Brittney Tam
{{Short description|Canadian badminton player (born 1997)}}
{{Infobox badminton player
| name = Brittney Tam
谭碧贤
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| birth_name = Brittney Shannon Tam
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|8|23}}
| birth_place = Toronto, Canada
| residence = Markham, Canada
| height = 1.70 m
| weight = 60 kg
| country = Canada
| years_active = 2014
| handedness = Right
| coach = Kevin Cao
| event = Women's singles & doubles
| highest_ranking = 43 (WS 24 December 2019)
326 (WD 14 April 2016)
74 (XD 18 June 2015)
| date_of_highest_ranking =
| current_ranking = 79
| date_of_current_ranking = WS 9 August 2022
| medal_templates =
{{MedalSport | Women's badminton }}
{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Pan Am Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2014 Markham | Mixed team }}
{{MedalGold | 2016 Campinas | Mixed team }}
{{MedalGold | 2016 Campinas | Women's singles }}
{{MedalGold | 2016 Campinas | Mixed doubles }}
{{MedalGold | 2017 Santo Domingo | Mixed team }}
{{MedalGold | 2019 Lima | Mixed team }}
{{MedalSilver | 2017 Havana | Women's singles }}
{{MedalSilver | 2017 Havana | Mixed doubles }}
{{MedalSilver | 2019 Aguascalientes | Women's singles }}
{{MedalBronze | 2018 Guatemala City | Women's singles }}
{{MedalCompetition | Pan Am Women's Team Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2018 Tacarigua | Women's team }}
{{MedalGold | 2020 Salvador | Women's team }}
{{MedalCompetition | Pan Am Junior Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2013 Puerto Vallarta | Mixed team }}
{{MedalSilver | 2012 Edmonton | Mixed doubles }}
{{MedalSilver | 2012 Edmonton | Mixed team }}
| bwfbadminton_id = 97087
| bwf_id = F41CDF13-0591-46D5-B9C4-F7A6F3A50F6B
}}
Brittney Shannon Tam (born 23 August 1997) is a Canadian badminton player.{{cite web|title=Players: Brittney Tam |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/player/97087/brittney-tam |publisher=Badminton World Federation |access-date=30 December 2016}}{{cite web |title=Britney Tam |url=http://www.badminton.ca/page/28236/Britney-Tam |publisher=Badminton Canada |access-date=30 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230161502/http://www.badminton.ca/page/28236/Britney-Tam |archive-date=30 December 2016 |url-status=dead }} In 2012, she won a silver medal at the Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles event. In 2016, she won the gold medal in the mixed team event at the Pan Am Badminton Championships.{{cite news|title=Team Canada wins the 20th Pan American Badminton Championships |url=http://www.badminton.ca/news/103333/Team-Canada-wins-the-20th-Pan-American-Badminton-Championships |publisher=Badminton Canada|access-date=30 December 2016}} In the individual event, she won the gold medals in the women's singles and mixed doubles event.{{cite news |title=Golden Sweep for Canada - Finals: Pan Am Individual Championships |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/2016/05/03/golden-sweep-for-canada-finals-pan-am-individual-championships/ |publisher=Badminton World Federation |access-date=30 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007031749/http://bwfbadminton.com/2016/05/03/golden-sweep-for-canada-finals-pan-am-individual-championships/ |archive-date=7 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |title=Gold's go to Canada in Campinhas |url=http://www.badmintonpanam.org/2016/05/gold-s-go-to-canada-in-campinhas/ |publisher=Badminton Pan Am |access-date=30 December 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} She competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.{{cite news|title=Team Canada Arrives in Gold Coast, Australia |url=https://www.badminton.ca/news/119224/Team-Canada-Arrives-in-Gold-Coast-Australia |publisher=Badminton Canada|access-date=11 April 2018}}
Achievements
= Pan Am Championships =
Women's singles
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! Year ! Venue ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |
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| align="center" | 2016 | align="left" | Clube Fonte São Paulo, Campinas, Brazil | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Stephanie Pakenham | align="left" | 21–11, 21–19 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Gold Gold |
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| align="center" | 2017 | align="left" | Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Rachel Honderich | align="left" | 8–21, 21–12, 7–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Silver Silver |
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| align="center" | 2018 | align="left" | Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Michelle Li | align="left" | 10–21, 18–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze |
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| align="center" | 2019 | align="left" | Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Michelle Li | align="left" | 15–21, 22–24 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Silver Silver |
Mixed doubles
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! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |
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| align="center" | 2016 | align="left" | Clube Fonte São Paulo, | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Nyl Yakura | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Nathan Osborne | align="left" | 21–17, 21–17 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Gold Gold |
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| align="center" | 2017 | align="left" | Sports City Coliseum, | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Nyl Yakura | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Toby Ng | align="left" | 13–21, 14–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Silver Silver |
= Pan Am Junior Championships =
Mixed doubles
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! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |
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| align="center" | 2012 | align="left" | Millennium Place, | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Joshua Hurlburt-Yu | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Phillip Chew | align="left" | 24–22, 17–21, 22–24 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Silver Silver |
= BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 1 runner-up) =
Women's singles
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! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |
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| align="center" | 2017 | align="left" | Waikato International | align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} Huang Yin-hsuan | align="left" | 17–21, 25–23, 21–16 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner |
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| align="center" | 2019 | align="left" | Yonex / K&D Graphics International | align="left" | {{flagicon|VIE}} Vũ Thị Trang | align="left" | 14–21, 22–20, 11–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up |
: {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} BWF International Challenge tournament
: {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} BWF International Series tournament
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{BWFB|97087}}
- {{BWFT|F41CDF13-0591-46D5-B9C4-F7A6F3A50F6B|member_id=97087}}
- [https://varsityblues.ca/sports/womens-badminton/roster/brittany-tam/8696 Brittany Tam - Women's Badminton] at University of Toronto Athletics
- {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|badminton/athlete-profile-n6026843-brittney-tam}}
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Category:Badminton players from Toronto
Category:Canadian female badminton players
Category:Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games badminton players for Canada
Category:Sportswomen from Ontario
Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen
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