Rachel Honderich

Rachel Honderich (born 21 April 1996) is a Canadian badminton player from Toronto, Ontario. She has been one of the top ranked women's individual and doubles player on the continent and a contender in major international competitions. She is a vice-national champion in women's singles and has won several international titles since 2010.^[1]

Rachel Honderich
Personal information
Country	Canada
Born	(1996-04-21) 21 April 1996 (age 28) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Residence	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Years active	2013–present
Handedness	Right
Coach	Jennifer Lee Mike Butler
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	36 (WS 22 November 2018) 18 (WD with Kristen Tsai 18 November 2022) 41 (XD with Toby Ng 29 June 2017)
Current ranking	24 (WD with Kristen Tsai 21 February 2023)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Canada Pan American Games 2019 Lima Women's doubles 2015 Toronto Women's singles 2019 Lima Women's singles 2015 Toronto Women's doubles Pan Am Championships 2017 Havana Women's singles 2017 Havana Mixed doubles 2018 Guatemala City Women's doubles 2019 Aguascalientes Women's doubles 2021 Guatemala City Women's doubles 2022 San Salvador Women's doubles 2023 Kingston Mixed doubles 2014 Markham Women's singles 2018 Guatemala City Women's singles Pan Am Mixed Team Championships 2014 Markham Mixed team 2023 Guadalajara Mixed team Pan Am Female Cup 2020 Salvador Women's team 2022 Acapulco Women's team
BWF profile

Career

Honderich won her first senior international title at the 2014 Czech International tournament in the women's doubles partnered with Michelle Li.^[2] Honderich clinched the silver and bronze medals at the 2015 Pan American Games in the women's singles and doubles respectively.^[3] At the 2017 Pan American Championships, she crowned double titles, won the women's singles and mixed doubles event.^[4][5] She competed at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games.^[6][7] Honderich won her first gold medal at the Pan American Games in the women's doubles partnered with Kristen Tsai in 2019 Lima.^[8]

In June 2021, Honderich was named to Canada's Olympic team.^[9]

Achievements

Pan American Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Canada	Michelle Li	15–21, 9–21	Silver
2019	Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru	Michelle Li	11–21, 19–21	Silver

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Canada	Michelle Li	Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obañana	11–21, 8–21	Bronze
2019	Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru	Kristen Tsai	Keui-Ya Chen Jamie Hsu	21–10, 21–9	Gold

Pan Am Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada	Michelle Li	13–21, 16–21	Silver
2017	Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba	Brittney Tam	21–8, 12–21, 21–7	Gold
2018	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Michelle Li	15–21, 16–21	Silver

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Kristen Tsai	Michelle Tong Josephine Wu	17–21, 21–17, 21–14	Gold
2019	Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico	Kristen Tsai	Catherine Choi Josephine Wu	21–15, 27–25	Gold
2021	Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Kristen Tsai	Francesca Corbett Alison Lee	21–12, 21–7	Gold
2022	Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador	Kristen Tsai	Catherine Choi Josephine Wu	21–17, 21–18	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba	Toby Ng	Nyl Yakura Brittney Tam	21–13, 21–14	Gold
2023	G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Kingston, Jamaica	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu	22–20, 18–21, 21–17	Gold

BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-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 (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	U.S. Grand Prix	Beiwen Zhang	11–21, 13–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Brasil Open	Toby Ng	Pranaav Jerry Chopra N. Sikki Reddy	15–21, 16–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (12 titles, 6 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Beiwen Zhang	13–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2017	Jamaica International	Martina Repiská	15–21, 21–19, 21–15	Winner
2018	Brazil International	Sabrina Jaquet	21–15, 15–21, 21–14	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Czech International	Michelle Li	Irina Khlebko Elena Komendrovskaja	21–12, 21–17	Winner
2017	Jamaica International	Leanne Choo	Mikaylia Haldane Katherine Wynter	21–2, 21–8	Winner
2017	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Kristen Tsai	Leanne Choo Renuga Veeran	21–12, 21–15	Winner
2018	Brazil International	Jamie Subandhi	Jennie Gai Jamie Hsu	21–15, 21–10	Winner
2018	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Kristen Tsai	Hung Shih-han Yu Chien-hui	21–19, 21–15	Winner
2019	Brazil International	Kristen Tsai	Émilie Lefel Anne Tran	21–18, 17–21, 21–19	Winner
2019	Kharkiv International	Kristen Tsai	Chloe Birch Lauren Smith	14–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	Belgian International	Kristen Tsai	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	16–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2019	Hungarian International	Kristen Tsai	Emma Karlsson Johanna Magnusson	21–16, 21–16	Winner
2019	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Kristen Tsai	Setyana Mapasa Gronya Somerville	21–14, 9–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2021	Scottish Open	Kristen Tsai	Anna Cheong Teoh Mei Xing	21–14, 21–12	Winner
2023	Canadian International	Jacqueline Cheung	Jackie Dent Crystal Lai	21–16, 21–17	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Mercosul International	Kevin Li	Phillip Chew Jamie Subandhi	11–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2017	Jamaica International	Toby Ng	Dennis Coke Katherine Wynter	21–9, 21–8	Winner
2023	Portugal International	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	Andreas Søndergaard Iben Bergstein	19–21, 20–22	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Rachel Honderich". Badminton Canada. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
2. "Zwiebler ends title drought with Czech victory". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
3. "Michelle Li defeats fellow Canadian Rachel Honderich in Pan Am badminton final". Toronto Star. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
4. "Badminton - Athlete Profile: Honderich Rachel". Toronto 2015. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
5. "Pan Am Champs – 1st for Ygor, 2 for Honderich, 4 for Canada". Badzine. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
6. "Rachel Honderich Biography". Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
7. "Participants: Rachel Honderich". Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
8. "Honderich and Tsai Won the Crown – Pan Am Games". Badminton Pan America. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
9. Awad, Brandi (16 June 2021). "Team Canada to have its largest Olympic badminton team ever at Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

External links

• Rachel Honderich at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
• Rachel Honderich at BWFBadminton.com
• Rachel Honderich at Olympics.com
• Rachel Honderich at Olympedia
• Rachel Honderich at Team Canada
• Rachel Honderich at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Rachel Honderich at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games (archived)
• Rachel Honderich at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games