Ty Alexander Lindeman (born 15 August 1997) is a Canadian badminton player.[1] He won the gold medals in the mixed doubles at the 2023 Pan American Games;[2] also at the 2018 and 2022 Pan Am Championships.[3][4]

Ty Alexander Lindeman
Personal information
CountryCanada
Born (1997-08-15) 15 August 1997 (age 26)
St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking37 (MD with Kevin Lee, 6 February 2024)
28 (XD with Josephine Wu, 2 April 2024)
Current ranking45 (MD with Kevin Lee)
30 (XD with Josephine Wu) (16 April 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Mixed doubles
Pan Am Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Guatemala City Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 San Salvador Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Havana Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kingston Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kingston Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 San Salvador Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Guatemala City Mixed doubles
Pan Am Male Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tacarigua Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Acapulco Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Sao Paulo Men's team
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Guadalajara Mixed team
Pan Am Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Tijuana Boys' doubles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Tijuana Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Tijuana Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Tijuana Boys' singles
BWF profile

Career edit

Lindeman trains at MODU Badminton Club, and in 2015, he represented Alberta competed at the XXV Canada Games.[5][6]

Lindeman won two U23 national titles in 2016 for men's doubles (with Austin Bauer) and mixed doubles (with Takeisha Wang).[7]

In 2017, Lindeman won the silver medal at the Pan Am Championships in the men's doubles event with his partner, Austin Bauer.[8]

In 2018, Lindeman competed at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.[9] He then took the gold medal in the mixed doubles with Josephine Wu at the 2018 Pan Am Championships.[3]

In mid 2021, Lindeman reunited with Josephine Wu and managed to win the Guatemala International, became their first title in the international tournament since their last pairing in 2018. He also won the men's doubles title partnered with Kevin Lee.[10] In 2022, Lindeman and Wu managed to win the mixed doubles title at the Pan Am Championships.[4] In 2023, he claimed two silver medals at the Pan Am Championships in the mixed doubles with Wu and in the men's doubles with Lee.[11] In October, he made his debut at the Pan American Games,[12] and won the mixed doubles gold medal with Wu.[2] He also won the men's doubles title at the Guatemala, Peru, and, El Salvador International Challenge; and also the mixed doubles title in the Guatemala and Peru.

In 2024, Lindeman joined the Canada team competing in the Pan Am Male Cup, where the team emerge champions at that competition.[13] He won the mixed doubles title at the Polish Open partnered with Josephine Wu.[14] As the first seeded at the Pan Am Championships,[15] the duo had to settle for the bronze medal after being defeated by the American pair Presley Smith and Allison Lee.

Achievements edit

Pan American Games edit

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile   Josephine Wu   Vinson Chiu
  Jennie Gai
17–21, 21–17, 21–19   Gold

Pan Am Championships edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Sports City Coliseum,
Havana, Cuba
  Austin Bauer   Jason Ho-Shue
  Nyl Yakura
18–21, 6–21   Silver
2022 Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández,
San Salvador, El Salvador
  Kevin Lee   Vinson Chiu
  Joshua Yuan
14–21, 16–21   Bronze
2023 G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport,
Kingston, Jamaica
  Kevin Lee   Adam Dong
  Nyl Yakura
10–21, 21–16, 20–22   Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,
Guatemala City, Guatemala
  Josephine Wu   Nyl Yakura
  Kristen Tsai
21–14, 26–24   Gold
2022 Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández,
San Salvador, El Salvador
  Josephine Wu   Jonathan Solís
  Diana Corleto
21–12, 21–11   Gold
2023 G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport,
Kingston, Jamaica
  Josephine Wu   Joshua Hurlburt-Yu
  Rachel Honderich
20–22, 21–18, 17–21   Silver
2024 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,
Guatemala City, Guatemala
  Josephine Wu   Presley Smith
  Allison Lee
11–21, 16–21   Bronze

Pan Am Junior Championships edit

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2015 Centro de Alto Rendimiento, Tijuana, Mexico   Artur Silva Pomoceno 18–21, 13–21   Bronze

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Centro de Alto Rendimiento,
Tijuana, Mexico
  Austin Bauer   Jason Ho-Shue
  Jonathan Lai
15–21, 16–21   Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Centro de Alto Rendimiento,
Tijuana, Mexico
  Takeisha Wang   Jason Ho-Shue
  Qingzi Ouyang
10–21, 15–21   Silver

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

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Guatemala International   Kevin Lee   Jonathan Solís
  Aníbal Marroquín
19–21, 21–17, 21–10   Winner
2022 El Salvador International   Kevin Lee   Ondřej Král
  Adam Mendrek
21–19, 17–21, 21–18   Winner
2023 Guatemala International   Kevin Lee   Fabrício Farias
  Davi Silva
21–18, 21–14   Winner
2023 Peru Challenge   Kevin Lee   Adam Dong
  Nyl Yakura
21–16, 21–18   Winner
2023 El Salvador International   Kevin Lee   Vinson Chiu
  Joshua Yuan
21–15, 21–18   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Guatemala International   Josephine Wu   Joshua Yuan
  Allison Lee
21–17, 21–8   Winner
2022 Peru Challenge   Josephine Wu   Vinson Chiu
  Jennie Gai
20–22, 21–13, 21–23   Runner-up
2023 Mexican International   Josephine Wu   Vinson Chiu
  Jennie Gai
20–22, 16–21   Runner-up
2023 Guatemala International   Josephine Wu   Kevin Lee
  Eliana Zhang
21–9, 21–11   Winner
2023 Peru Challenge   Josephine Wu   Vinson Chiu
  Jennie Gai
21–18, 21–15   Winner
2024 Polish Open   Josephine Wu   Callum Hemming
  Estelle van Leeuwen
21–16, 22–20   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ "Players: Ty Alexander Lindeman". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Pan Am Games: Double for Josephine Wu". BWF. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b Sukumar, Dev (30 April 2018). "Coelho, Li Emerge Champions – Finals: XXII Pan Am Championships 2018". BWF. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Canada wins medals at the XXV Yonex Pan American Individual Championship". Badminton Canada. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Participant: Ty Lindeman". XXV Canada Games. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Smashing debut at worlds for Lindeman". St. Albert Gazette. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Results from the 2016 Yonex U23 and Junior National Badminton Championships". Badminton Ontario. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  8. ^ "XXI Pan American Badminton Championships". Badminton Canada. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Team Canada Arrives in Gold Coast, Australia". Badminton Canada. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Champions at Guatemala International Series 2021". Badminton Pan Am. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  11. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (30 April 2023). "Canada sweep gold medals at Pan Am Individual Badminton Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Ten talented Canadian badminton players named to Santiago 2023 team". Canadian Olympic Committee. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Champions – Pan Am M&F Cup 2024". Badminton Pan America. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Orlen Polish Open 2024-poznaj zwycięzców!" (in Polish). UM Warszawa. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Pan Am Championships: Olympic race heats up". BWF. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.

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