Vinson Chiu

Vinson Chiu
邱愷翔
Personal information
CountryUnited States
Born (1998-08-08) August 8, 1998
Newport Beach, California, U.S.[1]
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[1]
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking41 (MD with Joshua Yuan, May 21, 2024)
29 (XD with Jennie Gai, July 18, 2023)
Current ranking47 (MD with Joshua Yuan)
30 (XD with Jennie Gai) (July 16, 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing the  United States
Pan American Games
2023 Santiago Mixed doubles
Pan Am Championships
2022 San Salvador Men's doubles
2024 Guatemala City Mixed doubles
2023 Kingston Men's doubles
2024 Guatemala City Men's doubles
Pan Am Men's Team Championships
2020 Salvador Men's team
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
2023 Guadalajara Mixed team
2017 Santo Domingo Mixed team
Pan Am Junior Championships
2015 Tijuana Mixed team
2016 Lima Mixed doubles
2015 Tijuana Boys' doubles
2015 Tijuana Mixed doubles
2016 Lima Mixed team
2016 Lima Boys' doubles
BWF profile

Vinson Chiu (/ˈvɪnsən ˈtʃuː/ VIN-sən CHOO; born August 8, 1998)[1] is an American badminton player.[2] He won a silver medal with his partner Joshua Yuan in the men's doubles at the 2022 Pan Am Championships.[3] Chiu also won a silver and a bronze at the 2016 Pan Am Junior Championships in the boys' doubles and mixed doubles.[4] Chiu currently plays mixed doubles with Jennie Gai. They won their first title together at the Mexican International Challenge in 2021.[5] The duo won the silver medal in the mixed doubles at the 2023 Pan American Games.[6]

Chiu also once partnered with Indonesian legend Tony Gunawan and they went onto win the U.S. International in 2017.

Achievements

Pan American Games

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Olympic Training Center,
Santiago, Chile 		Jennie Gai Ty Alexander Lindeman
Josephine Wu 		21–17, 17–21, 19–21 Silver

Pan Am Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández,
San Salvador, El Salvador 		Joshua Yuan Job Castillo
Luis Montoya 		20–22, 8–11r Silver
2023 G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport,
Kingston, Jamaica 		Joshua Yuan Kevin Lee
Ty Alexander Lindeman 		21–17, 23–21 Bronze
2024 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,
Guatemala City, Guatemala 		Joshua Yuan Adam Dong
Nyl Yakura 		15–21, 21–19, 17–21 Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2024 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,
Guatemala City, Guatemala 		Jennie Gai Presley Smith
Allison Lee 		21–15, 15–21, 14–21 Silver

Pan Am Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Centro de Alto Rendimiento,
Tijuana, Mexico 		Raymond Hsia Austin Bauer
Ty Alexander Lindeman 		24–22, 10–21, 15–21 Bronze
2016 CAR la Videna,
Lima, Peru 		Brian Duong Ricky Liuzhou
Cadmus Yeo 		13–21, 21–14, 17–21 Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Centro de Alto Rendimiento,
Tijuana, Mexico 		Crystal Pan Jason Ho-Shue
Qingzi Ouyang 		15–21, 5–21 Bronze
2016 CAR la Videna,
Lima, Peru 		Jamie Hsu Brian Yang
Katie Ho-Shue 		14–21, 14–21 Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 9 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 U.S. International Tony Gunawan Daniel Benz
Andreas Heinz 		16–21, 21–14, 21–14 Winner
2021 Mexican International Enrico Asuncion Job Castillo
Luis Montoya 		16–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2022 Mexican International Joshua Yuan Ondřej Král
Adam Mendrek 		20–22, 19–21 Runner-up
2023 El Salvador International Joshua Yuan Kevin Lee
Ty Alexander Lindeman 		15–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2024 Uganda International Joshua Yuan Arjun M. R.
Dhruv Kapila 		14–21, 13–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Uganda International Breanna Chi Howard Shu
Paula Lynn Obañana 		9–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2019 Jamaica International Breanna Chi Artur Pomoceno
Lohaynny Vicente 		17–21, 21–14, 19–21 Runner-up
2019 Peru International Breanna Chi Osleni Guerrero
Tahimara Oropeza 		22–20, 21–9 Winner
2019 Mauritius International Breanna Chi Howard Shu
Paula Lynn Obañana 		21–17, 21–16 Winner
2021 Mexican International Jennie Gai Luis Montoya
Vanessa Villalobos 		21–17, 21–18 Winner
2021 Mexican International Jennie Gai Nicolas Nguyen
Alexandra Mocanu 		21–13, 21–11 Winner
2022 Mexican International Jennie Gai Naoki Yamada
Moe Ikeuchi 		15–21, 21–18, 10–21 Runner-up
2022 Peru Challenge Jennie Gai Ty Alexander Lindeman
Josephine Wu 		22–20, 13–21, 23–21 Winner
2022 Mexican International Jennie Gai Joshua Yuan
Allison Lee 		21–14, 22–24, 23–21 Winner
2023 Mexican International Jennie Gai Ty Alexander Lindeman
Josephine Wu 		22–20, 21–16 Winner
2023 Maldives International Jennie Gai Hoo Pang Ron
Teoh Mei Xing 		13–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2023 Peru Challenge Jennie Gai Ty Alexander Lindeman
Josephine Wu 		18–21, 15–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ a b c "CHIU Vinson". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on October 6, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  2. ^ "Vinson Chiu". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  3. ^ "U.S. Makes the Finals at Yonex Pan Am Individual Championships 2022". USA Badminton. April 29, 2022. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  4. ^ Hearn, Don. "Pan Am Juniors – Ouyang defends as Canada takes 4". Badzine. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  5. ^ García, Jair. "Culmina el Mexican International Challenge de Bádminton 2021" (in Spanish). El Sol del Centro. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  6. ^ "U.S. wins four medals at Santiago 2023 Pan American Games". USA Badminton. October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 27, 2023.


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