2021 Guatemala City Women's singles
2022 San Salvador Women's singles
2024 Guatemala City Women's singles
2025 Lima Women's singles
Pan Am Female Cup
2024 São Paulo Women's team
2022 Acapulco Women's team
Junior Pan American Games
2021 Cali–Valle Girls' singles
2021 Cali–Valle Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Rachel Chan (born 15 November 2003) is a Canadian badminton player.[1] She won the women's singles title at the 2020 Canadian National Championships and became Canada's youngest national champion. She has represented Canada in the Pan Am Junior Championships multiple times between 2016 until 2019, and the 2019 World Junior Championship making it to round of 32.[2] Rachel won silver at the 2021 Pan Am Championships in women's singles, debuting in her first senior level international tournament,[3][4][5] and later cliched the bronze medal at the 2023 Pan American Games.[6]

Achievements

Pan American Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2023 Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile Beiwen Zhang 16–21, 11–21 Bronze

Pan Am Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2021 Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala Beiwen Zhang 14–21, 18–21 Silver
2022 Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador Beiwen Zhang 19–21, 22–20, 6–21 Bronze
2024 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala Beiwen Zhang 15–21, 15–21 Bronze
2025 Videna Poli 2, Lima, Peru Wen Yu Zhang 11–21, 21–18, 13–21 Bronze

Pan Am Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2017 Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada Jolie Wang 21–14, 17–21, 21–12 Gold

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud, Moncton, Canada Jeslyn Chow Bhaavya S Manikonda
Rachel Ye 		21–16, 21–19 Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada Ivan Li Aaron Low
Tiffany Kuang 		21–23, 21–15, 22–24 Bronze
2019 CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud, Moncton, Canada Ivan Li Victor Lai
Jessica Cheng 		21–18, 19–21, 21–23 Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2023 Canadian International Wenyu Zhang 24–22, 17–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2024 Portugal International Devika Sihag 16–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2024 Irish Open Sakura Masuki 24–26, 10–21 Runner-up
2025 Portugal International Kristin Kuuba 22–20, 21–9 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Rachel Chan | Profile". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  2. ^ "Russia Bound for the 2019 World Junior Championships". Badminton Canada. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  3. ^ "Team Canada Competes at the XXIV Pan American Individual Championships 2021". Badminton Canada. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  4. ^ "Pan Am Championships: Rachel Chan Stuns Iris Wang". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  5. ^ "Promising Talent Rachel Chan Brightens Canada's Horizons". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  6. ^ "Pan Am Games: Double for Josephine Wu". BWF. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
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