Howard Shu (born November 28, 1990) is an American

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. Shu began playing badminton at age 8. His father, who played in

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, encouraged Shu to join him at local badminton clubs, and entered him into the Junior Nationals. Shu competed at the

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, Brazil, and the

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, France.
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Achievements

Pan American Games

''Men's singles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Pan Am Championships

''Men's singles'' ''Mixed doubles''

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member ...

(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (11 titles, 9 runners-up)

''Men's singles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

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

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:Shu, Howard 1990 births Living people American male badminton players American sportspeople of Taiwanese descent Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for the United States Badminton players at the 2015 Pan American Games Badminton players at the 2019 Pan American Games Badminton players at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in badminton Sportspeople from Los Alamitos, California 21st-century American sportsmen