Adam Dong (; born 14 February 1994) is a Chinese-born Canadian

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player. He captured the men's doubles gold medals at the

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and at the 2023 Pan Am Championships.

Early life

Dong was born in

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, China. Before moving to Canada, he competed in the 2011 National Intercity Games of the People's Republic of China and won a gold in the badminton men's team event representing

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Career

Dong entered the Canadian national team in 2016. On that same year, he partnered with Nyl Yakura. After the duo split up, he formed partnerships with Guoxing Huang and

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. He later partnered with Yakura again in 2021 and they won their first international title together at the Mexican International Series. In 2022, Dong and Yakura won bronze at the 2022 Pan Am Championships. Dong also represented Canada at the 2022 Thomas & Uber Cup. Dong was also selected to be part of the Canadian contingent competing in the

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. Dong and Yakura were also runners-up at the

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in October. In 2023, Dong won the gold medal at the Pan Am Championships partnering Yakura. He made his debut at the

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, and together with Yakura, he captured the gold medal in the men's doubles.

Achievements

Pan American Games

''Men's doubles''

Pan Am Championships

''Men's doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 4 runners-up)

''Men's doubles'' :

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tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dong, Adam 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Suzhou Badminton players from Jiangsu Canadian sportspeople of Chinese descent Sportspeople from Burlington, Ontario Canadian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Canada Badminton players at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games gold medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Badminton players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games badminton players for Canada 21st-century Canadian sportsmen