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Eva Lee (badminton)

For other people named Eva Lee, see Eva Lee (disambiguation).

Eva Lee (Chinese: 李意恒, born August 7, 1986) is an American badminton player.[1][2]

Eva Lee
李意恒
Personal information
CountryUnited States
Born (1986-08-07) August 7, 1986 (age 37)
British Hong Kong
ResidenceDiamond Bar, California, U.S.
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachJohanna Lee
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking61 (WS 22 October 2008)
17 (WD 2 April 2015)
21 (XD 12 March 2008)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Guadalajara Women's doubles
Pan Am Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Calgary Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Santo Domingo Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2014 Markham Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2007 Calgary Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2007 Calgary Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Santo Domingo Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2013 Santo Domingo Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Markham Mixed team
Pan Am Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Lima Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2002 California Girls' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2002 California Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2002 California Girls' singles
BWF profile
Eva Lee at the U.S. Open International Badminton tournament in 2009 with her partner Howard Bach.

Career edit

1997

She started to play badminton and trained with her first coach Peter Baum (former US National Team member).

1998

She took her first three crown titles in US Junior National Championships.

1999

She captured her first crown title in Canadian Junior Open (under 17 Singles).

2005 World Championships

She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim and lost in the first round.

2006 Intercollegiate Championships

She was both singles and doubles champion at the California Community College Athletic Association State Championships.

2006 Canadian International

In 2006 Eva Lee grabbed three titles at the Canadian Open.[3]

2006 Boston Badminton Open

At the Boston Badminton Open she won the doubles title together with Mesinee Mangkalakiri.

2007 Pan American Games

Lee also competed in badminton at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. She won three gold medals, one in women's singles, one in women's doubles with Mesinee Mangkalakiri, and another in mixed doubles with Howard Bach.[4]

2008 Beijing Olympics

Lee lost in the first round to Canadian Anna Rice. While losing the first game, she made a quick comeback in the second and won. In the third, she maintained lead until halfway through where Anna Rice took command and finished through.

Achievements edit

Pan American Games edit

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2007 Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Charmaine Reid 21–14, 21–18   Gold

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 		  Mesinee Mangkalakiri   Charmaine Reid
  Fiona McKee 		21–14, 21–15   Gold
2011 Multipurpose Gymnasium,
Guadalajara, Mexico 		  Paula Lynn Obañana   Alex Bruce
  Michelle Li 		21–12, 16–21, 19–21   Bronze
2015 Atos Markham Pan Am Centre,
Toronto, Canada 		  Paula Lynn Obañana   Lohaynny Vicente
  Luana Vicente 		21–14, 21–6   Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 		  Howard Bach   Mike Beres
  Valerie Loker 		21–19, 21–16   Gold
2011 Multipurpose Gymnasium,
Guadalajara, Mexico 		  Halim Haryanto   Toby Ng
  Grace Gao 		13–21, 21–9, 17–21   Silver

Pan Am Championships edit

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Calgary Winter Club,
Calgary, Canada 		  Mesinee Mangkalakiri   Fiona McKee
  Charmaine Reid 		20–22, 21–17, 18–21   Silver
2013 Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto,
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 		  Paula Lynn Obañana   Alex Bruce
  Phyllis Chan 		21–15, 21–13   Gold
2014 Markham Pan Am Centre,
Markham, Canada 		  Paula Lynn Obañana   Lohaynny Vicente
  Luana Vicente 		23–21, 21–14   Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Calgary Winter Club,
Calgary, Canada 		  Howard Bach   Mike Beres
  Valerie Loker 		21–18, 21–17   Gold
2013 Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto,
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 		  Howard Shu   Toby Ng
  Alex Bruce 		12–21, 21–23   Silver

BWF Grand Prix edit

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 doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 U.S. Grand Prix   Paula Lynn Obañana   Hsieh Pei-chen
  Wu Ti-jung 		16–21, 10–21   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 U.S. Open   Howard Bach   Alvin Lau
  Jiang Xuelian 		21–13, 21–12   Winner
2014 U.S. Grand Prix   Howard Shu   Peter Käsbauer
  Isabel Herttrich 		12–21, 14–21   Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series edit

