Josephine Wu

Josephine Yuenling Wu (born 20 January 1995) is a Canadian badminton player.^[2][3] She clinched three Pan American Games gold medals by winning the mixed doubles title in 2019 and 2023, and in the women's doubles title in 2023.^[4][5] At the Pan Am Championships, she has won seven gold and five silver medals since her debut at the tournament in 2016.^[6]

Josephine Wu 吴宛菱
Personal information
Birth name	Josephine Wu Yuenling
Country	Canada
Born	(1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 (age 29) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada[1]
Residence	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	27 (WD with Catherine Choi, 31 October 2023) 28 (XD with Ty Alexander Lindeman, 2 April 2024)
Current ranking	33 (WD with Catherine Choi) 30 (XD with Ty Alexander Lindeman) (16 April 2024)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Canada Pan American Games 2019 Lima Mixed doubles 2023 Santiago Women's doubles 2023 Santiago Mixed doubles Pan Am Championships 2016 Campinas Women's doubles 2017 Havana Women's doubles 2018 Guatemala City Mixed doubles 2019 Aguascalientes Mixed doubles 2021 Guatemala City Mixed doubles 2022 San Salvador Mixed doubles 2023 Kingston Women's doubles 2016 Campinas Mixed doubles 2018 Guatemala City Women's doubles 2019 Aguascalientes Women's doubles 2022 San Salvador Women's doubles 2023 Kingston Mixed doubles 2024 Guatemala City Women's doubles 2024 Guatemala City Mixed doubles Pan Am Mixed Team Championships 2016 Campinas Mixed team 2017 Santo Domingo Mixed team 2019 Lima Mixed team 2023 Guadalajara Mixed team Pan Am Female Cup 2018 Tacarigua Women's team 2024 São Paulo Women's team 2022 Acapulco Women's team Pan Am Junior Championships 2013 Puerto Vallarta Mixed doubles 2013 Puerto Vallarta Mixed team 2012 Edmonton Mixed team 2013 Puerto Vallarta Girls' doubles 2012 Edmonton Girls' singles 2012 Edmonton Girls' doubles 2012 Edmonton Mixed doubles 2013 Puerto Vallarta Girls' singles
BWF profile

Early and personal life

Wu is currently a business student at the University of Alberta and has been competing in badminton since she was seven years old.

Career

As a junior, she won 29 provincial titles and was a member of Team Canada at the 2012 BWF World Junior Championships and the Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships from 2008 to 2013. Despite having a full course load in university, Josephine's passion for the sport has motivated her to continue balancing her school work and training. She was the mixed doubles winner at the 2014 College-University National Championships and went on to represent Canada at the 2014 World University Badminton Championships in Cordoba, Spain. Outside of training, Josephine also enjoys coaching her high school's badminton team.^[7] In 2016, she won the gold medal in the mixed team event at the Pan Am Badminton Championships.^[8] In the individual event, she won the Pan Am Championships gold medals in the women's doubles in 2016, and 2017, and also in the mixed doubles in 2018, 2019 and 2021.^[9][10][11] Wu was a gold medalist in the mixed doubles event at the 2019 Lima Pan American Games.^[4]

In 2021, Wu defend her mixed doubles title at the Pan Am Championships with partner Joshua Hurlburt-Yu, when the duo beating Christopher Martínez and Marian Paiz of Guatemala in the final in straight games.^[12] In June, Wu was named to Canada's Olympic team,^[13] competing in the mixed doubles badminton event with Hurlburt-Yu, but they were eliminated in the group stage.^[14] After the Olympics, Wu reunited with Ty Alexander Lindeman and managed to win the Guatemala International, became their first in the international tournament since their last pairing in 2018.^[15]

In 2023, Wu took the gold medal in the women's doubles with Catherine Choi and the silver medal with Ty Alexander Lindeman at the Pan Am Championships. This was the seven gold medals won by Wu since her debut at the Championships in 2016.^[6] She then made her second appearance at the Pan American Games and captured two gold medals by winning the women's doubles with Choi and the mixed doubles with Lindeman.^[5] She also won double title in the Guatemala International, and the mixed doubles title in the Peru Challenge.

In 2024, Wu joined the Canada winning team at the Pan Am Female Cup.^[16] She won the mixed doubles title at the Polish Open partnered with Lindeman.^[17] As the first seeded at the Pan Am Championships both in the mixed and women's doubles,^[18] she had to settle for the bronze medals in both events after being defeated by the American pairs.

