Michelle Tong

Michelle Tong (born 25 January 1997) is a Canadian badminton player.[1][2] She won the women's doubles gold medals at the 2016 and 2017 Pan Am Championships.[3][4] Tong was part of the Canadian winning team at the 2016 and 2017 Pan Am Mixed Team Championships, and also at the 2018 Pan Am Women's Team Championships.[5]

Michelle Tong
唐祎敏
Personal information
Birth nameTong Yee Min
CountryCanada
Born (1997-01-25) 25 January 1997
Singapore
ResidenceMarkham, Ontario, Canada
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Years active2015–present
HandednessRight
CoachEfendi Wijaya
Faye Liang
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking66 (WD with Josephine Wu 15 June 2017)
334 (XD with Brian Yang 17 March 2020)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Canada
Pan Am Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Campinas Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Havana Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Guatemala City Women's doubles
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Campinas Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Santo Domingo Mixed team
Pan Am Women's Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tacarigua Women's team
BWF profile

Achievements

Pan Am Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Clube Fonte São Paulo,
Campinas, Brazil		 Canada Josephine Wu Peru Paula la Torre Regal
Peru Luz María Zornoza		 21–17, 21–17 Gold Gold
2017 Sports City Coliseum,
Havana, Cuba		 Canada Josephine Wu Peru Daniela Macías
Peru Dánica Nishimura		 21–11, 21–12 Gold Gold
2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,
Guatemala City, Guatemala		 Canada Josephine Wu Canada Rachel Honderich
Canada Kristen Tsai		 21–17, 17–21, 14–21 Silver Silver

References
  1. "Players: Michelle Tong". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. "Michelle Tong". www.badminton.ca. Badminton Canada. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  3. "Golden Sweep for Canada - Finals: Pan Am Individual Championships". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  4. "Gold's go to Canada in Campinhas". www.badmintonpanam.org. Badminton Pan Am. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  5. "Team Canada wins the 20th Pan American Badminton Championships". www.badminton.ca. Badminton Canada. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
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