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2006 Canadian International   Denyse Julien 21–12, 21–12   Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Canadian International   Mesinee Mangkalakiri   Caren Hueckstaedt
  Razi Huwaina 		21–13, 21–14   Winner
2007 Irish International   Mesinee Mangkalakiri   Huang Bing
  Chloe Magee 		15–21, 21–9, 11–21   Runner-up
2008 Banuinvest International   Mesinee Mangkalakiri   Olga Golovanova
  Anastasia Prokopenko 		18–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2010 Brazil International   Paula Lynn Obañana   Iris Wang
  Rena Wang 		14–21, 21–11, 21–12   Winner
2011 Guatemala International   Paula Lynn Obañana   Grace Gao
  Joycelyn Ko 		19–21, 21–18, 21–13   Winner
2011 Brazil International   Paula Lynn Obañana   Alex Bruce
  Michelle Li 		21–14, 21–17   Winner
2011 Norwegian International   Paula Lynn Obañana   Lotte Jonathans
  Paulien van Dooremalen 		17–21, 21–6, 21–13   Winner
2012 Swedish Masters   Paula Lynn Obañana   Mariana Agathangelou
  Heather Olver 		15–21, 12–21   Runner-up
2012 Austrian International   Paula Lynn Obañana   Ng Hui Ern
  Ng Hui Lin 		16–21, 18–21   Runner-up
2012 Polish Open   Paula Lynn Obañana   Mariana Agathangelou
  Heather Olver 		12–21, 21–23   Runner-up
2012 Tahiti International   Paula Lynn Obañana   Alex Bruce
  Michelle Li 		21–13, 21–12   Winner
2013 Canadian International   Paula Lynn Obañana   Alex Bruce
  Phyllis Chan 		15–21, 14–21   Winner
2013 Bulgarian International   Paula Lynn Obañana   Gabriela Stoeva
  Stefani Stoeva 		15–21, 10–21   Runner-up
2014 Peru International   Paula Lynn Obañana   Nicole Grether
  Charmaine Reid 		21–14, 21–15   Winner
2014 Guatemala International   Paula Lynn Obañana   Paula B Pereira
  Fabiana Silva 		11–3, 11–3, 11–10   Winner
2014 USA International   Paula Lynn Obañana   Naoko Fukuman
  Kurumi Yonao 		10–21, 23–25   Runner-up
2015 Guatemala International   Paula Lynn Obañana   Johanna Goliszewski
  Carla Nelte 		18–21, 22–24   Runner-up
2015 Bulgarian International   Paula Lynn Obañana   Gabriela Stoeva
  Stefani Stoeva 		14–21, 10–21   Runner-up
2015 Chile International Challenge   Paula Lynn Obañana   Lohaynny Vicente
  Luana Vicente 		21–17, 21–16   Winner
2016 Austrian Open   Paula Lynn Obañana   Ekaterina Bolotova
  Evgeniya Kosetskaya 		11–21, 21–23   Runner-up
2016 Tahiti International   Paula Lynn Obañana   Akane Araki
  Ayaka Kawasaki 		13–21, 12–21   Runner-up
2016 Yonex / K&D Graphics International   Paula Lynn Obañana   Jing Yu Hong
  Beiwen Zhang 		17–21, 20–22   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Canadian International   Howard Bach   William Milroy
  Tammy Sun 		21–19, 21–15   Winner
2007 Miami Pan Am International   Howard Bach   Mike Beres
  Valerie Loker 		21–17, 23–21, 20–22   Runner-up
2007 Irish International   Howard Bach   Wouter Claes
  Nathalie Descamps 		21–10, 21–13   Winner
2010 Brazil International   Halim Haryanto   Hock Lai Lee
  Priscilla Lun 		21–11, 22–20   Winner
2011 Peru International   Halim Haryanto   Toby Ng
  Grace Gao 		11–21, 21–14, 15–21   Runner-up
2011 Brazil International   Halim Haryanto   Glenn Warfe
  Leanne Choo 		21–11, 21–15   Winner
2013 Italian International   Zvonimir Đurkinjak   Jacco Arends
  Selena Piek 		23–21, 21–18   Winner
2014 Peru International   Christian Yahya Christianto   Derrick Ng
  Michelle Li 		21–16, 21–18   Winner
2014 Guatemala International   Howard Shu   Phillip Chew
  Jamie Subandhi 		10–11, 11–5, 11–10, 8–11, 11–5   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ "Athletes: Eva Lee Badminton". Badminton USA. Archived from the original on July 20, 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Badminton - Athlete Profile: Lee Eva". results.toronto2015.org. Toronto 2015. Archived from the original on 23 August 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Canadian International 2006". SportsTG. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  4. ^ Eva Lee Wins Two More Gold Archived 2008-01-07 at archive.today

External links edit

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