Kara Solmundson (born 20 July 1974) is a

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badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player. She played for the

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team and clinched the women's singles national champion in 2002. She represented Canada at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

and

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

. Solmundson was the bronze medallist at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...

in the women's singles event.

Personal life

Solmundson graduated from

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in her hometown

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...

in 1992. She then continued her education in

University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba.University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

, she completed a clinical sport and exercise medicine fellowship through UBC and earned a

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diploma. She also pursuing her master's degree in the field of Sports and Exercise Medicine. Solmundson now work as a

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at the Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Centre.

Achievements

Pan American Games

''Women's singles''

Pan Am Championships

''Wome's singles'' ''Mixed doubles''

IBF International

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Solmundson, Kara 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Winnipeg University of Manitoba alumni Physicians from Manitoba Canadian female badminton players Olympic badminton players for Canada Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Badminton players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games