Achievements

Pan American Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile	Catherine Choi	Annie Xu Kerry Xu	21–18, 10–21, 21–17	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Nyl Yakura Kristen Tsai	18–21, 21–12, 21–15	Gold
2023	Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Vinson Chiu Jennie Gai	17–21, 21–17, 21–19	Gold

Pan Am Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Clube Fonte São Paulo, Campinas, Brazil	Michelle Tong	Paula la Torre Luz María Zornoza	21–17, 21–17	Gold
2017	Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba	Michelle Tong	Daniela Macías Dánica Nishimura	21–11, 21–12	Gold
2018	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Michelle Tong	Rachel Honderich Kristen Tsai	21–17, 17–21, 14–21	Silver
2019	Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico	Catherine Choi	Rachel Honderich Kristen Tsai	15–21, 25–27	Silver
2022	Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador	Catherine Choi	Rachel Honderich Kristen Tsai	17–21, 18–21	Silver
2023	G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Kingston, Jamaica	Catherine Choi	Francesca Corbett Allison Lee	21–14, 21–18	Gold
2024	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Catherine Choi	Francesca Corbett Allison Lee	18–21, 15–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Clube Fonte São Paulo, Campinas, Brazil	Nathan Osborne	Nyl Yakura Brittney Tam	17–21, 17–21	Silver
2018	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Nyl Yakura Kristen Tsai	21–14, 26–24	Gold
2019	Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Fabricio Farias Jaqueline Lima	21–14, 21–19	Gold
2021	Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Christopher Martínez Mariana Paiz	21–18, 21–18	Gold
2022	Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Jonathan Solís Diana Corleto	21–12, 21–11	Gold
2023	G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Kingston, Jamaica	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Rachel Honderich	20–22, 21–18, 17–21	Silver
2024	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Presley Smith Allison Lee	11–21, 16–21	Bronze

Pan Am Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Millennium Place, Edmonton, Canada	Cherie Chow	13–21, 20–22	Bronze
2013	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Lohaynny Vicente	13–21, 19–21	Bronze

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Millennium Place, Edmonton, Canada	Takeisha Wang	Cherie Chow Christine Yang	21–18, 18–21, 21–23	Bronze
2013	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Takeisha Wang	Cherie Chow Christine Yang	17–21, 15–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Millennium Place, Edmonton, Canada	Nathan Osborne	Phillip Chew Iris Wang	19–21, 16–21	Bronze
2013	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Nathan Osborne	Kevin Chan Christine Yang	21–16, 15–21, 21–18	Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (14 titles, 5 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Guatemala International	Talia Ng	Eliana Zhang Wendy Zhang	14–21, 21–17, 21–10	Winner
2019	Bulgarian Open	Catherine Choi	Bengisu Erçetin Nazlıcan İnci	8–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2022	Mexican International	Catherine Choi	Paula Lynn Cao Hok Lauren Lam	21–19, 21–10	Winner
2023	Polish Open	Catherine Choi	Jin Yujia Crystal Wong	17–21, 21–17, 15–21	Runner-up
2023	Guatemala International	Catherine Choi	Annie Xu Kerry Xu	21–18, 21–18	Winner
2024	Azerbaijan International	Catherine Choi	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	14–21, 7–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Toby Ng	Sattawat Pongnairat Kuei-Ya Chen	21–19, 21–15	Winner
2018	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Sattawat Pongnairat Kerry Xu	21–16, 21–13	Winner
2018	Guatemala International	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Leodannis Martínez Tahimara Oropeza	21–12, 21–18	Winner
2018	Santo Domingo Open	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Fabricio Farias Jaqueline Lima	21–17, 16–21, 22–20	Winner
2019	Bulgarian Open	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Matthew Clare Lizzie Tolman	21–16, 21–16	Winner
2019	South Australia International	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Dejan Ferdinansyah Serena Kani	21–19, 25–27, 21–16	Winner
2019	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Lu Chia-pin Lin Wan-ching	21–18, 21–18	Winner
2021	Guatemala International	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Joshua Yuan Allison Lee	21–17, 21–8	Winner
2022	Peru Challenge	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Vinson Chiu Jennie Gai	20–22, 21–13, 21–23	Runner-up
2023	Mexican International	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Vinson Chiu Jennie Gai	20–22, 16–21	Runner-up
2023	Guatemala International	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Kevin Lee Eliana Zhang	21–9, 21–11	Winner
2023	Peru Challenge	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Vinson Chiu Jennie Gai	21–18, 21–15	Winner
2024	Polish Open	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Callum Hemming Estelle van Leeuwen	21–16, 22–20	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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15. "Champions at Guatemala International Series 2021". Badminton Pan Am. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
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17. "Orlen Polish Open 2024-poznaj zwycięzców!" (in Polish). UM Warszawa. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
18. "Pan Am Championships: Olympic race heats up". BWF. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.

External links

• Josephine Wu at BWFBadminton.com
• Josephine Wu at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Josephine Wu at Team Canada
• Josephine Wu at Olympics.com
• Josephine Wu at Olympedia
• Josephine Wu at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Josephine Wu at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games