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Rachel Honderich
Personal information
Country Canada
Born (1996-04-21) 21 April 1996 (age 28)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ResidenceToronto, Ontario, Canada
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Years active2013
HandednessRight
CoachJennifer Lee
Mike Butler
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking36 (WS 22 November 2018)
22 (WD 17 December 2018)
41 (XD 29 June 2017)
Current ranking220 (WS), 24 (WD), 140 (XD) (25 February 2020)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto Women's doubles
Pan Am Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Markham Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Havana Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Havana Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Guatemala City Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Aguascalientes Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2014 Markham Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Guatemala City Women's singles
Pan Am Women's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Salvador Women's team
BWF profile

Rachel Honderich (born 21 April 1996) is a Canadian badminton player from Toronto, Ontario. She has been one of the top ranked women's individual and doubles player on the continent and a contender in major international competitions. She is a vice-national champion in women's singles and has won several international titles since 2010.[1] She won her first senior international title at the 2014 Czech International tournament in the women's doubles partnered with Michelle Li.[2] Honderich clinched the silver and bronze medals at the 2015 Pan American Games in the women's singles and doubles respectively.[3] At the 2017 Pan American Championships, she crowned double titles, won the women's singles and mixed doubles event.[4][5] She competed at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games.[6][7] Honderich won her first gold medal at the Pan American Games in the women's doubles partnered with Kristen Tsai in 2019 Lima.[8]

Achievements

Pan American Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2015 Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Canada Canada Michelle Li 15–21, 9–21 Silver Silver
2019 Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru Canada Michelle Li 11–21, 19–21 Silver Silver

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Atos Markham Pan Am Centre,
Toronto, Canada 		Canada Michelle Li United States Eva Lee
United States Paula Lynn Obanana 		11–21, 8–21 Bronze Bronze
2019 Polideportivo 3,
Lima, Peru 		Canada Kristen Tsai United States Keui-Ya Chen
United States Jamie Hsu 		21–10, 21–9 Gold Gold

Pan Am Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2014 Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada Canada Michelle Li 13–21, 16–21 Silver Silver
2017 Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba Canada Brittney Tam 21–8, 12–21, 21–7 Gold Gold
2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala Canada Michelle Li 15–21, 16–21 Silver Silver

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,
Guatemala City, Guatemala 		Canada Kristen Tsai Canada Michelle Tong
Canada Josephine Wu 		17–21, 21–17, 21–14 Gold Gold
2019 Gimnasio Olímpico,
Aguascalientes, Mexico 		Canada Kristen Tsai Canada Catherine Choi
Canada Josephine Wu 		21–15, 27–25 Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Sports City Coliseum,
Havana, Cuba 		Canada Toby Ng Canada Nyl Yakura
Canada Brittney Tam 		21–13, 21–14 Gold Gold

BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2014 U.S. Grand Prix United States Beiwen Zhang 11–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Brasil Open Canada Toby Ng India Pranaav Jerry Chopra
India N. Sikki Reddy 		15–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (10 titles, 5 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 Brazil International Switzerland Sabrina Jaquet 21–15, 15–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Jamaica International Slovakia Martina Repiská 15–21, 21–19, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Yonex / K&D Graphics International United States Beiwen Zhang 13–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Canada Kristen Tsai Australia Setyana Mapasa
Australia Gronya Somerville 		21–14, 9–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Hungarian International Canada Kristen Tsai Sweden Emma Karlsson
Sweden Johanna Magnusson 		21–16, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Belgian International Canada Kristen Tsai Bulgaria Gabriela Stoeva
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva 		16–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Kharkiv International Canada Kristen Tsai England Chloe Birch
England Lauren Smith 		14–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Brazil International Canada Kristen Tsai France Émilie Lefel
France Anne Tran 		21–18, 17–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Canada Kristen Tsai Chinese Taipei Hung Shih-han
Chinese Taipei Yu Chien-hui 		21–19, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Brazil International United States Jamie Subandhi United States Jennie Gai
United States Jamie Hsu 		21–15, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Canada Kristen Tsai Australia Leanne Choo
Australia Renuga Veeran 		21–12, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Jamaica International Australia Leanne Choo Jamaica Mikaylia Haldane
Jamaica Katherine Wynter 		21–2, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Czech International Canada Michelle Li Russia Irina Khlebko
Russia Elena Komendrovskaja 		21–12, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Jamaica International Canada Toby Ng Jamaica Dennis Coke
Jamaica Katherine Wynter 		21–9, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Mercosul International Canada Kevin Li United States Phillip Chew
United States Jamie Subandhi 		11–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Rachel Honderich". www.badminton.ca. Badminton Canada. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Zwiebler ends title drought with Czech victory". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Michelle Li defeats fellow Canadian Rachel Honderich in Pan Am badminton final". Toronto Star. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Badminton - Athlete Profile: Honderich Rachel". Toronto 2015. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Pan Am Champs – 1st for Ygor, 2 for Honderich, 4 for Canada". Badzine.net. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Rachel Honderich Biography". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Participants: Rachel Honderich". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Honderich and Tsai Won the Crown – Pan Am Games". Badminton Pan America. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
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