Brian Yang (born 25 November 2001) is a Canadian

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player. He was a part of the Team Alpha that won the mixed team relay gold at the

2018 Summer Youth Olympics The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international multi-sport event, sports, cultural, and educational event held from 6 to 18 October 2018 ...

Career

In 2016, he won three gold medals at the U–19 Pan Am Junior Championships, winning the boys' doubles, mixed doubles, and team events. Yang won his first senior international title at 2017

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in the men's singles. In July, he won the boys' singles and mixed doubles titles at the Pan Am Junior Championships, while the Canada team captured the silver medal. Yang represented Canada in the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that was held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

and

Thomas Cup The Thomas Cup, sometimes referred as World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body. The championships h ...

. At the El Salvador International, he won two titles in the men's singles and mixed doubles. Yang clinched the men's singles title at the 2019 Canadian National Championships and became Canada's youngest national champion. He competed at the

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. Yang was named to Canada's

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games (), officially the XVIII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Lima 2019, were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization held in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019, with preliminar ...

team, ended up winning silver in the men's singles competition. He was crowned as the men's singles champion at the 2021 Pan Am Championships. He also won the gold medals in the boys' singles, doubles and mixed team at the Pan Am Junior Championships. In June 2021, Yang was named to Canada's Olympic team for the

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. He also competed at the first edition of the Junior Pan Am Games, clinching the gold medals in the boys' singles and mixed doubles. In 2022, he won a silver medal at the Pan Am Championships, losing to

Kevin Cordón Kevin Haroldo Cordón Buezo (born 28 November 1986) is a Guatemalan badminton player. He won two men's singles titles at the Badminton at the Pan American Games, Pan American Games, four titles at the Pan Am Badminton Championships, Pan Am Cham ...

in the final. In his second appearance at the Pan American Games, Yang captured the gold medal in the men's singles after beating the defending champion

in the final.

Achievements

Pan American Games

''Men's singles''

Pan Am Championships

''Men's singles''

Junior Pan American Games

''Boys' singles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Pan Am Junior Championships

''Boys' singles'' ''Boys' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

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(BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Men's singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (10 titles, 4 runners-up)

''Men's singles'' ''Mixed 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:Yang, Brian 2001 births Living people Badminton players from Toronto Canadian sportspeople of Chinese descent Canadian male badminton players Youth Olympic competitors for Canada Badminton players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Olympic badminton players for Canada Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games badminton players for Canada Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games gold medalists in badminton Pan American Games silver medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 2019 Pan American Games Badminton players at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games 21st-century Canadian sportsmen