Joshua Hurlburt-Yu (born 28 December 1994) is a

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player. Joshua was a gold medalist in the mixed doubles event at the 2019 Lima Pan American Games, and also at the

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and 2021 Pan Am Championships.

Career

In June 2021, Hurlburt-Yu was named to Canada's Olympic team, competing in the

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badminton event.

Achievements

Pan American Games

''Mixed doubles''

Pan Am Championships

''Mixed doubles''

Pan Am Junior Championships

''Mixed doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 2 runners-up)

''Men's doubles'' ''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

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hurlburt-Yu, Joshua 1994 births Living people Badminton players from Toronto Canadian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Canada Badminton players at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games gold medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games 21st-century Canadian sportsmen