Vinson Chiu

Vinson Chiu (/ˈvɪnsən ˈtʃuː/ VIN-sən CHOO; born August 8, 1998)^[1] is an American badminton player.^[2] He won a silver medal with his partner Joshua Yuan in the men's doubles at the 2022 Pan Am Championships.^[3] Chiu also won a silver and a bronze at the 2016 Pan Am Junior Championships in the boys' doubles and mixed doubles.^[4] Chiu currently plays mixed doubles with Jennie Gai. They won their first title together at the Mexican International Challenge in 2021.^[5] The duo won the silver medal in the mixed doubles at the 2023 Pan American Games.^[6]

Vinson Chiu 邱愷翔
Personal information
Country	United States
Born	(1998-08-08) August 8, 1998 (age 26) Newport Beach, California, U.S.[1]
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[1]
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	41 (MD with Joshua Yuan, 21 May 2024) 29 (XD with Jennie Gai, 18 July 2023)
Current ranking	47 (MD with Joshua Yuan) 30 (XD with Jennie Gai) (16 July 2024)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing the  United States Pan American Games 2023 Santiago Mixed doubles Pan Am Championships 2022 San Salvador Men's doubles 2024 Guatemala City Mixed doubles 2023 Kingston Men's doubles 2024 Guatemala City Men's doubles Pan Am Men's Team Championships 2020 Salvador Men's team Pan Am Mixed Team Championships 2023 Guadalajara Mixed team 2017 Santo Domingo Mixed team Pan Am Junior Championships 2015 Tijuana Mixed team 2016 Lima Mixed doubles 2015 Tijuana Boys' doubles 2015 Tijuana Mixed doubles 2016 Lima Mixed team 2016 Lima Boys' doubles
BWF profile

Chiu also once partnered with Indonesian legend Tony Gunawan and they went onto win the U.S. International in 2017.

Achievements

Pan American Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile	Jennie Gai	Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu	21–17, 17–21, 19–21	Silver

Pan Am Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, San Salvador, El Salvador	Joshua Yuan	Job Castillo Luis Montoya	20–22, 8–11r	Silver
2023	G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport, Kingston, Jamaica	Joshua Yuan	Kevin Lee Ty Alexander Lindeman	21–17, 23–21	Bronze
2024	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Joshua Yuan	Adam Dong Nyl Yakura	15–21, 21–19, 17–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Jennie Gai	Presley Smith Allison Lee	21–15, 15–21, 14–21	Silver

Pan Am Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Centro de Alto Rendimiento, Tijuana, Mexico	Raymond Hsia	Austin Bauer Ty Alexander Lindeman	24–22, 10–21, 15–21	Bronze
2016	CAR la Videna, Lima, Peru	Brian Duong	Ricky Liuzhou Cadmus Yeo	13–21, 21–14, 17–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Centro de Alto Rendimiento, Tijuana, Mexico	Crystal Pan	Jason Ho-Shue Qingzi Ouyang	15–21, 5–21	Bronze
2016	CAR la Videna, Lima, Peru	Jamie Hsu	Brian Yang Katie Ho-Shue	14–21, 14–21	Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 9 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	U.S. International	Tony Gunawan	Daniel Benz Andreas Heinz	16–21, 21–14, 21–14	Winner
2021	Mexican International	Enrico Asuncion	Job Castillo Luis Montoya	16–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2022	Mexican International	Joshua Yuan	Ondřej Král Adam Mendrek	20–22, 19–21	Runner-up
2023	El Salvador International	Joshua Yuan	Kevin Lee Ty Alexander Lindeman	15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2024	Uganda International	Joshua Yuan	Arjun M. R. Dhruv Kapila	14–21, 13–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Uganda International	Breanna Chi	Howard Shu Paula Lynn Obañana	9–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2019	Jamaica International	Breanna Chi	Artur Silva Pomoceno Lohaynny Vicente	17–21, 21–14, 19–21	Runner-up
2019	Peru International	Breanna Chi	Osleni Guerrero Tahimara Oropeza	22–20, 21–9	Winner
2019	Mauritius International	Breanna Chi	Howard Shu Paula Lynn Obañana	21–17, 21–16	Winner
2021	Mexican International	Jennie Gai	Luis Montoya Vanessa Villalobos	21–17, 21–18	Winner
2021	Mexican International	Jennie Gai	Nicolas Nguyen Alexandra Mocanu	21–13, 21–11	Winner
2022	Mexican International	Jennie Gai	Naoki Yamada Moe Ikeuchi	15–21, 21–18, 10–21	Runner-up
2022	Peru Challenge	Jennie Gai	Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu	22–20, 13–21, 23–21	Winner
2022	Mexican International	Jennie Gai	Joshua Yuan Allison Lee	21–14, 22–24, 23–21	Winner
2023	Mexican International	Jennie Gai	Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu	22–20, 21–16	Winner
2023	Maldives International	Jennie Gai	Hoo Pang Ron Teoh Mei Xing	13–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2023	Peru Challenge	Jennie Gai	Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu	18–21, 15–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "CHIU Vinson". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
2. "Vinson Chiu". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
3. "U.S. Makes the Finals at Yonex Pan Am Individual Championships 2022". USA Badminton. April 29, 2022. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
4. Hearn, Don. "Pan Am Juniors – Ouyang defends as Canada takes 4". Badzine. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
5. García, Jair. "Culmina el Mexican International Challenge de Bádminton 2021" (in Spanish). El Sol del Centro. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
6. "U.S. wins four medals at Santiago 2023 Pan American Games". USA Badminton. October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 27, 2023.

External links

• Vinson Chiu at BWFBadminton.com
• Vinson Chiu at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link) (archived)
• Vinson Chiu at Team USA
• Vinson Chiu at Olympics.com
• Vinson Chiu on Instagram