Jason Anthony Ho-Shue (born 29 August 1998) is a Canadian

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player. He won the gold medal in the men's doubles at the

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 ...

, and at the Pan Am Championships in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. He also won the men's singles title at the Pan Am Championships in

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Career

In 2015, he settled triple crowns at the Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships in boys' singles, doubles, and mixed doubles event. In the mixed team event, he won the bronze medal. In 2016, he became the youngest Canadian badminton player who won the

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title in men's singles event. He also won double titles at the XX Pan Am Individual Championships in men's singles and doubles event. He represented his country competed at 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 ...

in Gold Coast. He was a gold medalist in the men's doubles event partnered with

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at the 2019 Lima Pan American Games, also won a bronze medal in the men's singles. In June 2021, Ho-Shue was named to Canada's Olympic team for the

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. Partnered with

, he was eliminated in the group stage.

Achievements

Pan American Games

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

Pan Am Championships

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

Pan Am Junior Championships

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

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 3 runners-up)

''Men's singles'' ''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:Ho-shue, Jason Living people 1998 births Sportspeople from Markham, Ontario Canadian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Canada Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games badminton players for Canada Badminton players at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games gold medalists in badminton Pan American Games bronze medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games 21st-century Canadian sportsmen