Joshua Hurlburt-Yu (born 28 December 1994) is a Canadian badminton player.[2] Joshua was a gold medalist in the mixed doubles event at the 2019 Lima Pan American Games,[3] and also at the 2019 and 2021 Pan Am Championships.[4]

Joshua Hurlburt-Yu
余智华
Personal information
CountryCanada
Born (1994-12-28) 28 December 1994 (age 29)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1]
ResidenceScarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking64 (MD with Duncan Yao 13 August 2019)
26 (XD with Josephine Wu, 3 August 2021)
Current ranking122 (MD with Jason Ho-Shue)
333 (XD with Josephine Wu) (22 November 2022)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Mixed doubles
Pan Am Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Aguascalientes Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Guatemala City Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kingston Mixed doubles
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Mixed team
Pan Am Men's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Salvador Men's team
Pan Am Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Edmonton Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Career

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In June 2021, Hurlburt-Yu was named to Canada's Olympic team,[5] competing in the mixed doubles badminton event.[6]

Achievements

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Pan American Games

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Polideportivo 3,
Lima, Peru
  Josephine Wu   Nyl Yakura
  Kristen Tsai
18–21, 21–12, 21–15   Gold

Pan Am Championships

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Gimnasio Olímpico,
Aguascalientes, Mexico
  Josephine Wu   Fabricio Farias
  Jaqueline Lima
21–14, 21–19   Gold
2021 Sagrado Corazon de Jesus,
Guatemala City, Guatemala
  Josephine Wu   Christopher Martínez
  Mariana Paiz
21–18, 21–18   Gold
2023 G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport,
Kingston, Jamaica
  Rachel Honderich   Ty Alexander Lindeman
  Josephine Wu
22–20, 18–21, 21–17   Gold

Pan Am Junior Championships

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Edmonton, Canada   Brittney Tam   Phillip Chew
  Iris Wang
24–22, 17–21, 22–24   Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 2 runners-up)

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Yonex / K&D Graphics International   Duncan Yao   Sattawat Pongnairat
  Ferdinand Sinarta Surbakti
18–21, 21–16, 21–18   Winner
2018 Santo Domingo Open   Duncan Yao   Rodolfo Ramírez
  Jonathan Solís
21–19, 16–21, 21–17   Winner
2019 Hungarian International   Peter Briggs   Kim Duk-young
  Kim Sa-rang
12–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2022 Peru Challenge   Jason Ho-Shue   Adam Dong
  Nyl Yakura
21–15, 18–21, 21–12   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Yonex / K&D Graphics International   Josephine Wu   Sattawat Pongnairat
  Kerry Xu
21–16, 21–13   Winner
2018 Guatemala International   Josephine Wu   Leodannis Martínez
  Tahimara Oropeza
21–12, 21–18   Winner
2018 Santo Domingo Open   Josephine Wu   Fabricio Farias
  Jaqueline Lima
21–17, 16–21, 22–20   Winner
2019 Bulgarian Open   Josephine Wu   Matthew Clare
  Lizzie Tolman
21–16, 21–16   Winner
2019 South Australia International   Josephine Wu   Dejan Ferdinansyah
  Serena Kani
21–19, 25–27, 21–16   Winner
2019 Yonex / K&D Graphics International   Josephine Wu   Lu Chia-pin
  Lin Wan-ching
21–18, 21–18   Winner
2023 Portugal International   Rachel Honderich   Andreas Søndergaard
  Iben Bergstein
19–21, 20–22   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Joshua Hurlburt-Yu". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Players: Joshua Hurlburt-Yu". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Canada's badminton team enjoys dominant day at Pan Ams". CBC.ca. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Crowns Owners – Pan Am 2021". Badminton Pan Am. 3 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Hurlburt-Yu Joshua". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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